Ross Taylor retired hurt for 8 during the final session of the second day © AFP
Ross Taylor‘s calf injury “doesn’t look too good” according to team-mate Trent Boult and he will be monitored at the team hotel overnight before having a scan on Friday morning.
Taylor limped off the field in the 43rd over with the score 148 for 2 having signalled for help after taking a single off Morne Morkel. Following brief treatment from the physio he had to leave the field – runners are not permitted in international cricket any longer.
“It’s a shame for us. He is a big player,” Boult said. “He is obviously disappointed. The way he walked off, it doesn’t look too good. We will see tomorrow.”
Taylor is New Zealand’s second-highest Test century-maker on 16, one behind his mentor Martin Crowe. Earlier this season he became their leading century-marker in ODIs, but has lost his place in the T20 side.
If this Test goes the duration there are only three days before the second Test starts in Wellington on March 16.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo