{"id":254429,"date":"2025-03-08T01:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/matt-henry-new-zealand-pacer-doubtful-for-champions-trophy-final-vs-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:48:04","slug":"matt-henry-new-zealand-pacer-doubtful-for-champions-trophy-final-vs-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/matt-henry-new-zealand-pacer-doubtful-for-champions-trophy-final-vs-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Henry New Zealand pacer doubtful for Champions Trophy final vs India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-118780719,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-29040,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40\/photo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matt Henry New Zealand pacer doubtful for Champions Trophy final vs India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Matt Henry New Zealand pacer doubtful for Champions Trophy final vs India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<div class=\"LVN95\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<p><span title=\" Matt Henry (AP Photo)\"> Matt Henry (AP Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: New Zealand pacer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/matt-henry\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Matt Henry<\/a> is doubtful for the <!-- -->Champions Trophy final<!-- --> against India due to a shoulder niggle, but coach Gary Stead remains hopeful that the in-form bowler will recover in time for Sunday&#8217;s clash. Henry currently tops the tournament&#8217;s wicket-taking charts with 10 scalps, including an impressive 5\/42 against India in the group stage.<br \/>The 33-year-old sustained the injury after landing on his shoulder during the semifinal against South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Matt obviously landed on his shoulder and it was pretty uncomfortable. I guess the positive thing from our perspective is that he got back out there to bowl. We&#8217;ve had some scans done on him,&#8221; Stead told reporters on Friday.<br \/>The coach expressed optimism about Henry\u2019s availability for the final.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>&#8216;Rohit Sharma-led Team India will clinch the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title&#8217;: Astrologer Greenstone Lobo&#8217;s huge prediction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to give him every chance to be playing in this match, so still a little bit unknown at this stage.<br \/>&#8220;He&#8217;s obviously pretty sore just from landing on the point of his shoulder, but yeah, hopefully he will be okay,&#8221; he added.<br \/>New Zealand lost just one match in the group stage, against India, with Henry&#8217;s 5\/42 in that game standing as the best bowling figures of the tournament so far.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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