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Wellington: Fast bowler Matt Henry has been called into the New Zealand cricket team for its three-test series against India as a replacement for the injured Tim Southee.
Southee suffered an ankle injury in training and will return to New Zealand for treatment, though he is expected to be available for the one-day series which will follow the test matches.
Coach Mike Hesson said "the focus now is for Tim to give his ankle seven to 10 days rest before slowly building his bowling loads back up ahead of the ODI series. We've got a replacement who is ready to go in Matt Henry and he'll join the team before the start of the first test."
The 27-year-old, New Zealand's most experienced test bowler with 52 matches and 177 wickets, will return home for rest and rehab but was expected to be available for the one-day internationals starting mid-October.
New Zealand is currently playing Mumbai in a warm-up match.
The series opener starts in Kanpur on Sept. 22 before further matches in Kolkata and Indore.
New Zealand are bidding to win their first test series in India.
