Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Ross Taylor is on the cusp of making history as New Zealand return to international action, eight months after they last played. The Covid-19 pandemic brought an early end to New Zealand's home summer - the short white-ball tour of Australia prematurely ended after just the one ODI, while the return series against the Trans-Tasman rivals was chalked off the calendar.

Taylor is just five matches short of becoming the most capped New Zealand cricketer and with a full home season coming up, he should be able to go past Daniel Vettori's 437 appearances for the national team, across all formats of the game.

While getting past Vettori's number looks like a foregone conclusion, the right-hander who will turn 37 this March, ha...