Craig McMillan in Kiwi side for Independence Cup

20-year-old right hand batsman Craig McMillan is the only new face in the 14-member New Zealand cricket squad named on Thursday to play in the Independence Cup in India in May.

The rest of the side is the same as the one that beat World Cup champions Sri Lanka in the final of their one-day internationals last month to draw the home series 1-1.

McMillan replaces the injured Geoff Allott in the national side.

Heath Davis, meanwhile, is scheduled for arthroscopic surgery on his knee in the next few days, but is expected to be ready for the tour. Chris Cairns, for his part, will postpone ankle surgery until after the tour of India and Dipak Patel, who missed the last one-dayer against Sri Lanka, is fit again, according to a New Zealand cricket board spokesman.

The 14-member squad as named is: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Heath Davis, Simon Doull, Chris Harris, Matt Horne, Gavin Larsen, Craig McMillan, Dipak Patel, Adam Parore, Andrew Penn, Bryan Young and Daniel Vettori.