Ben Foakes complained of a stiff back on Saturday and did not take the field on day three of the third Test between England and New Zealand. The further medical assessment showed that Foakes was positive for COVID-19 after taking the Lateral Flow Test.
Rippon has been selected as part of a 15-player squad for the following three-game T20 series against Ireland in Belfast, two T20s and an ODI against Scotland in Edinburgh, as well as two T20s against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on August 4 and 6.
Wellington [New Zealand], May 4 (ANI): New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will make his long-awaited return to Test cricket during the tour of England that begins next month.
Amsterdam [Netherlands], February 23 (ANI): Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell has announced the squad for the national side's tour to New Zealand which gets underway with a T20I from March 25.
Christchurch [New Zealand], January 19 (ANI): New Zealand tour of Australia, initially scheduled for January 24-February 9, has been postponed until further notice, due to the lack of certainty over when the squad would be able to return to NZ.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 6 (ANI): Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will not be a part of the New Zealand tour for which the team will be leaving later this week.
Wellington [New Zealand], November 4 (ANI): Experienced spin trio Ajaz Patel, Will Somerville and Mitchell Santner will be supported by rising stars Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips when New Zealand begin their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) defence on Tour of India in November.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has claimed that there is a "conspiracy" behind the cancellation of New Zealand's cricket tour to Pakistan.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 19 (ANI): Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday named the 20-man squad for the upcoming white-ball tour to New Zealand.
Lahore [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan cricketer Faheem Ashraf might have had success with the bat during the New Zealand tour but he has always considered himself as a bowling all-rounder.
London [UK], January 14 (ANI): England player Tash Farrant has returned to the women's team while Anya Shrubsole will miss the upcoming tour of New Zealand due to knee injury as the 16-player English squad was announced on Thursday.
Wellington [New Zealand], December 9 (ANI): New Zealand director of public health Caroline McEnlay believes half a dozen Pakistan players, who were tested positive days after arrival in New Zealand, may have contracted the infection before leaving for the Kiwi tour.