Daniel Vettori set for NZ Test return this week

New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori is set to return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury.

Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of the squad for the two-Test series in England.

But with Martin sidelined by the injury that prevented him bowling during England's second innings of the first Test, there is a vacancy for a spinner heading into the second Test starting in Leeds on Friday, reports News.com.au.

Vettori, named in New Zealand's squad for their one-day internationals against England and next month's Champions Trophy, is due to link up with the squad on Tuesday.

And the former New Zealand captain could come into the reckoning as a replacement for Martin at Headingley.

With 360 victims to his name, left-arm spinner Vettori is New Zealand's second highest Test wicket-taker.

His last Test was a nine-wicket defeat by West Indies in Antigua last July and his only international action since then was at the World Twenty20 in October.