Sears Black Caps reserve for T20 World Cup
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Pace-bowler Ben Sears will join the Black Caps as a travelling reserve for the ICC T20 World Cup in India, starting shortly.
Sears replaces Kyle Jamieson, who was called into the main squad last week following the withdrawal of Adam Milne with a hamstring injury.
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The 27-year-old will link up with the T20 World Cup squad in Mumbai on Sunday ahead of the side's warm-up match against the US on 6 February.
In 2024, Sears was also named as a travelling reserve player in New Zealand's squad for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup tournament.
Black Caps coach Rob Walter said Sears had made an encouraging comeback from the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the start of the home summer.
"Ben's worked hard to get himself back on the park and it's been great to see him back playing and performing well," said Walter.
"He's had a full Super Smash campaign with the Firebirds where he was the competition's joint second-top wicket-taker from the round-robin stage with 15 wickets from his nine games.
"It will be great to have Ben with us here in India and ready to make an impact at the World Cup should someone get injured."
The Black Caps are in Group D alongside Afghanistan, Canada, South Africa and the UAE, with their opening match on 8 February in Chennai against Afghanistan.
Black Caps T20 World Cup cricket squad
Mitchell Santner (c) - Northern Brave
Finn Allen - Auckland Aces
Michael Bracewell - Wellington Firebirds
Mark Chapman - Auckland Aces
Devon Conway - Wellington Firebirds
Jacob Duffy - Volts
Lockie Ferguson - Auckland Aces
Matt Henry - Canterbury Kings
Kyle Jamieson - Canterbury Kings
Daryl Mitchell - Canterbury Kings
James Neesham - Auckland Aces
Glenn Phillips - Volts
Rachin Ravindra - Wellington Firebirds
Tim Seifert - Northern Brave
Ish Sodhi - Canterbury Kings
*Ben Sears - Wellington Firebirds - travelling reserve