Technical Committee confirms Marshall can replace Vincent in New Zealand squad for ICC Cricket World Cup

The ICC today confirmed that the Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 has approved Hamish Marshall as the replacement player for Lou Vincent in New Zealand's squad for the tournament.

The confirmation was conveyed to the New Zealand team management in an email sent on behalf of the tournament Technical Committee on Tuesday.

Marshall replaces his fellow batsman after medical reports were received indicating that Vincent suffered a broken left lower ulna (wrist) during a training session recently.

Vincent is the sixth replacement player to be called up for the tournament.

Australia's Stuart Clark, who replaced Brett Lee (ankle), the Pakistan trio of Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat, who came in for Abdul Razzaq (knee), Shoaib Akhtar (hamstring and knee) and Mohammed Asif (elbow), and Chris Martin, who replaced Daryl Tuffey (bicep) for the Black Caps are the other players to be called up by any of the 16 teams taking part following the announcements of the final squads of 15 players.

The process required for approving Marshall was the same as that followed by Cricket Australia, the Pakistan Cricket Board and New Zealand Cricket in the cases of the above players.

Applications were made in writing to the tournament Technical Committee for permission to replace the players and those applications were supported by medical reports confirming the injuries and certifying that the players were not fit for the event.

The Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup consists of David Richardson (Chairman, ICC representative), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), former international captains Michael Atherton and Rameez Raja (both independent nominations), Chris Dehring (Managing Director and CEO of the ICC CWC 2007) and Michael Hall (ICC CWC 2007 Cricket Operations Director).

New Zealand's next match in the ICC Cricket World Cup is its first in the Super Eight stage of the tournament, against hosts the West Indies, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday 29 March.