WELLINGTON, New Zealand
\nNew Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson was on Tuesday ruled out of the England Test series with a recurrence of a stress fracture in his back.
\nSeam bowler Matt Henry will also miss the first Test at Mount Maunganui beginning Thursday as he waits for the birth of his first child.
\nJamieson, 28, had not played any international cricket since June when he initially suffered the back injury on the tour of England.
\nJamieson played for a New Zealand XI in a warm-up against England last week without pain, but New Zealand coach Gary Stead said a scan had revealed another fracture.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really gutting for Kyle to have this happen after he\u2019d put so much hard work into getting himself back on the park,\u201d said Stead.
\n\u201cWhile Kyle\u2019s not feeling any pain, the evidence is pretty clear he has a stress-fracture.\u201d
\nJamieson will return to Christchurch to undergo more scans and faces an extended period on the sidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WELLINGTON, New Zealand New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson was on Tuesday ruled out of the England Test series with a recurrence of a stress fracture in his back. Seam bowler Matt Henry will also miss the first Test at Mount Maunganui beginning Thursday as he waits for the birth of his first child. Jamieson, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-313862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n