Santner back as New Zealand name four spinners for Lanka tests

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup Final - New Zealand Nets - Lord's, London, Britain - July 12, 2019 New Zealand's Mitchell Santner during nets Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Mitchell Santner, who last played a test in December 2017, returned to the longest format as one of the four frontline spinners in the New Zealand squad for next month's two-match series in Sri Lanka.

The left-arm tweaker is a regular in the shorter forms of the game for the Black Caps - finalists in the last two 50-over World Cups - but was sidelined with a knee problem after playing his 17th test for New Zealand, against West Indies.