New Zealand's preparations for the test series against England are being hit on all fronts with a cyclone, a key injury and new-born babies tearing up the squad's plans in the leadup.Towering paceman Kyle Jamieson, in his first test squad since hurting his back on the tour of England last year, has suffer
New Zealand's preparations for the test series against England are being hit on all fronts with a cyclone, a key injury and new-born babies tearing up the squad's plans in the leadup.
Cyclone Gabrielle, which was bearing down on the North Island on Monday and had cut power to thousands of homes, prevented players from linking up with the squad for a training camp in Tauranga ahead of the series-opener in Mount Maunganui starting on Thursday.With flights cancelled due to the storm, paceman Blair Tickner and opener Will Young had resorted to driving themselves up from Napier, fours hours south of Tauranga.
" are exciting for our team ... but yeah, it's disappointing, the weather with the way it is, but there's a lot more people worse off at the top of the North Island than what we are here," said Stead.The first test will be a pink ball one, only the second hosted by New Zealand.
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