Mitchell, who also won the Redpath Cup for men's first-class batting, was recognised for a stand-out year across the board but particularly at the Test level.
Tim Southee will be at the helm of the side which is coming off the high of being the only third team in sports' history to win after following on, winning the second Test against England by one run to level the series after a 267-run loss in the first Test.
New Zealand scripted history in Wellington on Tuesday as they became the third team ever to win a Test match after being forced to follow on when they pulled off a thrilling one-run victory over England in a classic final-day contest in the second Test. New Zealand join two other teams (Indi
England continues dominating New Zealand on the second test match's second day. England lost a couple of wickets early but Joe Root continued to maintain the scoring rate. Stokes decided to declare at 435/8. New Zealand lost three wickets quickly and at the end of Day 2 Tom Blundell and Tim
England have now won 10 of their most recent 11 Test matches, with their only blemish since McCullum took over as coach early last year coming at the hands of South Africa at the Lords
Anderson rises to the top on the back of his seven-wicket haul for England during their emphatic 267-run victory over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui last week, with the evergreen 40-year-old ending Cummins' four-year reign as the top-ranked Test bowler.
It was yet another clinical team performance from England, who received valuable contributions from almost every member of their side to wrap up the win early on the fourth day of the Bay Oval contest
Harry Brook has also started his Test career with a bang. He has three tons and three fifties in his eight innings in five Tests and has scored 623 runs at an average of over 77.
The pair overtook their Australian rivals when Broad clean-bowled Devon Conway early in the final session of the ongoing first Test between England and New Zealand in Mount Maunganui
In 90 Test matches, Stokes has hit 109 sixes and a total of 5,652 runs with 12 tons and 28 fifties at an average of 36.00. His best score in the format is 258.
Situated on the eastern entrance to Tauranga Harbour, Mount Maunganui has not been affected as badly by the cyclone, but bad weather forced both teams to train in the Bay Oval Indoor Grass Training Facility. New Zealand was forced to shift their plans of evening training forward due to worse
Pakistan's last wicket partnership between Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed survived 21 balls in fading light while Sarfaraz Ahmed slammed a fighting hundred to deny New Zealand a victory in the second Test here on Friday