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Black Caps strike bowler Shane Bond will not be available for
the second and third Test matches in the current series against
Pakistan.
Bond suffered minor abdominal discomfort following the first Test
in Dunedin.
An ultra-sound scan has indicated that he has a one-centimetre tear
in an abdominal muscle.
Shane Bond press conference click here
"There was a little bit of a niggle there during the game but in
the last session there was nothing... So I got a bit of a shock
when they said there was a tear there, Bond said at a press
conference in Wellington on Tuesday afternoon.
It was the sort of thing where I could probably play (in the
second Test) but there was a chance that I could blow it
completely."
Team manager Dave Currie said that as a precaution Bond will be
rested for the remainder of the Pakistan series.
It is expected that he will fully recover in time for the
international series against Bangladesh and Australia in the new
year.
Currie noted that in all other respects Bond's physical condition
and fitness is very good, and he had come through the first Test
extremely well.
A decision on a replacement for Bond is expected to be made in the
next 24 hours.
