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WHITE FERNS bowler Rosemary Mair has been ruled out of the remainder of the Dulux ODI series against England due to a back injury.
Mair felt pain in her back while training in Wellington late last week and was subsequently ruled out of the first ODI against England at the Cello Basin Reserve on Monday.
Mair travelled with the team to Hamilton but was unable to complete training at Seddon Park yesterday, so a decision was made for her to return home to begin a period of rehabilitation.
Molly Penfold has been called in to the ODI squad as Mair’s replacement.
WHITE FERNS head coach Ben Sawyer said the decision to rule Mair out of the series was made with an eye on the team’s heavy winter of cricket ahead.
“We’re all gutted for Rosemary as she has been a key member of the squad throughout the series against England.” said Sawyer.
“We have a big winter of cricket ahead with tours to England and Australia before the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, so we want to be cautious and give Rosemary ample time to recover and be ready to go again when we depart for England.”
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The New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, made their Test debut in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth nation to play Test cricket. After waiting 26 years for their first Test win against the West Indies in 1956, they also played their first ODI in 1972–73 against Pakistan. New Zealand are the inaugural World Test Championship champions (2021) and have won the ICC Champions Trophy (2000). They have reached the Cricket World Cup final twice and the T20 World Cup final once.
