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Kiwi pacer Boult to head home due to back injury
London: New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult is out of the team’s tour of England and will return to home for treatment on a “stress-related injury to his back”, it was announced on Sunday.
The injury was revealed when the left-armer, who had been in devastating form for the Black Caps recently, was not included in the playing XI for the third One-Day international (ODI) against England being played in Southampton on Sunday night.
“Trent Boult was ruled out of the match and the remainder of the England Tour with a stress related injury to his back. Boult will return home tomorrow (Monday) for further assessment,” New Zealand cricket said in a statement.
Boult, 25, was replaced in the side by Matt Henry, while 23-year-old Ben Wheeler made his debut as the 185th New Zealander to play one-day cricket.
Boult was New Zealand’s top wicket-taker during their memorable run to the cricket World Cup final in February and March, taking 22 wickets at 16.86. He tied with Australia’s Mitchell Starc as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker.
He was declared man-of-the-series in the recently concluded 1-1 drawn series against England.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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