New Zealand will be without Lockie Ferguson and Blair Tickner for the rest of their ODI series against India, New Zealand Cricket confirmed on Monday (November 9). Fast bowler Kristian Clarke has been called up as cover ahead of the third ODI at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

Ferguson has been ruled out of the fourth and fifth ODIs at Mount Maunganui after failing to recover from a low-grade tear in his right calf. He sustained the injury during the T20I leg of the tour. Tickner was struck by a ball while batting in the second ODI in Wellington on November 7 and was replaced in the XI by Matt Fisher. He has since been cleared of concussion, but the substitution means he must serve the ICC’s seven-day stand-down. That rules him out of the third and fourth ODIs on November 10 and November 13.

Clarke, a Northern Districts fast bowler, was already in the squad for the later matches and now joins the group early. He has recent form against India: on the January tour he dismissed Virat Kohli twice and finished as the series’ leading wicket-taker with seven at an average of 26.14. Mitchell Santner captains a 14-member group for Hamilton that includes Tim Seifert and Will Young alongside the newly called-up Clarke.

New Zealand trail the five-match series 0-2 and had already lost the preceding T20I series 2-3. The reshuffle adds to a long injury list. Matt Henry, cleared of concussion after a collision with Devon Conway, was reassessed in Wellington and is targeting a return for the fourth ODI. Conway has been ruled out of the entire series with concussion.

Rachin Ravindra is out with a right shoulder problem and Mark Chapman with a left hamstring injury. Pacers Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears and Zak Foulkes were also ruled out of the series before it began.

New Zealand Cricket explained Tickner’s position in a statement:

“Tickner has since been cleared of concussion. However, as he was replaced in the XI by Matt Fisher, he is required to follow the ICC’s mandatory stand-down period of seven days from the date of the match before returning to international cricket,” New Zealand Cricket said in a statement.

The series has also forced changes to New Zealand’s Test planning. Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith leave for Wellington on Wednesday to prepare for the Test series, which is scheduled to begin on November 19. Kyle Jamieson remains with the ODI group through the fourth ODI instead of linking up with the Test camp after the third.

The fourth ODI group at Mount Maunganui brings in Finn Allen, Dean Foxcroft and Mitchell Hay, with Henry pencilled in for a return. Two further players are expected to join the group for the final two matches, with the fifth-ODI squad yet to be confirmed.

The third ODI is at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on November 10. New Zealand need a win to cut into India’s series lead.