Caribbean conquered, New Zealand turn focus to Australia now 

  After breaking new ground in the Caribbean, New Zealand have little time to rest before heading to Australia for a one-day international series that was repeatedly shelved due to COVID-19.

The Black Caps were midway through a three-day journey home on Wednesday after a fruitful tour of West Indies, where they notched their first one-day and T20 series wins against the hosts. They will have a week’s break at home in New Zealand but then head back to Australia for another one-day series as they look to continue their winning momentum in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in the same country.Multiple attempts to reschedule the one-day Chappell–Hadlee Trophy backfired as governments in both countries slammed their borders shut and placed onerous quarantine demands on international arrivals.Every time we come up against the Australians, we have some pretty good games,” said New Zealand all-rounder Mitch Santner, man-of-the-series against West Indies in the one-day component. “We obviously haven’t played the series in a little bit now… We’ve played a lot of cricket but the week at home will be nice to get the lads freshened up, ready to go for another Chappell-Hadlee series.