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NZ Select XI v England XI, Dunedin, 2nd day
Side strain forces Tremlett home
February 29, 2008
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It was the latest in a series of injury setbacks for Tremlett, who was England's twelfth man for four of the five Ashes Tests in 2005. He was picked for the subsequent tour of Pakistan that winter but withdrew before the series, and he also required an injection in his shoulder after making his debut in last summer's home series against India.
The England management confirmed that there were no immediate plans for a replacement, although Tremlett was not England's only injury worry in Dunedin. Paul Collingwood did not take the field at all on the second day after sustaining a grade one tear to his right hamstring - an injury he first felt during the tied ODI in Napier last week. Collingwood is expected to bat as and when required, although he - like Sidebottom - has to be a doubt for the first Test in Hamilton, which is now only five days away.
Matthew Hoggard was also in the wars for England. He vomited into a rubbish bin on the boundary's edge after picking up a stomach bug, but he is expected to be fully fit for the first Test.
UK editor Andrew Miller was saved from a life of drudgery in the City when his car caught fire on the way to an interview. He took this as a sign and fled to Pakistan where he witnessed England's historic victory in the twilight at Karachi (or thought he did, at any rate - it was too dark to tell). He then joined Wisden Online in 2001, and soon graduated from put-upon photocopier to a writer with a penchant for comment and cricket on the subcontinent. In addition to Pakistan, he has covered England tours in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007
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