AUS vs NZ, 3rd Test: Kiwis Injury Woes Get Worse After Matt Henry Breaks Thumb

Henry was struck on his thumb by a booming drive from Joe Burns in the first session of the Sydney Test,

New Zealand's injury woes got worse on the ongoing tour of Australia after seamer Matt Henry suffered a broken left thumb on the opening day of the final Test at Sydney. Henry was struck on his thumb by a booming drive from Joe Burns in the first session of the Sydney Test, which saw him leaving the field for treatment before returning to bowl and finishing the day with 21 wicketless overs, ESPNcricinfo reported. The thumb has been splinted and strapped and Henry will continue to be available to bowl on the second day but his role with the bat will be determined by the state of the game. Henry was choose ahead of the seasoned seamer Tim Southee with coach Gary Stead explaining that his extra pace was one of the factors. "I guess the decision making around that, we just felt that we wanted a little more pace out there, what Matt Henry sort of offers over Tim," Stead said. "And being the workload that Tim has had not just in the last two Tests but if you put the last four together, it's somewhere around 200 overs in a short period of time, just felt that what Matt offered would have given us a point of difference," he added. New Zealand made five changes in the playing eleven for the third Test. They dropped Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, and Trent Boult due to injuries and illness