Mills strained his left quadricep during the group stage victory over Canada two weeks ago and, after missing yesterday’s quarter-final victory over South Africa, has now been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament.
The decision to call up McKay has been approved by the International Cricket Council’s event technical committee and the 30-year-old is expected to join up with the rest of the squad tomorrow.
McKay has played in 13 one-day internationals and featured regularly on the Black Caps’ recent tour of India.
Mills, meanwhile, is one of three players to have been fined after breaching the ICC’s code of conduct during yesterday’s game in Mirpur.
Although he did not play in the match, Mills was involved in an altercation after entering the field as a drinks carrier following the dismissal of AB de Villiers.
He and New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori engaged in a heated debate with South Africa batsman Francois du Plessis, and the trio have now been punished.
Mills has been fined 120% of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the code over “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players”, and Article 2.2.11 relating to conduct that is “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”.
Vettori and Du Plessis will both lose 50% of their match fees for also breaching Article 2.2.4, while the New Zealand skipper will be fined a further 40% of his fee for a Level 1 offence which was “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”.
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