{"id":27261,"date":"2026-06-25T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=27261"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:24:19","slug":"injury-blow-hurts-new-zealand-as-matt-henry-glenn-phillips-ruled-out-of-series-decider-against-england-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=27261","title":{"rendered":"Injury blow hurts New Zealand as Matt Henry, Glenn Phillips ruled out of series decider against England | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131989784,imgsize-1117616,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/131989784.jpg\" alt=\"Injury blow hurts New Zealand as Matt Henry, Glenn Phillips ruled out of series decider against England\" title=\"Injury blow for New Zealand for 3rd Test (Image: X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Injury blow for New Zealand for 3rd Test (Image: X)\">Injury blow for New Zealand for 3rd Test (Image: X)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bat first in the decisive third Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Thursday. However, the visitors have been dealt a significant setback ahead of the winner-takes-all contest, with two key players ruled out through injury.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The three-match series is finely poised at 1-1. England claimed the opening Test at Lord&#8217;s by 115 runs before New Zealand responded emphatically with a crushing 253-run victory at The Oval. With valuable ICC World Test Championship points on offer, the Trent Bridge encounter will determine the series winner.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Matt Henry, Glenn Phillips ruled out<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>New Zealand have been forced into major changes after pace spearhead Matt Henry and star all-rounder Glenn Phillips were ruled out of the final Test. <!-- -->Henry, who starred in New Zealand&#8217;s victory at The Oval and recently climbed to the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test bowling rankings, misses out with a calf injury. Phillips, meanwhile, has been sidelined due to a side strain. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h4>England ring the changes for decider<br \/><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>England have also shuffled their lineup following the heavy defeat in the second Test, with captain Ben Stokes returning to lead the side after being rested at The Oval. Fast bowler Gus Atkinson also returns, while wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith is back after missing the previous Test following the birth of his child. Spinner Shoaib Bashir has been recalled to strengthen England&#8217;s spin options.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Despite being declared fit, Ollie Robinson has not been included in the playing XI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Playing XIs<br \/><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">New Zealand:<\/span> Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Ben Sears, William O&#8217;Rourke<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">England:<\/span> Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/injury-blow-hurts-new-zealand-as-matt-henry-glenn-phillips-ruled-out-of-series-decider-against-england\/articleshow\/131989583.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injury blow for New Zealand for 3rd Test (Image: X) New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bat first in the decisive third Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Thursday. However, the visitors have been dealt a significant setback ahead of the winner-takes-all contest, with two key players ruled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}