Kiwi pace bowler Will O’Rourke out for 3 months with stress fracture

New Zealand quick bowler Will O’Rourke can be sidelined for as much as three months due to a stress fracture in his decrease again.

O’Rourke sustained the damage throughout New Zealand’s take a look at sequence in Zimbabwe earlier this month.

He is not going to must endure surgical procedure however will participate in a power and conditioning program.

O’Rourke is more likely to miss New Zealand’s Twenty20 sequence in opposition to Australia, the T20 and one-day sequence in opposition to England in October and white ball sequence in opposition to the West Indies in November. He might return for New Zealand’s three-test sequence in opposition to the West Indies in December.

The 24-year-old O’Rourke has shortly grow to be a mainstay of New Zealand’s pace assault, taking 39 wickets in 11 checks since his debut in opposition to South Africa final 12 months.