{"id":197272,"date":"2026-07-26T02:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197272"},"modified":"2026-07-26T02:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:03:17","slug":"new-zealand-coach-walter-backs-nicholls-to-continue-at-number-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197272","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand coach Walter backs Nicholls to continue at number three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71268864\">Henry Nicholls has locked down New Zealand\u2019s number three Test spot after \u200bhis performances helped secure a 2-1 series victory \u200cover England, head coach Rob Walter \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson \u2060last month quit international cricket in the middle of the series in England after scoring zero \u200cand 18 in the opening Test.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls stepped into Williamson\u2019s number three position \u200cfor the last two Tests and \u200cscored \u2060197 runs, including his 11th century \u2060in the longest format, as New Zealand won both matches and clinched the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Henry wouldn\u2019t have \u200bwanted to get \u200chis opportunity through Kane\u2019s retirement because that was in itself a loss for the team,\u201d Walter told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/shreyas-iyer-update-prince-yadav-injury-fitness-news-third-t20i-india-zimbabwe-harare\/article71267126.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shreyas Iyer: Prince Yadav\u2019s injury will force India to make a few changes for third T20I<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, he\u2019s still a \u200chighly experienced guy with lots of performance \u200bunder the belt, and could come in on the back of strong \u2060performances domestically, earning his spot back and taking that number three spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo certainly I \u200cwon\u2019t be giving that number three to anyone else because he\u2019s deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the two wins over England, Nicholls had featured in just two Tests since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s a lesson for anyone that there\u2019s \u200calways going to be these disappointments of being left \u200bout of the team,\u201d Walter added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut all you can do is just \u2060go back, work hard, put some runs on \u2060the board, put performances on the board, win games for your team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New \u200cZealand next hosts India in a multi-format series, which runs from October 22 to \u200bDecember 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/new-zealand-coach-rob-walter-backs-henry-nicholls-test-cricket\/article71268864.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Nicholls has locked down New Zealand\u2019s number three Test spot after \u200bhis performances helped secure a 2-1 series victory \u200cover England, head coach Rob Walter \u200bsaid. Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson \u2060last month quit international cricket in the middle of the series in England after scoring zero \u200cand 18 in the opening Test&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-06-27T160701Z_84166789_UP1EM6R18RNSN_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-ENG-NZL.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193188,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193188","url_meta":{"origin":197272,"position":0},"title":"New Zealand beats West Indies by 5 wickets in the 2nd ODI to level the series 1-1","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox took 5-19 as West Indies collapsed from 63-0 to be all out for 138 and New Zealand went on to win the second one-day cricket international Monday by five wickets. 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