http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 trip – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 premier spinner, Daniel Vettori, will not be a part of the squad which will travel to South Africa early next year after failing to recover from hernia and Achilles injuries.
Vettori picked up the injury during the team’s World T20 appearance in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, where he came out of retirement to play in the shortest version. He has been sidelined for a further six-week period, which sees him missing the team’s bouts against South Africa, and the KFC Big Bash campaign for Brisbane Beat, with whom he signed a three-year contract.
The talented spinner has now missed trips to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in the recently concluded second Test to level the series.
It was their first major Test win of the year, the other coming against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, after falling short against South Africa at home in early 2012.
His injury is also a setback to the Heat after the Big Bash franchise further lost South African pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776. Vettori nonetheless, was hopeful of a smooth recovery.
"I've had a few injuries that I'm recovering from and the plan is to slowly build up with Twenty20 cricket and play some four-day cricket for my domestic side and hopefully be fit and selected for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 Test series,'' he said on the Heat’s website.
In his absence, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Todd-Astle-c2697 during the team’s impressive win against Sri Lanka. Both are expected to be a part of the squad which takes on the Proteas next year.
The Kiwis will play two Tests against the no.1 Test side, with the first one being played at Cape Town from January 2, followed by the second at Port Elizabeth. The Tests are squeezed between 3T20Is and 3 ODIs.
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