McClenaghan picks up pelvis injury
New Zealand left-arm fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan has sustained a stress fracture to his pelvis that is likely rule him out of cricket for at least six weeks
New Zealand left-arm fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan has sustained a stress fracture to his pelvis that is likely rule him out of cricket for at least six weeks.
New Zealand's next international assignments are Test tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa in July-August. McClenaghan, who is yet to make his Test debut, has not been named in the squad for those tours. He will be hoping to recover in time for the ODI leg of New Zealand's tour of India in September-October.
McClenaghan picked up the injury while representing Middlesex in the ongoing NatWest T20 Blast; he has now been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament. Middlesex's Managing Director of Cricket, Angus Fraser, described the loss of McClenaghan as a big blow.
"Losing Mitchell is a big blow for us," Fraser said. "He is an outstanding white-ball bowler who brings variety, skill and nous to any side he plays for."
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