The pacer Ben Sears has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to a hamstring injury and the team management has named Jacob Duffy as replacement. It was reported that he felt pain in his left hamstring at the team’s training session in Karachi on Wednesday. A subsequent scan revealed a minor tear that would require at least two weeks of rehabilitation, New Zealand Cricket said in a statement. That meant Sears would have been available only from the team’s final group match onwards, against India in Dubai on March 02. Sears played both of New Zealand’s league-stage games in the tri-nation series, but went wicketless after 16 overs, conceding 104 runs in them. “We’re all really feeling for Ben,” said Stead. “It’s always tough being ruled out of a major event at such a late stage, and it’s especially tough in Ben’s case given it would have been his first major ICC event. Squad News | Fast bowler Ben Sears has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with a …