AUCKLAND, April 18: Injury-prone New Zealand bowler Dion Nash has accused New Zealand Cricket of wrecking his chances of staying fit by suspending him for three weeks in the middle of the domestic season.

“It has been very frustrating,” Nash said Thursday. “Probably one of the most frustrating things was being suspended at a time when I should have been bowling.

Nash was getting back to fitness from the stomach strain when NZC slapped the ban on him for abusing an umpire and an opposing batsman while playing a first-class game against Otago for his Auckland province just before Christmas.

John Reid, the development manager for NZC, said that Nash “well and truly overstepped the mark and NZC stands by its decision.

“The suspension that was handed down was done so from an independent commissioner and the procedure was completely transparent.”—Reuters