England batsman Michael Vaughan, the star performer in the side's 33-run win over New Zealand in the National Bank Series in Auckland on Saturday will be struggling to be fit by the time of the first Test at Christchurch starting on March 13.

Vaughan fell heavily on his shoulder in the fourth One-Day International in Auckland on Saturday night and was forced to leave the field.

Vaughan had an x-ray in Dunedin yesterday and while it revealed no serious damage, he will be out of action for 10 days. He suffered a partial dislocation and the hope in the England camp was that he would be available for the first Test match.

That rules him out of tomorrow's series-deciding One-Day International against New Zealand in Dunedin.

He will definitely miss the first three-day game of the tour against Otago starting in Queenstown on Saturday and possibly the second game, against Canterbury in Christchurch, starting on March 7.

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