{"id":9894,"date":"2025-12-06T09:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668156"},"modified":"2025-12-06T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:24:29","slug":"nz-vs-wi-1st-test-day-5-why-is-matt-henry-not-bowling-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/nz-vs-wi-1st-test-day-5-why-is-matt-henry-not-bowling-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ vs WI 1st Test Day 5: Why is Matt Henry not bowling? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"312\">Matt Henry has been <em data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"197\">absent from New Zealand\u2019s bowling attack<\/em> on Day 5 of the Christchurch Test, and the reason is an untimely injury that has left the hosts severely depleted.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"663\">Henry walked off the field after completing his 11th over on Day 4 and did not return to bowl or field for the remainder of the day. The New Zealand pacer was later taken for scans after experiencing discomfort in his calf. According to the team management, the injury was serious enough to rule him out of further participation in the ongoing Test.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"961\">New Zealand\u2019s troubles didn\u2019t end there. Seam-bowling allrounder <strong data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"746\">Nathan Smith<\/strong> also went off with a side strain and was unavailable to bowl, leaving the hosts with only part-time options to support the overworked Zakary Foulkes, Jacob Duffy, and spinners Michael Bracewell and Rachin Ravindra.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1047\">Henry had bowled <strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1019\">11 overs for 29 runs and one wicket<\/strong> before the injury occurred.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1388\">Bowling coach <strong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1077\">Jacob Oram<\/strong> confirmed that both Henry and Smith underwent scans and the team is awaiting full reports to determine their availability for the remainder of the series. With wicketkeeper <strong data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1267\">Tom Blundell<\/strong> and middle-order batter <strong data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1310\">Daryl Mitchell<\/strong> also sidelined due to injuries, New Zealand\u2019s depth has been severely tested.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1390\" data-end=\"1610\">Oram said,<br data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1403\" \/><em data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1610\">\u201cThey\u2019ve had scans and it\u2019s really disappointing for them. We\u2019re basically waiting for the report to come back to decide what we\u2019re going to be doing not only this Test match but the series going forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1808\">With one day left and a quick turnaround before the second Test at the Basin Reserve on December 10, New Zealand may be forced into multiple changes, depending on Henry\u2019s and Smith\u2019s scan results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Henry has been absent from New Zealand\u2019s bowling attack on Day 5 of the Christchurch Test, and the reason\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}