- First-choice keeper tweaks back during gym session
- Uncapped Crawley could come in to win first cap
Zak Crawley is on standby to make his Test debut, and Ollie Pope lined up to play as a wicketkeeper, after Jos Buttler emerged as an injury doubt 24 hours out from England’s must-win second Test against New Zealand.
Buttler, 29, experienced back pain while working out in the gym before training on Thursday. It follows 201 overs in the field during the first Test in Mount Maunganui, an innings defeat that sees Joe Root’s side looking to draw the two-match series.
Written by Ali Martin in Hamilton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/28/jos-buttler-injury-puts-pope-on-call-to-keep-wicket-for-england under the title “Jos Buttler injury puts Pope on call to keep wicket for England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
