Overview

• Finn Allen sustained the foot injury on July 6 while playing for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket.
• New Zealand Cricket confirmed he will return home for specialist evaluations with no recovery date set.
• The injury also rules Allen out of the Unicorns’ playoff match against MI New York in the MLC eliminator.
• Mitchell Santner will captain the Black Caps squad that departs for Harare on Thursday with debutant Bevon Jacobs likely to open on July 16 against South Africa.
• The tri-series is the first assignment under head coach Rob Walter as New Zealand balances overlapping franchise and international commitments.