New Zealand suffered a big blow, Blair Tickner got injured while trying to save a four; had to be taken to hospital

Blair Tickner Was Stretched Off After Suffered Shoulder Injury: New Zealand suffered a big setback in the second match of the three-match Test series being played between West Indies and New Zealand. New Zealand fast bowler Blair Tickner suffered a serious shoulder injury during the match. After which he was taken out on a stretcher. According to the latest reports, Blair’s shoulder has been dislocated.

This accident happened during the 63rd over of the match. Tevon Imlach played a shot to fine leg. He ran fast and dived to save the boundary. After diving, he fell there and got injured. New Zealand’s medical staff treated him on the field and then he was taken on a stretcher to the hospital by ambulance.

This was his first Test since the start of 2023, and he was included in the playing XI as Matt Henry and Nathan Smith were already injured. However, in this match, Blair Tickner bowled brilliantly and gave four blows to the West Indies. But he got injured while trying to save the boundary. Now he will hardly be able to play further in this match.

Increase in the list of injured players

The New Zealand cricket team is currently struggling with a long list of injured players. This includes Matt Henry (calf), Lockie Ferguson (hamstring), Will O’Rourke (back), Adam Milne (ankle), Ben Sears (hamstring), Nathan Smith (side strain), Mitchell Santner (groin), Finn Allen (foot), Tom Blundell (hamstring) and Blair Tickner (shoulder). These injuries are having a big impact on the availability of the team’s fast bowlers and batsmen.

This was the condition of the first innings

In the second Test match being played in Wellington, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. This decision was right to a great extent. The New Zealand team bundled out West Indies for 205 runs in the first innings. However, West Indies had a good start.

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For West Indies, John Campbell and Brandon King had a partnership of 66 runs for the first wicket. Brandon King was out after scoring 33 runs. After that, on the score of 66, Kavem Hodge returned to the pavilion without opening his account. After that John Campbell and Shai Hope tried to handle the innings. But on the score of 93, John Campbell was out after scoring 44 runs.

West Indies team limited to 205 runs

From there Shai Hope and Roston Chase took the innings forward. Roston got chased out after scoring 29 runs. Shai Hope walked away after scoring 48 runs. Justin Greaves was also out after scoring 13 runs. Tevin Imlak scored 16 runs. The lower order batsmen did not contribute anything. West Indies team was reduced to 205 runs. For New Zealand, Blair Tickner took 4 wickets, Michael Ray took 3 wickets, Jacob Duffy took 1 wicket and Glenn Phillips took 1 wicket.