17 Mar 2011

Vettori and Mills to miss Black Caps final group match at World Cup

6:47 am on 17 March 2011

Captain Dan Vettori and swing bowler Kyle Mills will miss the New Zealand cricket team's final group match at the cricket world cup in India.

Vettori's still recovering from a knee ligament injury he suffered while fielding in the win against Pakistan, over a over a week ago.

Mills suffered a thigh muscle injury while bowling in the win over Canada on Sunday.

Medical staff say the pair are improving and hope to play in the quarter finals, although New Zealand Cricket have called up Auckland pace bowler Darryl Tuffey as injury cover and he's due to arrive in India tomorrow.