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According to media reports, Pakistan Cricket Board has requested New Zealand Cricket to add two more T20 International games when the Black Caps tour Pakistan in late September. PCB aims to provide the national team with plenty of practice games ahead of the ICC World T20 in October.

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has compared New Zealand's pace quartet of Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, and Kyle Jamieson to the West Indies quartets of yesteryear. He also added that New Zealand's four take the prize if we only assessed them on the basis of results.

One of the protagonists from New Zealand's WTC final win against India, Ross Taylor has declared that he's still loving the game and wants to continue playing. He added that after a player reaches a certain age, there are a lot of talks around retirement at any given point.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has regained top spot in the ICC rankings for batsmen after racking up runs in the World Test Championship Final, in which he posted scores of 49 and 52*. Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja, who last week became the top-ranked all-rounder, has slipped to second.