The injury to the left side of his back surfaced after the recent T20I series against the West Indies and subsequent scans and imaging later confirmed the partial fracture.
Meanwhile, spinner Ajaz Patel will miss the opening Test as he continues to recover from a calf injury. Mitchell Santner will replace the left-arm spinner.
Auckland: John Reid, the oldest surviving New Zealand cricketer, has died here, New Zealand Cricket confirmed on Wednesday. Reid was considered one of the best all-rounders in the world in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a seam bowler who played 58 Test matches, scoring 3428 runs at 33.28. […]
