RULED OUT: Black Caps fast bowler Adam Milne will miss the rest if the Cricket World Cup with a heel injury.

Black Caps fast bowler Adam Milne has been ruled out of the rest of the Cricket World Cup with a heel injury.

Team management today confirmed Milne felt discomfort following the quarterfinal win against the West Indies and subsequently underwent an MRI scan on Sunday.

The results showed significant swelling around the region and he will not be fit to play any further part in the tournament.



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Getty Images GETS HIS MAN: Adam Milne celebrates after claiming the wicket of West Indies master-blaster Chris Gayle.

Canterbury fast bowler Matt Henry has joined the squad in Auckland and will replace Milne in the squad of 15, subject to ICC approval.

The Black Caps play South Africa in a semifinal at Eden park on Tuesday.

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Milne missed the final pool match against Bangladesh with a shoulder injury picked up while taking a spectacular diving catch in the previous win against Afghanistan.



He returned to the playing XI for last Saturday's quarterfinal win over the West Indies.

He only bowled four overs, returning the figures of 1-42, claiming the crucial wicket of West Indies star Chris Gayle.

Milne is New Zealand's fastest bowler and his outright speed has been a key to the team's unbeaten run in the tournament.

The Black Caps replaced Milne with Mitchell McClenaghan for the scratchy win over Bangladesh with the big left-armer producing a rusty performance in his only appearance of the tournament.

The selectors will now have to weigh up the claims of McClenaghan against those of Kyle Mills, the veteran right-armer who hasn't appeared in the World Cup yet but has vast experience at Eden Park which is a nightmare ground for bowlers given its short boundaries.

Right-armer Henry will have claims of his own, simply because of his recent activity.

While the World Cup has been on he has played four first-class games for Canterbury, taking 17 wickets, including two four-wicket hauls.

Mills hasn't played a match at the World Cup and McClenaghan has been restricted to the one outing.

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