#2 Matt Henry – New Zealand
Henry is a promising right-arm seamer who plies his trade with Canterbury in New Zealand. His impressive pace earned him a place in the New Zealand XI for the fifth ODI against India in January 2014.
He immediately repaid the selectors faith in him with a four-wicket haul on debut. He followed that up with another exciting performance, including a five-wicket haul, in Sharjah against Pakistan.
Though he was initially not considered for the ODI World Cup at home, he came in as a replacement for the injured Adam Milne in the semi-final and recorded figures of 2/46 in the final against Australia.
He also plays first-class cricket in England for Worcestershire and has recorded his best figures in first-class for them against Surrey, where he took a 5/18. His exploits with the ball also helped Canterbury to the final of the Ford Trophy in 2012/13.
Henry made his Test debut in 2015 against England and has to date played in 4 Tests picking up 10 wickets. Despite being in and out of the Test team due to the abundance of talent on offer for New Zealand, there is no doubting the potential of this seamer.
The New Zealander has been called up to the Test team for the series against India as a replacement for the injured Tim Southee.
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