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    "excerpt": "On the eve of the opening Test against the West Indies at Basin Reserve, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Thursday picked paceman Matt Henry as a replacement for veteran Tim Southee in the playing XI.",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Wellington, Nov 30 (CRICKETNMORE) - <\/strong>On the eve of the opening Test against the West Indies at Basin Reserve, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Thursday picked paceman Matt Henry as a replacement for veteran Tim Southee in the playing XI.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Southee, who is expecting the birth of his child, will miss the first Test against the Caribbean side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, the Kiwis preferred to go with Henry over his Auckland counterpart Lockie Ferguson, who was called up as cover for Southee last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Henry has been playing well for a long time and hasn&#39;t had the opportunities that he&#39;s deserved. He&#39;s a different bowler to Lockie and has been bowling with good pace, does tend to move the ball well and it&#39;s exciting for Matt,&quot; Williamson said here on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He&#39;s been waiting for an opportunity and doing all the right things, and performed well in our last Test match. He was outstanding,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand had also added George Worker to their ranks once Southee&#39;s unavailability was confirmed, although Worker does not find a place in the XI.&nbsp; The home side will have only one debutant on Friday, as Tom Blundell steps into the wicketkeeper&#39;s slot in place of the injured B.J. Watling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand XI for first Test: Kane Williamson (Captain), Tom Latham, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell (WK), Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Matt Henry, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.<\/p>\r\n",
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