CRICKET – WHITE ball captain Mitchell Santner and seamers Kyle Jamieson and Matt Henry have all been declared fit for New Zealand’s upcoming Twenty20 series against India, their final preparation for next year’s World Cup.
Santner, who missed the recent Test series against West Indies with a groin strain, will skip the three one-day internationals in India in early January as he continues his recovery. The spinner will be back to lead the side in five T20s later that month, ahead of the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.
Henry missed the latter part of the West Indies series with a calf injury and will also skip the ODI series as part of his managed return.
Jamieson was rested for the West Indies Test series but returns to a pace unit missing Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne, who are both playing T20 franchise league cricket and will join the squad towards the end of the tour.
T20 squad: Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Bevon Jacobs, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Robinson, Ish Sodhi
ODI squad: Michael Bracewell (captain), Adi Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway, Zak Foulkes, Mitch Hay, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Jayden Lennox, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rae, Will Young
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