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New Zealand accelerated bowler Lockie Ferguson volition miss his side's adjacent T20 World Cup radical crippled against Canada arsenic helium was granted paternal permission of absence, New Zealand Cricket announced connected Sunday (February 15, 2026).
Ferguson, 34, volition depart for location connected Sunday (February 15) and is expected to make a instrumentality by the start of the Super 8 signifier of the tournament, provided New Zealand are capable to clear the radical stage.
“At this stage, we won’t beryllium replacing Lockie successful the squad as the program would be for him to instrumentality for the Super 8 signifier of the tournament," caput manager Rob Walter said in a connection connected New Zealand Cricket authoritative website.
"But our travelling reserves Ben Sears and Cole McConchie are acceptable to beryllium called into the squad should we request them."
New Zealand person won 2 retired of their three radical matches truthful far, losing to South Africa by 7 wickets connected Saturday (February 14), and volition play Canada connected Tuesday (February 17).
