Feature of men’s oneday competition

That means it gets three consecutive home games to finish the season through March and early April.

The competitions will all be adopting new playing conditions, already in place around the world, to mitigate the risk of a Covid19 outbreak.

“This means New Zealand domestic players will not be permitted to use saliva to shine the ball, and umpires will no longer hold the players’ caps or other items of clothing,” New Zealand Cricket head of cricket Operations Richard Brewer said.

“The new rules also allow for the replacement of players displaying symptoms of Covid19 during a match, with the option for the player to return to the game following a negative result.