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02/16 23:50 CST 'Dodgy burger' rules Santner out against Canada as New Zealand
targets T20 World Cup Super 8s
'Dodgy burger' rules Santner out against Canada as New Zealand targets T20
World Cup Super 8s
CHENNAI, India (AP) --- Canada won the toss Tuesday and elected to bat against
a New Zealand lineup targeting a spot in the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup.
Stand-in captain Daryl Mitchell said regular skipper Mitchell Santner is sick
and will miss the game because he "had a dodgy burger last night."
Cole McConchie replaced Santner as a like-for-like replacement in the XI.
New Zealand was forced into another change with Kyle Jamieson coming in for
pace bowler Lockie Ferguson, who returned home for the birth of his first
child. Ferguson is scheduled to rejoin the team during the Super 8s.
A third win in Group D would seal New Zealand's place in the next round
alongside South Africa, England, West Indies, India and Sri Lanka. New Zealand
started the tournament with victories against Afghanistan and United Arab
Emirates before losing to South Africa.
Canada has never played a T20 international against New Zealand. But in the
one-day international format, the Black Cups have won all three previous
matches against Canada.
Canada is last in the group following losses to United Arab Emirates and South
Africa and will be knocked out of the tournament if it loses to New Zealand.
Later Tuesday, Zimbabwe is aiming for a win over Ireland that would also knock
2021 champion Australia out in the first round of the tournament for the first
time since 2009. Nepal, which has lost all its three group games, is rounding
out its T20 World Cup campaign against Scotland.
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Lineups:
Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker,
Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger,
Jaskaran Singh, Ansh Patel.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark
Chapman, Daryl Mitchell (captain), Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Kyle
Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy.
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AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket
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