Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry withdrawn from New Zealand squad to face England

New Zealand have called up uncapped duo Jacob Duffy (Otago Volts) and Scott Kuggeleijn (Northern Districts) for the opener – only the second day-night test they have hosted.

England have lost their last five pink ball tests, including two heavy defeats by Australia in the 2021-22 Ashes.

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Jamieson’s injury is a reocurrence of the one that ruled him out of the England test tour in June, said head coach Gary Stead.

“Since the injury in June we’ve certainly taken a cautious approach to managing his return with regular monitoring by our medical staff which has included scans,” Stead said.

“While Kyle’s not feeling any pain, the evidence is pretty clear he has a stress-fracture and so he’ll return to Christchurch today and have a CT scan on Friday before we decide on the next steps.”

Stead added that batsman Henry Nicholls and wicketkeeper Tom Blundell would link up with the rest of the squad on Tuesday.

Cyclone Gabrielle, which was bearing down on the North Island on Monday and had cut power to thousands of homes, prevented players from joining the squad for a training camp in Tauranga ahead of the series-opener in Mount Maunganui.