Injured Milne dominated out of England sequence; New Zealand name up Lister
Adam Milne has been dominated out of New Zealand’s ongoing ODI sequence towards England with a low-grade hamstring harm and is operating out of time to make a bid for his or her World Cup squad.
New Zealand have chosen a provisional 15-man squad which might be confirmed at an occasion on Monday, however have scope to make adjustments earlier than the ICC’s remaining deadline on September 28.
They might be taking part in six extra ODIs in that point – three every in England and Bangladesh – however Milne will miss at the very least the primary three of these after scans confirmed he had picked up an harm, having skilled tightness in coaching the day earlier than the sport.
As issues stand, he’s nonetheless attributable to tour Bangladesh for the three-match sequence later this month.
Thus, owing to Milne’s harm, left-arm seamer Ben Lister has been withdrawn from a deliberate stint with Kent within the County Championship, and added to the squad for the subsequent three ODIs towards England, because the New Zealand facet travelled to Southampton on Saturday forward of Sunday’s sport.
Gary Stead, New Zealand’s coach, mentioned: “We have short turnarounds between these matches and want to try and look after the players as much as possible with the upcoming schedule.
“With Ben already right here in England, it meant we might have him be a part of the squad at brief discover with out the restoration time of a bowler becoming a member of from New Zealand mid-series. Ben impressed us within the UAE and [in the] warm-up matches in England, and can proceed to be taught being round some senior gamers within the touring group.”
Lister, 27, made his ODI debut earlier this year in Pakistan and has also won ten T20I caps. But he is not part of the squad for the subsequent Bangladesh tour and is not in New Zealand’s World Cup plans either.
New Zealand presently maintain a 1-0 lead within the four-match sequence towards England, having chased down 292 within the first ODI in Cardiff on Friday.