New Zealand quick bowler Ben Sears has been dominated out of the Champions Trophy event in Pakistan and the UAE with a hamstring tear.
Sears suffered the damage in coaching in Karachi on Wednesday. Scan outcomes have proven a minor tear, which might preserve Sears out of motion for 2 weeks.
It’s the newest setback for 27-year-old Sears, who solely just lately returned from a knee damage.
Sears’ place within the New Zealand squad has been taken by travelling reserve Jacob Duffy.
“We’re all actually feeling for Ben,” New Zealand coach Gary Stead mentioned on Friday.
“It is at all times powerful being dominated out of a serious occasion at such a late stage, and it is particularly powerful in Ben’s case given it will have been his first main ICC occasion.
“The time frames for Ben to be match to play once more meant he would possible miss the vast majority of the group stage, and given the brief nature of the event we felt it was applicable to usher in a participant who’s absolutely match and able to go.”
New Zealand are drawn with Bangladesh, India and Pakistan within the eight-team event, which begins on Wednesday with a match between New Zealand and Pakistan.
