Captain Santner excluded, Jamieson returns as the New Zealand name 14 member group for T20I series against Australia
Wellington [New Zealand]September 16 (Ani): New Zealand will be ready without white-ball captain Mitchell Santner, who is excluded from their upcoming T20I series against Australia. In Santner’s absence, Michael Bracewell will lead a group of 14 men, which contains Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears, but remains from Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne due to an injury. Santner underwent abdominal surgery last month and remained hopeful to regain his fitness in time to be available for the three matches in Australia during the build-up to next year’s T20 World Championships. But he could not recover in time for the series held in Mount Maunganui on October 1, 3 and 4. “Never nice to lose your captain. But these things do happen. And Michael was all the captain of this team and did a good job against Pakistan. So confident in how he would lead the team,” New Zealand coach Rob Walter said in a statement by NZC. Tearaway Ferguson is excluded from the tempting relationship with a hamstring injury, while Milne sustains a foot injury. Lanky Quick Will O’Rourke (back), Allrounder Glenn Phillips (Lies) and opener Finn Allen (Foot) are already excluded from the first home series of New Zealand of the season. New Zealand’s talismanic batter Kane Williamson has not made himself available, but is expected to return for the white ball series against England. Jamieson and Sears returned to the fold after missing the three-series in Zimbabwe in July. Jamieson was absent due to the birth of his first child, while Sears missed a side injury. “He has worked incredibly hard for the past twelve weeks to be back on the park and do some incredible work there. So we are excited to see him back in the competitive fold. ‘ We are building a bigger base of Fast Bowlers because we understand that the program is so busy these days, but Fast Bowling is an important requirement for performance, “Walter said.” So we want to make sure we have as many options as we can possibly have. He has worked incredibly hard for the past twelve weeks to be back on the park and there is some incredible work there, ‘he said.’ We are excited to see him back in the competitive fold, ‘he added. The bones are the absence of Santner. Sodhi appears in two of the new Zealand’s five games in Zimbabwe and missed the final, despite returning with figures, and the final missed the final, and they missed the final, despite returning with figures. 4/12.[They play a] Very aggressive brand, which is cool. I think that puts you under pressure. It certainly allows us to explore a few different options on how we want to play against them, because it seems that they have a very specific way they want to play. So it will be a lovely test. “New Zealand T20I group vs Australia: Michael Bracewell (Capt), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravind, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert,