Tim Southee has been dropped from the Black Caps test squad after failing to take a wicket against South Africa. Photo / Getty Images
The New Zealand cricket selection panel has swung the axe on Tim Southee, after a wicketless display in the drawn first test against South Africa in Dunedn.
But former seamer Mark Gillespie returns along with leg-spinner Tarun Nethula, for the second test starting in Hamilton on Thursday.
Southee, who has
played 17 tests for the Black Caps, finished with none for 140 from 36 overs in Dunedin.
Gillespie has played just three tests, the last of which against the West Indies in 2008. He took a five-wicket bag on test debut against South Africa in 2007.
The 32-year-old has been in form for Wellington in the Plunket Shield taking 25 wickets at an average of 26.92, including three five-wicket bags.
