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Last Updated: Sunday, 25 March 2007, 08:08 GMT 09:08 UK
Martin replaces injured Tuffey
Chris Martin
Martin has played nine ODIs for New Zealand
New Zealand have been allowed to replace injured paceman Daryl Tuffey with Chris Martin for the remainder of the World Cup.

Tuffey injured his right arm in the match against Canada and was not able to continue in the tournament.

The International Cricket Council approved the replacement after a medical report confirmed a "serious injury" to Tuffey's right bicep.

Martin, 32, has played nine one-day matches for New Zealand.

His last one-day match was against Sri Lanka in January 2006.

Tuffey, 28, played just one match for the Black Caps in the Caribbean, taking 0-40 off six overs in the 114-run win over Canada in St Lucia.

New Zealand won all three of their matches in group C to book their safe passage through to the Super 8s.

Tuffey has had surgery on his right arm before and missed two years, mainly because of injury, before returning for the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series in New Zealand last month..

Team manager Lindsay Crocker said: "It's the same arm but a slightly different injury. It's in the bicep itself rather than the attachment of the bicep muscle to the shoulder."

Meanwhile, New Zealand have fitness concerns over two other players.

Fast bowler Mark Gillespie is yet to feature in this World Cup because of a shoulder problem caused by a viral infection and has until Sunday to prove his fitness.

And batsman Ross Taylor, who sustained a hamstring injury making 85 against Kenya on Tuesday, will also be given more time to prove his fitness ahead of New Zealand's opening Super 8 match against the West Indies in Antigua on Thursday.

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