Southee, Nicol hit by illness
New Zealand’s World Twenty20 squad have been hit by some serious bouts of gastro, with the fast bowler Tim Southee and the batsman Rob Nicol too ill to travel with the team from Colombo to Kandy ahead of their opening match against Bangladesh, New Zealand Cricket has confirmed.
Southee felt unwell on Monday morning, and was unable to take part in New Zealand’s warm-up loss to South Africa. Nicol was ill overnight and it was decided that neither he nor Southee should accompany the team on the journey to Kandy.
Instead, both have remained in Colombo under the observation of the New Zealand…
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