Neesham set to miss

Jimmy Neesham has gone from being the Black Caps’ first-choice white ball allrounder to being left off New Zealand Cricket’s top 20 list.

Stuff understands Neesham will be the major omission from the national contract list when it is unveiled today. It is some fall for the 31-year-old, who had been New Zealand’s leading allrounder in the ODI and T20 forms.

Wellington captain Michael Bracewell is understood to be the big winner, earning his first national contract after a standout

domestic season, where he went on to debut in the home ODIs against the Netherlands.

Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel, who became the third bowler in