The New Zealand cricket crew is visiting England in June 2022 to play three Test matches, with the matches framing part of the 2021-2023 ICC World Test Championship. England will likewise play three One Day International (ODI) matches against the Netherlands in Amstelveen between the second and third Tests.
In November 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) declared that Yorkshire County Cricket Club had been suspended from facilitating worldwide matches, following the prejudice experienced by Azeem Rafiq. Headingley was initially named as the scene for the third Test.
In January 2022, the ECB set Yorkshire the cutoff time of spring 2022 to meet specific circumstances to recapture their global status for the match, with the suspension being lifted the accompanying month.
In April 2022, following England's visit to the West Indies, Joe Root surrendered as England's Test captain. Later that very month, the ECB named Ben Stokes as Root's successor.
New Zealand named a lengthy crew of twenty players for the tour, with it being diminished to 15 for the initial Test match.
