http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 –Cricket News Update
New Zealand pace bowling spearhead Time Southee was on Monday cleared to play in the Test series opener against England, commencing here at Lord’s on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Southee, the 24-year-old medium pace bowler picked up a foot injury on day three of the warm up match against England http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in Leicester last week, and was rested by the New Zealand team management for the remainder of the four-day
practice match. The Northland seamer, who bowled just 19 overs in the warm up fixture, saw a specialist in London over the weekend, where he was declared fit by the doctor.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mike-J-Hesson-c76286 on Monday shared that Southee’s injury was not of much concern adding that the right-arm speedster would in all probability spearhead the Kiwis pace attach come the first Test of the two-match series
against the Poms at Lord’s on Thursday.
"Tim is fine," Mike Hesson, New Zealand coach, told the media during a press conference here at Lord's on Monday. "It was very much a precautionary response from us to send Tim down to London for further investigations. He had some
treatment on his toe and he is very comfortable and will be all right for the first Test," added the visiting coach.
Mike Hesson, who replaced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Wagner-c79182. Wagner, the 27-year-old Transvaal born left-arm seamer, had suffered a broken toe
nail earlier this month, but he has been declared fit for the England encounter.
England toured New Zealand in March this year to play a three-match Test series against the Black caps, and at that time the host stuck to the same playing XI all through the series, an approach Hesson said was was important to provide
stability and confidence to the players.
Replying to a query about the Kiwis’ team composition for the first Test against the Three Lions, Hesson said he was open to playing four pacers, adding that a final decision on the playing XI will be taken on the basis of the overhead
conditions and the wicket.
"Absolutely. It is an option," Hesson said. "We are not closed in our views in terms of who we play. Whoever is left out is a tough decision but we have got to pick the best side for the conditions."
Tags: