Wellington Firebirds pace bowler Ben Sears will join the Black Caps as travelling reserve for the ICC T20 World Cup in India.
Sears will replace Kyle Jamieson, who was called into the main squad last week following the withdrawal of Adam Milne with a hamstring injury.
The 27-year-old will link up with the T20 World Cup squad in Mumbai tomorrow ahead of the side’s warm-up match against the USA this Friday (NZ time).
Black Caps coach Rob Walter said Sears had made an encouraging comeback from the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the start of the home summer.
"Ben’s worked hard to get himself back on the park and it’s been great to see him back playing and performing well," he said.
"He’s had a full Super Smash campaign with the Firebirds where he was the competition’s joint second-top wicket-taker from the round-robin stage with 15 wickets from his nine games.
"It will be great to have Ben with us here in India and ready to make an impact at the World Cup should someone get injured." — Allied Media
