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Milne says New Zealand will review fielding errors after India T20I series
New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne said his team had fielded poorly during its T20I series against India.
In the fifth match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand dropped catches by India captain Shreyas Iyer and batter Naman Dhir.
India also got a reprieve when a no-ball saved Tilak Varma, though he was out later in the same over.
Milne said New Zealand would review its fielding after the series and try to fix the problems.
He took four wickets for 19 runs as India finished its innings on 191 for eight.
Milne said swing and uneven bounce helped New Zealand take wickets, and hoped his team could chase the target; the sources give no final result.
New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne said the team would review its fielding after the T20I series against India.
Milne described New Zealand’s fielding as sloppy throughout the series.
New Zealand dropped two catches in the fifth T20I, while a no-ball gave India another opportunity.
India scored 191/8 in the first innings at Seddon Park.
Milne took 4-19, dismissing both openers, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
- Who
- New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne said the team would review its fielding.
- What
- New Zealand plans to assess fielding errors after its T20I series against India.
- When
- After the fifth T20I, on 1 November 2026.
- Where
- Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand.
- Why
- New Zealand had been sloppy in the field and dropped several catches during the series.
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New Zealand dropped several catches, which Milne described as sloppy fielding.
New Zealand dropped two catches and India scored 191/8 in its first innings at Seddon Park.
New Zealand planned to review its fielding errors.
- Player
- Adam Milne
- Match venue
- Seddon Park, Hamilton
- India first-innings score
- 191/8
- Milne's bowling figures
- 4-19
- Dropped catches in fifth T20I
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What people are saying
We’ve been a little bit sloppy in the field the whole series, really. So it’s something we’ll look at at the end of the series and hopefully remedy it going forward
We've been a little bit sloppy in the field the whole series really. So it's something we'll look at the end of the series and hopefully remedy it going forward