Tour of  India 2010-11                   Captain : Daniel Vettori

57th official Test tour.

Ninth Test-playing  tour of India by New Zealand

 ( October- December  2010)

The grounds at both Mumbai and Kolkata could not be used to stage Test matches because of renovation work at Eden Gardens for the 2011 World Cup. Hyderabad and Nagpur were chosen instead.

New Zealand were hammered 5-0 in the one-day internationals playing as badly as they had been when losing 4-0 against Bangladesh. Skipper Daniel Vettori said senior Kiwi players, including himself, would have to take the blame for their team’s humiliation.

P A G E   I  N    P R E P A R A T I O N

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

Sri Lanka 2009

Next tour

Zimbabwe 2011-12

Next tour of India 

2012-13

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen:  B J Watling, Tim McIntosh,  Jesse Ryder

Middle-order batsmen  Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum.

Wicket-keeper: Gareth Hopkins

Spin bowlers: Daniel Vettori, Jeetan Patel,

Fast bowlers: Chris Martin, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett, Andy McKay, Brent Arnel.

Provincial representation

In 2009-10 the Plunkett Shield was reinstated as NZ’s first-class competition replacing the State Championship which had run since 2001

A – Auckland (4)

C – Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (1)

ND - Northern Districts (5)

O – Otago (1)

W – Wellington (3)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(4 November 2010) :  26 yrs  11 months.

ODI played in  one-day series

Test Appearances made before the tour

Vettori 100,  Martin 56,  McCullum 52,  Taylor 25,  McIntosh 13,  Patel 11, Ryder 11,  Southee 10,  Guptill 10,  Watling 4,  Arnel 3,  Hopkins  1,  Bennett 0,  McKay  0,  Williamson 0 ;  Franklin 26.

Team Officials

Duncan Fletcher, was called in as a team consultant for one-day series. He was unavailable for the Test section of the tour and arrived in Jaipur on 30 November for a 10-day stint.

Selectors

Glenn Turner (chairman),  Mark Greatbatch (coach),  Daniel Vettori (captain)

Selection

Unavailable  : None

Tour Party Announced  : 24 October 2010.

Not selected:  Mathew Sinclair,  Peter Ingram,  Darryl Tuffey and  James Franklin.

Hamish Bennett was the only player in the tour party not contracted to New Zealand Cricket

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  6 days

(24 October to 30 October)

Travel

?  Q Ahmedabad

The team left for India on Saturday 30 October The New Zealanders arrived at the Sardar Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad.

Six players - Brent Arnel, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Tim McIntosh, Gareth Hopkins and Jeetan Patel - travelled to India from Zimbabwe, where they have been playing for New Zealand A.

Time spent in India

   x days

(arrival - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Hamish Bennett suffered groin strain on the first day of the opening Test match and was replaced in the touring party by  James Franklin who arrived in Hyderabad on 10 November.

Darryl Tuffey returned home early to New Zealand

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§

Time spent in India before First Test: 

x days

(arrival - 4 November)

Test appearances on tour

3  - 

2  - 

1  - 

0  -   

Highlights

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Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

?  Q ?

Members of the Test squad: Brent Arnel (Northern Districts), Hamish Bennett (Canterbury), Chris Martin (Auckland), Andy McKay (Wellington), Tim Southee (Northern Districts) returned home ….

The team arrived home on Sunday night 12 December 2010

Time away from New Zealand    43 days  

(30 October to 12 December

Finances

Postscript

The roles of physio Kate Stalker, former coach Mark Greatbatch, bowling coach Shane Jurgensen, high performance manager Roger Mortimer and assistant coach Mark O'Donnell, as members of the Black Caps touring party ended when John Wright took charge just before Christmas.

The New Zealanders returned to India in February.