File photo of Trent Boult
New Zealand coach Gary Stead confirmed on Monday that pacemaker Trent Boult will miss the second Test against South Africa. Bolt was not in the squad for the opening Test against South Africa as his wife was about to give birth to her third child. New Zealand have not made any changes to the 15-man squad for the second Test.
Stead was quoted by ESPNcricinfo, “Bolt is not in a position to be available at the moment. As he is about to become a father, he has missed many opportunities to play and play cricket.” [फ्रंटलाइन] He considered the spin option, but I didn’t feel we needed it in this field. We report that New Zealand won the first test of the two-match series by one innings and 276 runs. While the second test will start from February 25.