New Zealand is an injury in the middle of the long crisis before a long home season because Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Will O’Rouke and Finn Allen treat various diseases. Blackcaps will host Australia, England and West India for a series of more formats since 1 October, followed by the T20i series against South Africa in March 2026.
However, most of their first selection players will probably miss the team injury crisis. Fast Bowler Will O’Rourke was expelled from the action three months after the scan revealed that it had a fracture of stress in the lower back, New Zealand cricket reported in the media edition.
24 -year -old injury has picked up During the first test against Zimbabwe at the beginning of this month And he was sent home where scanning revealed the extent of his injury. In addition, the versatile Glenn Phillips suffered a groin injury when opening the Finn dough Allen is recovering from his true leg surgery. The duo was excluded from a series of three T20i matches against Australia, which played for the Chappell-Hadlee trophy, starting on October 1.
Allen is likely to spend three months on a secondary dorm, while Phillips will be re -evaluated in a month to find that his potential return to the game. To join suffering, a captain with limited transmission of Mitchell Santner, who recently returned after playing in hundreds of northern superchargers, also fights the pain of the weakness
Santner is due for abdominal surgery and will take a month to recover. He is ready to be in the race against time to be fit for the Australian series. Meanwhile, Kiwis also has several positive news in the middle of a long list of injuries, as Ben Sears’s rapid channel has recovered from the side tribe that kept it outside Zimbabwe and is likely to be available for long home summer.
New Zealand’s head coach Rob Walter revealed that they name Santner in The Squads for the Australia series and in the meantime assess his rest and rehabilitation.
“We expect to name it in our team when we announce it in a few weeks, and from there we can assess how his rest and rehabilitation proceed after surgery before calling on the eve of the series,” Walter said in the media edition.
After three T20is against Australia, New Zealand will play so much T20is and ODI against England from October 18. They will also play five T20is, three ODI and so many tests against West India, starting with November 5. The West Indies series will also indicate the first assignment of New Zealand in the WTC test Championship (WTC) 2025-27.
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Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
August 26, 2025
