{"id":494734,"date":"2026-06-25T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/494734\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:11:13","slug":"double-blow-for-new-zealand-ahead-of-series-decider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/494734\/","title":{"rendered":"Double blow for New Zealand ahead of series decider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pace spearhead Henry will miss the match after scans confirmed a low-grade strain in his left calf. The fast bowler experienced discomfort during the second Test at The Oval, with subsequent medical assessments revealing the injury.<\/p>\n<p>Initial indications suggest Henry will require between two and four weeks to recover.<\/p>\n<p>The setback is a significant one for New Zealand, with Henry having played a key role in the bowling attack throughout the series.<\/p>\n<p>Henry is the top wicket-taker in the series with 12 scalps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pace spearhead Henry will miss the match after scans confirmed a low-grade strain in his left calf. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41840,41838,41844,41854,41850,41853,41851,41836,41852,41849,41855,41861,41860,41841,41835,41859,41843,41842,41837,41847,41848,111,43,139,69,41857,41856,41858,41846,41839,41845],"class_list":["post-494734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}