Kane Williamson, The captain of New Zealand Cricket team, is going to miss next month’s home Twenty20 series against England because of a hip injury. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Friday made the statement regarding Williamson to miss out England T20 series.
Williamson to miss England T20 series
In the meantime, Fast bowler Tim Southee is now going to lead the Black Caps in the upcoming five matches that are going to be held against England starting in Christchurch on November 1.
The 29 year old batsman played for Northern Districts on Thursday but then he has opted to rest due to the issue which also kept him out of a Test against Bangladesh in the month of March.
New Zealand coach Gary Stead told the NZC website, “We’ve been monitoring the injury for a while now and it’s the same issue that ruled him out of the final test against Bangladesh back in March,”
He added, “It’s disappointing timing for Kane at the start of an exciting Kiwi summer, but we feel it’s the right decision with a busy season ahead.”
On the other hand, Fast bowler Blair Tickner was also named in the New Zealand squad after making his first appearance against India this year.
New Zealand host England in a two-test series beginning at Tauranga on 20th November 2019.
New Zealand VS England T20 Series: Full Squad
Here is the complete list of squad for upcoming New Zealand VS England T20 series:
New Zealand T20 squad: Tim Southee (c), Trent Boult (games four and five), Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson (games one, two and three), Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor, Blair Tickner.
England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Pat Brown, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, James Vince.
