The NZBCA Board are excited to confirm the following players for the NZ Blindcaps T20 Blind Cricket World Cup Team to be hosted in India from 5 to 18 December 2022.
Similar to the 2017 T20 World Cup hosted by India, this event will be hosted across multiple cities in India, starting in New Delhi and concluding in Bangalore. As well as our NZ BLINDCAPS, there will be teams from Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the host country, India.
Donna McCaskill, Team Manager – “It’s not very often we get to select a squad that includes at home reserves to allow for any changes in circumstance between now and the tour. To be able to not only do this but also have reserve players already preparing for the next tour in August 2023 is a huge step forward for Blind Cricket in New Zealand.”
“The tour will be self funded and therefore will heavily rely on any fundraising or charity donations we can get. We have had some great support in the past from a range of small donors and those donations add up in the pot when you’re talking out of pocket for players.”
2022 NZ BLINDCAPS
CARTER, Matt (B2 – Cape Town)
CRUICKSHANK, Jody (B2 – Invercargill)
DUNN, Deacan (B3 – Ashburton)
DUNN, James (B2 – Auckland)
EDGAR, Ming Ming (B1 – Dargaville)
FLOWERDAY, Mark (B3 – Christchurch)
HARRIS, Loren (B3 – Christchurch)
HEBERLEY, Cory (B2 – Queensland)
KASIM, Arun (B1 – Auckland)
McCASKILL, Donna (B3 – Ashburton)
McCASKILL, Marquele (B3 – Auckland)
PEARSE, Tamati (B1 – Auckland)
SCHWENKE, Jack (B2 – Auckland)
SHANKAR, Parveen (B1 – Auckland)
WELLS, Dennis (B1 – Blenhim)
WILLIAMSON, Gary (B1 – Auckland)
WILSON, Brett (B2 – Victoria)
From the players above, it is likely one person from each category will be named as a non-travelling reserve but this will be decided closer to the time of tour.
Congratulations to all players selected in the 2022 NZ BLINDCAPS team.
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