Mills and Butler to rejoin team on Tuesday

Kyle Mills will not travel with his team-mates to Napier and will stay in Auckland to recover from a stiffness in his back. Mills sustained this stiffness in the first game, which New Zealand won comprehensively, and felt a twinge during the third over of his spell.

This was not the first time that Mills had this problem and had recovered from similar trouble a couple of times in the past. On those previous ocassions, he had been back to full fitness within a couple of days. John Bracewell, the coach, was optimistic that Mills would be available for the second match on Wednesday. Mills had a good first game in which he conceded only 24 runs in his economical eight-over spell. He also took the wicket of Kumar Sangakkara.

Ian Butler, the fast bowler, will also rejoin the squad early on Tuesday morning to be ready for Wednesday's second ODI. Butler left for Wellington to play in Northern Districts' State one-day match against Wellington tomorrow so that he could be match-fit for the Napier game.