Summary Selectors took the decision after doubts over his ability to last a five-day match.
LEEDS (AFP) - Daniel Vettori was on Thursday ruled out of playing in the second and final Test against England starting at Leeds on Friday after doubts over his ability to last a five-day match.
Former captain Vettori hasn t played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only originally selected for the one-day leg of this tour.
But a calf injury suffered by his fellow left-arm spinner Bruce Martin during New Zealand s thumping 170-run first Test defeat at Lord s saw Vettori make an earlier than expected arrival in England.
He trained Wednesday but New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum told reporters at Headingley on Thursday: "Dan is out of tomorrow s (Friday s) game. He didn t scrub up that well... it was a bridge too far."
Doug Bracewell, who missed out at Lord s, will play at Headingley meaning the tourists will field four seamers, with spin provided by part-time off-break bowler Kane Williamson.
