Jimmy Neesham, the Otago allrounder, has been included into New Zealand's squad for the first Twenty20 against England after injuries picked up by fast bowler Ian Butler and allrounder Grant Elliott ruled out of the Auckland game.
Butler suffers an ankle injury while playing for the New Zealand XI against England in the warm up games and Elliott has a quad strain although it is hoped both of them will recover in time for the 2nd match of the series in Hamilton which starts on Tuesday.
Neesham, 22, has played three Twenty20s, all matches against South Africa in the series end of the last year, and also appeared in the ODIs on the same series which New Zealand won 2-1.
Elliott made his international comeback in that one day series after a break of more than two years while Butler has not played from 2010.
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