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- Updated: August 8, 2016
Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, is to undergo surgery on a back injury that will rule him out of Middlesex’s NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final against Northamptonshire on Tuesday.
McCullum featured in six games for Middlesex during the Blast group stage, before leaving to participate in the Caribbean Premier League. He continued to battle a long-standing back problem while playing for Trinbago Knight Riders and, after they were eliminated at the semi-final stage, he has opted to have an operation.
Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s director of cricket, was understanding of McCullum’s injury situation, which he had been managing with injections and painkillers. As well helping Middlesex qualify from the T20 group stage for the first time since 2008, contributing 132 runs from …
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