O’Brien replaces Mills

Wellington fast bowler Iain O’Brien has been named to replace Kyle Mills for the Black Caps tour of South Africa after Mills was ruled out with injury.

Black Caps Manager Lindsay Crocker said “The selectors are not satisfied that Kyle will be fit enough to leave with Black Caps Test team next week and decided today to remove him from the Test section of the tour.

Crocker went onto say “It is hoped that when Kyle recovers from his injury and has some game time under his belt he will be considered for the one-day section of the tour.”

The revised squad is as follows.

New Zealand Test Squad
Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Craig Cumming, Stephen Fleming, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Michael Mason, Brendon McCullum, Iain O’Brien, Jacob Oram, Michael Papps, Jeetan Patel, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Lou Vincent