By Andrew Alderson, at University OvalBreakingNeil Broom has been named to make his test debut for New Zealand against South Africa at the Basin Reserve on Thursday. Broom was selected ahead of a field of candidates which included Dean Brownlie, Colin Munro and Tom Bruce. He has scored 424 runs at an average of 53 in the Plunket Shield. He missed Northern Districts' Plunket Shield match against Central Districts at Seddon Park in Hamilton after a clash in the outfield during the ODI series against South Africa. Auckland's Munro has 475 Plunket Shield runs at an average of 95, including three centuries; Central Districts' Bruce has 473 runs at 59.12, including two centuries.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2017 22:04 UTC