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Williamson to miss second ODI as precaution
BLACKCAPS captain Kane Williamson will miss the second ODI against West Indies in Barbados due to a quad injury.
Williamson felt tightness in his upper right quad during Wednesday’s opening game at Kensington Oval.
Coach Gary Stead described Williamson’s omission as precautionary and was hopeful he would be available for Sunday’s final match.
Tom Latham will captain the side in Williamson’s absence.
The second ODI gets underway at Kensington Oval at 2pm local time, 6am Saturday NZT.
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.
