Cricket: Black Caps bowler Trent Boult and wife Gert expecting first child

Trent Boult and his wife Gert are expecting their first child. Photo / Instagram

Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult and his wife Gert are expecting their first child.

Boult made the announcement on Instagram.

"Can't wait to meet the newest member of our family later this year!," he posted.

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Can’t wait to meet the newest member of our family later this year!

A post shared by Trent Boult (@trrrent_) on Jul 29, 2018 at 3:04am PDT

Boult will miss New Zealand's Twenty20 series against Pakistan in the UAE in October but will join the tour for the ODI and Test series.

The pair tied the knot last August at Kauri Bay Boomrock in Clevedon, south of Auckland.