WELLINGTON: (Mar 13) New Zealand men’s team assistant coaches Jacob Oram and Luke Ronchi have been granted leave by the country’s cricket board (NZC) to skip Black Caps’ upcoming T20I series against South Africa and instead take up coaching assignments with Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.

Ronchi, who played for the franchise from 2017-2021, returns in the role as head coach with Oram confirmed as one of his assistants.

With the PSL starting on March 26 and running until late April followed by the finals, the pair will miss the BLACKCAPS upcoming series against the Proteas and the tour to Bangladesh in April.

Source: PTI News

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