Update, November 12, 2026, 8:18 AM IST: New Zealand Cricket has now named Brett Randell in the squads for the fourth and fifth ODIs against India, giving the 31-year-old Central Districts pace bowler his first international call-up. Josh Clarkson joins for the fifth match only. Selection puts Randell in contention for a debut; it does not confirm a place in either playing XI.
The new lists include Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson for game four but not game five. Blair Tickner is named for game five. Those are squad selections, not a fresh medical-clearance announcement. NZC also says Jacob Oram, Luke Ronchi and Chris Donaldson have left for Wellington for Test preparation, with Mitch Renwick and Corey Mileys joining Rob Walter and Martin Guptill for the remaining ODIs.
India lead the five-match series 2-0 after the third ODI was washed out. The final two matches are at Mount Maunganui. NZC’s November 12 announcement and RNZ’s report confirm the additions. The report below records the earlier November 9 squad changes.
Archive photo: Blair Tickner playing county cricket on April 26, 2024, not the India ODI series or his 2026 injury. Photo: Dave Morton / ForwardDefensive, via Wikimedia Commons. Released by the photographer as public domain on Flickr (Public Domain Mark). Resized and converted to WebP.
New Zealand have called Kristian Clarke into their ODI squad as cover for Blair Tickner, while Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the final two matches against India. The changes leave the hosts managing both bowling injuries and a planned move of players into Test preparation.
The key distinction in New Zealand Cricket’s Monday update is that Tickner has been cleared of concussion but still must serve a seven-day stand-down period after being replaced in the second ODI. Medical clearance does not cancel that return-to-international-cricket restriction.
Tickner’s stand-down brings Clarke in early
Tickner was struck by a ball while batting in the second ODI in Wellington, and Matt Fisher replaced him in the playing XI. NZC says the mandatory stand-down runs from the date of that match.
Clarke will join the squad to provide cover ahead of the third ODI in Hamilton on Tuesday, November 10. His inclusion gives New Zealand another bowling option; it is not an announcement that he will play in the XI.
Ferguson out, Henry targets the fourth ODI
Ferguson has not fully recovered from the low-grade tear in his right calf sustained during the T20I series, ruling him out of ODIs four and five.
Matt Henry was reassessed in Wellington after his earlier training collision with Devon Conway. NZC says he has been advised to aim for a return in the fourth ODI. That is a target, not confirmation that he is fit to play now.
Henry and Kyle Jamieson will remain with the ODI squad for the fourth match instead of heading to the Test camp after the third, as originally planned. Their extended availability matters because five other players are still due to leave for Test preparation.
What is confirmed for the remaining squads?
In its November 9 announcement, NZC named updated squads for games three and four and left the fifth-match squad to be confirmed. That has now been superseded by the November 12 lists described in the update above.
The November 9 plan was for Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith to depart for Wellington on Wednesday for Test preparation. New Zealand has since announced its squad for the India Tests.
For India, the immediate planning issue is the changed bowling pool in Hamilton. For New Zealand, the bigger challenge is keeping enough options available for the ODI series without losing the preparation window for the Tests.
Sources: New Zealand Cricket squad update, November 9; Cricbuzz report; PTI report from Hamilton.
