New Zealand have chosen a provisional 15-man squad which will be confirmed at an event on Monday, but have scope to make changes before the ICC’s final deadline on September 28.
They will be playing six more ODIs in that time – three each in England and Bangladesh – but Milne will miss at least the first three of those after scans confirmed he had picked up an injury, having experienced tightness in training the day before the game.
As things stand, he is still due to tour Bangladesh for the three-match series later this month.
“With Ben already here in England, it meant we could have him join the squad at short notice without the recovery time of a bowler joining from New Zealand mid-series. Ben impressed us in the UAE and [in the] warm-up matches in England, and will continue to learn being around some senior players in the touring group.”
Lister, 27, made his ODI debut earlier this year in Pakistan and has also won ten T20I caps. But he is not part of the squad for the subsequent Bangladesh tour and is not in New Zealand’s World Cup plans either.
