US EditionSeifert Out of West Indies Tour with Fractured Finger
Seifert's broken right index finger ruled him out of the five-match T20 series against West Indies; Mitch Hay, holding a record for six dismissals in an innings, replaces him.
- On Monday, Tim Seifert broke his right index finger while batting for Northern Districts and has been ruled out of New Zealand home T20I series v West Indies.
- Struck by a delivery, Seifert retired hurt during batting for Northern Districts on Monday, with an X-ray confirmation of a fracture to his right index finger.
- Seifert has played 77 T20 internationals since 2018 and is a key member of the T20 World Cup preparation in India and Sri Lanka in February.
- Canterbury wicketkeeper-batter Mitch Hay has been called into the squad as Seifert's replacement, featuring in 11 T20 internationals and holding the world record for six dismissals in an innings.
- The series, spanning Auckland to Dunedin, begins with five T20Is over the next 10 days, and coach Rob Walter said `He showed in the recent T20 series that he's building up to top form, so it's disappointing that that has been halted.
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New Zealand's Seifert out of West Indies T20s with broken finger
New Zealand opener Tim Seifert has been ruled out of this month's Twenty20 series with West Indies after the wicketkeeper suffered a broken finger during a domestic match, the country's cricket governing body (NZC) said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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