New Zealand’s head coach, Gary Stead, has defended two potentially divisive selection calls before the first Test against England
A recurrence of the stress fracture that saw Kyle Jamieson miss the last seven months of cricket – plus seamer Matt Henry now absent from the series opener on paternity leave – might have prompted the Black Caps to ask Boult about his availability.
Stead declined to say this was the end of a Test career that has returned 313 wickets from 79 caps – “With the way the cricket world is moving so quickly, it would be remiss of me to make too many predictions” – but for now the hosts are looking elsewhere. Kuggeleijn was charged with rape in 2015 and subsequently tried twice, with a hung jury in 2016 followed by a not guilty verdict in early 2017. However, the details heard by the two juries have seen his subsequent appearances for New Zealand’s limited-overs team met with public criticism, including banners during his home debut in 2019.
New Zealand Cricket’s chief executive, David White, stated after the not guilty verdict that the governing body was “not in the business of re-litigating past events”. Kuggeleijn has never addressed the issue publicly, and after his call-up to the Test setup on Tuesday, one which prompted another backlash online, Stead looked to keep the focus on cricket.
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