GROS ISLET (St Lucia), March 25: New Zealand have been given permission to replace injured seamer Daryl Tuffey with Chris Martin at the World Cup.

Martin replaces his fellow fast bowler after medical reports indicated that Tuffey suffered a serious injury to his right bicep during the Black Caps'

114-run win against Canada in St Lucia on Thursday.

Martin is the fifth replacement player to be called up for the tournament.

Australia's Stuart Clark, who replaced Brett Lee (ankle) and the Pakistan trio of Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat, who came in for Abdul Razzaq (knee), Shoaib Akhtar (hamstring and knee) and Mohammed Asif (elbow) were the other players to be called up to replace original nominations.

New Zealand's next match in the World Cup is against West Indies in Antigua on Thursday.—AFP