New Zealand have drafted in batsman Shanan Stewart into the one-day squad to face Australia to cover for recent injuries.
Both Ross Taylor and James Franklin will missed the third game of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series with injuries, although it was uncertain whether they would be out of the rest of the series.
Stewart will join the team in Hamilton where the third game against Australia will be contested on Tuesday.
Coach Mark Greatbatch said Stewart had been in the selectors' thinking for the Twenty20 World Cup and he brought good form into the squad.
"He's in great nick, he's got a couple of hundreds and a 200 (in Canterbury's Plunket Shield game against Central Districts) in the last few games, and is an experienced middle-order player," he said.
"He's a very dynamic one-day player and we feel he plays the aggressive game we are looking to play against Australia."
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