New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan was Monday dropped from the Test squad to tour Bangladesh next month.
Hamish Marshall was picked instead, with coach John Bracewell saying he believed Marshall could handle the move into the Test arena after good results in one-day internationals.
"Hamish has had previous success in the subcontinent on New Zealand A tours and that experience will be important in the conditions we will be playing in," Bracewell said.
Marshall will bat in the middle order "where he is a different sort of player than the likes of (Scott) Styris and (Nathan) Astle," Bracewell said.
The Test squad is: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Ian Butler, James Franklin, Hamish Marshall, Chris Martin, Brendan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Michael Papps, Mark Richardson, Scott Styris, Daniel Vettori and Paul Wiseman.