(Reuters) – All-rounder Jimmy Neesham will skip New Zealand’s Twenty20 series against England to return home for the birth of his first child, the team said on Monday.
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Neesham had been scheduled to stay on in Britain after taking part in The Hundred for the four-match series, which begins on Wednesday in Durham.
Cole McConchie, who was supposed to go back to New Zealand after playing in the warm-up wins against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, will replace Neesham in the squad.
“We fully support Jimmy’s decision to return home early,” coach Gary Stead said in a news release. “The birth of a child is a special time and we are a family environment.”
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(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)
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