Southee out with ankle injury

New Delhi: New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been ruled out of the three-match Test series in India with an ankle injury and will be replaced by paceman Matt Henry. Southee felt pain in his front foot while bowling in training and a scan showed a ligament strain in his left ankle, New Zealand's cricket board said. The 27-year-old is expected to be available for the ODIs starting mid-October. "Tim has been working hard in preparation for this tour, so he's understandably very disappointed to be ruled out of all three Tests," New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. "The focus now is for Tim to give his ankle seven to 10 days rest, before slowly building his bowling loads back up ahead of the ODI series. We've got a replacement who is ready to go in Matt Henry and he'll join the team before the start of the first Test." The 24-year-old Henry has played four Test matches, having made his debut against England at Lord's last year. He last played a Test against Australia in Christchurch in February, and he was not part of the team in the Tests against Zimbabwe and South Africa. The series-opener starts in Kanpur on September 22 before further matches in Kolkata and Indore.