Bond has not played Test cricket since the tour of Sri Lanka in May 2003.
NZC medical coordinator Warren Frost could not put a time frame on Bond's return to cricket but said he faced several months on the sidelines.
New Zealand pace bowler Adam Milne has joined the elite 150 kmh club of firebrand fast bowlers after sending the speed radar soaring to a whopping 153.3 kmh with one delivery in the Twenty20 against West Indies at Eden Park.
Nathan Astle returns to Test cricket following knee surgery in the first Test against England starting on Thursday.
K L Rahul (71) and Chris Gayle's (40) knocks helped the Punjab side to achieve the target with eight balls to spare.
'There is a lot a fast bowler can achieve even on unresponsive pitches in India,' says Javagal Srinath.
Chris Cairns, whose wife is expecting their second child, will not play in the Test matches but is on the limited-overs team.
Kiwi bowler Shane Bond has undergone a scan on his troublesome back and is in danger of missing the second Test against England.
South Africa beat New Zealand in the third one-day international to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in five-match series.
The New Zealand pace bowler could miss the Test against England as he hasn't fully recovered from a stress fracture of the lower back.
Stand-in coach Ashley Ross said in case they fail to undertake the tour, players with international experience will be accommodated in the team.
The two New Zealand players will need to pass fitness tests before the team leaves for England on April 27.
The Kiwi quick strained his lower back while bowling during a one-day match against Pakistan on Sunday.
In a career of cross-roads, the 29-year-old feared he had reached a dead end some 20 months ago, when he suffered a fourth back stress fracture that ruled him out of the 2017/18 series on home soil.
The Kiwis will not have the services of Shane Bond, who is suffering from a side strain.
New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has shaken off a serious back injury and is raring to take on the touring Pakistan and South Africa sides over the summer.
The other two other injury-troubled bowlers, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori, were on track for India.
The former Pakistan captain will replace injured New Zealand paceman Shane Bond.
England paceman Stuart Broad took 8-15 as Australia collapsed to 60 all out in 94 minutes on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test on a remarkable morning session at Trent Bridge.
New Zealand pacer Adam Milne has been rendered doubtful for the rest of the ODI series against India after he sustained a side strain during the first ODI of the five-match rubber in Napier.
Bhajji, Afridi among 8 ambassadors for ICC Champions Trophy
Nita Ambani threw a lavish party at her Mumbai residence Antilla on Monday night to celebrate her team Mumbai Indians's second Indian Premier League title win.
Sachin Tendulkar may have retired from cricket but he still rules the hearts of fans with chants of 'Sachin, Sachin' reverberating once again at the Feroz Shah Kotla as the chief mentor of Mumbai Indians side walked out before the start of the IPL game in New Delhi.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians stand at the threshold of an early exit from the ongoing IPL, but their bowling coach Shane Bond is optimistic. He feels the team has enough arsenal at its disposal to turn things turnaround in its must-win remaining six games. With just two wins from eight matches, Mumbai Indians currently languish at the second last position in the eight-team league.
The absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's "comforting" presence in the middle was a void Chennai Super Kings found too difficult to fill, coach Stephen Fleming said after a rare defeat in the ongoing Indian Premier League season.
Do you think Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer can do the job for my team?
India have won six ODI series on the trot. New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India.
After a comfortable outing in the tournament-opener against Bangladesh, title favourites England are set to face a much stiffer test against New Zealand in a crucial ICC Champions Trophy Group A fixture in Cardiff, on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians' death-over specialist Jasprit Bumrah should get the nod in India's ICC Champions Trophy squad, believes Mumbai Indians' bowling coach Shane Bond.
Fast bowler Adam Milne won the battle for the final pace bowling spot in New Zealand's cricket World Cup squad named on Thursday.
Mumbai Indians seamer Jasprit Bumrah helped his side beat Kings XI Punjab in an IPL match in Mumbai.
After hammering the Kiwis 3-0 in the Tests, the focus now shifts to white-ball cricket . New Zealand will be bolstered by the presence of star allrounder Corey Anderson as captain Kane Williamson looks to avenge the defeat in Tests. Also, MS Dhoni's men will need to win the ODI series by a 4-1 margin to claim third place on the ICC ODI Championship.
Parthiv Patel said that the results may not be coming but the star-studded support staff gives players space and their inputs are valuable.
New Zealand had produced 'almost the perfect performance' to destroy England in a World Cup match that lasted less than 50 overs on Friday.
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