Cricket: Trio off to Sri Lanka to relieve Black Caps

Reinforcements were named yesterday for the New Zealand A cricket squad touring Sri Lanka.

New Zealand Cricket confirmed that Craig Cumming, Paul Wiseman and Warren McSkimming would join the A squad to replace James Franklin, James Marshall and Jeetan Patel, who were selected for the Black Caps' tour to South Africa next month.

Franklin, Marshall and Patel will play the remainder of the one-day section of the A series with a game against South Africa A today and a possible final on Saturday.

After that they will return to New Zealand before leaving for the five-match one-day series with the Black Caps.