New Zealand hope their captain Brendon McCullum will be back from the third ODI against Pakistan on January 31 and their fast bowler Tim
Southee will join the Tests against Australia at home in February. McCullum was
not playing since he aggravated his back injury during the second ODI against
Sri Lanka on December 28 while Southee’s foot was injured during the third ODI
against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand coach
Mike Hesson made it clear Southee would not play the remaining home series
against Pakistan and the limited-overs games against Australia. Hesson said
that Tim is improving and he will be in Wellington this week to work with his
rehab, so he is unlikely to appear in the Australia ODIs because we are
focusing on the Test series and ensuring that he is firing.
Hesson added we would
not compell him to play any game before this unless we need him but he could
play a Plunket Shield game to prepare himself for the Tests. McCullum will play
Pakistan tour’s of New Zealand final game before he starts his last duty in
international cricket.
First Test of New
Zealand against Australia will be 100 th of Mccullum and he will take
retirement after the second Test in Christchurch. New Zealand had another
fitness worry of Corey Anderson who has just restarted bowling where he
delivered one over in the first T20I against Pakistan and four in the second.
Anderson had picked a back injury during the Lord’s Test in May 2015.
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