Dec 2 2013: Top-order batsman Aaron Redmond has earned a New Zealand Test recall, five years after he last played the longest form of the game, for the series against West Indies that starts next week.
The 34-year-old has been named in a 13-man squad for the three-match series that starts at the University Oval in Dunedin on Dec. 3 ostensibly to provide cover for the injured Kane Williamson who broke his thumb last month.
Williamson broke his thumb on the tour of Bangladesh and medical staff had thought his injury may take up to six weeks to heal. He will undergo a fitness check before the team is finalised.
Pace bowler Tim Southee is also back in the squad after ankle surgery in July.
He was gradually eased back when he played in the limited- overs portion of New Zealand's tour to Bangladesh.
All-rounder Corey Anderson has also been included but is battling against a rib injury he sustained in Bangladesh and may play as just a batsman in Dunedin if the home side decide to pick an all-seam attack and not include leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.
The 20-year-old Sodhi impressed on the Bangladesh tour and Edgar said if the conditions suited him he would be given another chance.
Williamson, if fit, is likely to fill the spinning role if New Zealand go with a four-pronged pace attack of Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and Doug Bracewell.
Blackcaps Test squad for ANZ Test Series v West Indies
The 34-year-old has been named in a 13-man squad for the three-match series that starts at the University Oval in Dunedin on Dec. 3 ostensibly to provide cover for the injured Kane Williamson who broke his thumb last month.
Williamson broke his thumb on the tour of Bangladesh and medical staff had thought his injury may take up to six weeks to heal. He will undergo a fitness check before the team is finalised.
Pace bowler Tim Southee is also back in the squad after ankle surgery in July.
He was gradually eased back when he played in the limited- overs portion of New Zealand's tour to Bangladesh.
All-rounder Corey Anderson has also been included but is battling against a rib injury he sustained in Bangladesh and may play as just a batsman in Dunedin if the home side decide to pick an all-seam attack and not include leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.
The 20-year-old Sodhi impressed on the Bangladesh tour and Edgar said if the conditions suited him he would be given another chance.
Williamson, if fit, is likely to fill the spinning role if New Zealand go with a four-pronged pace attack of Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and Doug Bracewell.
Blackcaps Test squad for ANZ Test Series v West Indies
- Brendon McCullum (Captain) - Otago Volts
- Corey Anderson - Northern Knights
- Peter Fulton - Canterbury Wizards
- Aaron Redmond - Otago Volts
- Hamish Rutherford - Otago Volts
- Ross Taylor - Central Stags
- Neil Wagner - Otago Volts
- BJ Watling (wk) - Northern Knights
- Kane Williamson - Northern Knights
- Tim Southee - Northern Knights
- Trent Boult - Northern Knights
- Ish Sodhi - Northern Knights
- Doug Bracewell - Central Stags
