Overview

• Finn Allen suffered a foot injury playing for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket on July 6 and has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe tri-series.
• New Zealand Cricket added Mitch Hay, Jimmy Neesham and Tim Robinson to cover for Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra, who are tied up in the MLC final.
• The tri-series opens with hosts Zimbabwe facing South Africa on Sunday, followed by New Zealand’s opener against South Africa on Wednesday.
• The overlap between Major League Cricket finals and the tri-series has forced New Zealand Cricket to bolster its squad to manage franchise and international commitments.
• The tournament marks Rob Walter’s first assignment as New Zealand’s T20I head coach and will test his squad-building strategies.