Tickner stood down for seven days as New Zealand reshuffle their ODI bowling

Blair Tickner will miss New Zealand’s next two ODIs against India on a mandatory seven-day concussion stand-down. Lockie Ferguson is out of the fourth and fifth matches with a calf injury. New Zealand Cricket added Kristian Clarke of Northern Districts as bowling cover. The New Zealand ODI squad for Tuesday’s third match in Hamilton also loses Matt Henry. India lead 2-0.

The seven-day stand-down

Tickner was struck while batting in the second ODI in Wellington. He was cleared of concussion. The stand-down applies regardless. NZC said the ICC period runs for seven days from the match date. That rules him out of the third and fourth games. Matt Fisher replaced him in the XI in Wellington. Fisher holds his place in both named squads.

The counting method matters for availability planning. Seven days from the match date, rather than from the moment symptoms clear, is what removes a player cleared of concussion from two fixtures. Tickner passed his assessment and still cannot play.

Ferguson’s calf rules out two more

Ferguson’s problem is older than this series. He sustained a low-grade tear in his right calf during the preceding T20Is. "Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of ODIs four and five as he has not fully recovered," NZC said in its media release. Clarke was brought in to cover the seam group rather than to replace him directly.

Clarke has not played an ODI for New Zealand. He is in both the third and fourth-match squads, which gives the selectors a seam option they can use in either game.

Test preparation thins the group

The larger squeeze comes from the Test camp. NZC said Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith leave Hamilton on Wednesday. All five miss the final ODI. Henry and Kyle Jamieson had been due to join that camp after the third match. Both now stay with the one-day group for the fourth ODI.

Henry’s absence from Hamilton traces back to training. He was hurt in a collision with teammate Devon Conway and was cleared of concussion in Auckland. NZC said he "was reassessed in Wellington and was advised he should aim to return for the fourth ODI". Two further players are still to be added across the last two matches. The Test squad to face India is due in the coming days.

Named groups for Hamilton and ODI four

NZC released both squads with the update.

• Third ODI, Hamilton: Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Kristian Clarke, Jacob Duffy, Matt Fisher, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert, Nathan Smith, Will Young
• Fourth ODI: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Kristian Clarke, Jacob Duffy, Matt Fisher, Dean Foxcroft, Mitch Hay, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Tim Seifert, Will Young

NZC has not named a group for the fifth ODI. The third match is at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Tuesday. India can take the series there. The arithmetic is awkward for the hosts: three seamers unavailable, one uncapped bowler called in, and five players leaving camp before the final game.