The South African fast bowler Neil Wagner has been named in New Zealand’s Test squad to tour the West Indies, while Brendon McCullum has been rested from the one-day and Twenty20 squads. New Zealand have named their touring groups for the trip, which begins with a pair of T20s in Florida starting on June 30 and finishes with two Tests in Antigua and Jamaica in late July and early August.
Wagner and the legspinner Tarun Nethula are the two uncapped members of the 15-man Test squad, which featured no major surprises and included all 11 men who played New Zealand’s most recent Test. The selectors chose two wicketkeepers, Kruger van Wyk and BJ Watling, who will also serve as the backup batsmen for the two Tests.
• Test squad: Daniel Flynn, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor (c), Kane Williamson, Dean Brownlie, BJ Watling (w), Kruger van Wyk (w), Daniel Vettori, Tarun Nethula, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin.
• One-day squad: Rob Nicol, Martin Guptill, Daniel Flynn, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (c), Dean Brownlie, BJ Watling (w), Tom Latham, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Kyle Mills, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Tarun Nethula.
• Twenty20 squad: Rob Nicol, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (c), Daniel Flynn, Dean Brownlie, BJ Watling (w), Tom Latham, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Kyle Mills, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Ronnie Hira.
