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DANIEL Vettori fears his untimely finger injury may leave him short of bowling form for the first Test against England at Lord's.

The New Zealand captain confirmed he will miss this week's final warm-up match against England Lions at the Rose Bowl, after needing two stitches to heal a cut in his spinning finger.

Vettori's tourists finished day three of their match against Essex at Chelmsford with their hosts 45 for one in pursuit of 293 to win.

The slow left-armer, unable to take any part with bat or ball after a freak accident backing up a loose throw on Saturday, was grateful to tailender Kyle Mills for an unbeaten 53 which helped the Kiwis muster 195.

Obviously I'm disappointed I'm not out there playing - and I'm going to miss the second warm-up game,'' he said.

But I'm confident of being ready for the first Test match.'' Vettori, who rushed back from his lucrative stint at the Indian Premier League to be able to lead his country here, reflected on the unlikely circumstances of his injury.

I just caught a ball which Brendon (McCullum) threw at the stumps,'' he recalled.

I backed it up and I took it awkwardly and gashed across the side of my left index finger.

It's something I've never really seen in cricket before - all the balls I've caught it's never happened, and unfortunately it's happened out there.

I've never seen it happen to anyone else in cricket - and the number of times guys catch cricket balls, it's amazing.

But I'll just get on with it as best as I can.'' Vettori is resigned to having his finger in a protective plaster and stitched for the next week, leaving him with little time to prepare for Lord's on May 15.

I was enjoying my bowling stint out there, things were going reasonably well,'' he added. Coupled with three more bats, it would have been ideal preparation.''

9:25am Monday 5th May 2008

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