Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to South Africa 2012-13

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to South Africa 2012-13

Tour of South Africa 2012-13 Captain : Brendon McCullum

Sixty-second official Test tour.

Seventh Test-playing tour of South Africa by New Zealand

(December 2012 -

January 2013)

The tour was overshadowed by the controversy over Ross Taylor's replacement as Test captain

For the first time since readmission in 1992 there was no Test at Kingsmead (Durban). After South Africa lost the last four Tests played at the ground, its traditional Boxing Day Test was replaced with a Twenty20 international.

F U R T H E R D E T A I L S I N P R E P A R A T I O N

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

Sri Lanka 2012-13

Next tour

England 2013

Next tour of South Africa not yet scheduled

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum

Middle-order batsmen Kane Williamson, Peter Fulton, Daniel Flynn, Dean Brownlie.

Wicket-keeper: B-J Watling

Slow bowlers: Jeetan Patel, Bruce Martin.

Fast bowlers: James Franklin, Tim Southee (w/d), Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult, Chris Martin.

T A Boult	ND	23	LFM	T20 ODI

D A J Bracewell	CD	22	RFM	T20

D G Brownlie	C	28	RHB (RM)

D R Flynn	ND	27	LHB

J E C Franklin	W	32	LHB LFM	T20 ODI

P G Fulton	C	33	RHB	T20

M J Guptill	A	26	RHB opener	T20 ODI

B B McCullum	O	31	RHB captain	T20 ODI

B P Martin	A	32	SLA

C S Martin	A	38	RFM

J S Patel	W	32	OB

T G Southee (w/d)	ND	24	RFM

N Wagner	O	26	LFM	ODI

B J Watling	ND	27	WK	ODI

K S Williamson	ND	22	RHB	ODI


Members of the T20 squad before Tests and			C J Anderson (ND)	T20 ODI
ODI squad after Tests			M D Bates (A)	T20
			D C de Boorder(A)	T20
			G D Elliot (W)	ODI
			M R Gillespie (W)	T20 (w/d)
			R M Hira (A)	T20 ODI
			M J McClenaghan(A)	T20 ODI
			N L McCullum (O)	T20 ODI
			K D Mills	ODI
			A F Milne (CD) (w/d)	T20 ODI
			C Munro (A)	T20 ODI
			J D S Neesham (A)	T20 ODI
			R J Nicol(A)	T20 ODI

Provincial representatio

A – Auckland (3)

C – Canterbury (2)

CD - Central Districts (1)

ND - Northern Districts (5)

O – Otago (2)

W – Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(2 January 2013

28 yrs 8 months.

T20 played in T20 or one-day series

Test Appearances made before the tour

McCullum 70, CS Martin 70, Franklin 30, Guptill 28, Flynn 22, Southee 21, Williamson 18, Patel 17, Bracewell 13, Fulton 10, Boult 8, Watling 8, Brownlie 7, Wagner 2, BP Martin 0.

Team Officials

Mike Sandle	Team Manager
Mike Hesson	Head coach
R M Bob Carter	Assistant coach
Paul Close	Physiotherapist

Selectors

National selection manager Kim Littlejohn (chairman), John Buchanan (High performance director of cricket), Mike Hesson (coach).

Selection

Unavailable : Ross Taylor asked for a break from this tour after declining an offer to remain captain only of the Test team, and surrender the captaincy of the limited-overs sides. Daniel Vettori had not yet recovered from achilees and hernia injuries ; Andrew Ellis (muscle injury)

Not considered: Jesse Ryder.

Jacob Oram and Tim Southee were not considered for the T20 squad so they could attend the birth of their children.

On 7 December Brendon McCallum was appointed captain in all three formats on the tour.

Test Tour Party and T20 squad announced : 7 December 2012.

Not selected: Kruger van Wyk, Todd Astle and Rob Nicol.

One-day squad named: 28 December

On 8 January Grant Elliott replaced Corey Anderson who had a fracture of his left thumb. On 11 January Neil Wagner replaced Adam Milne (achilles tendon problem)

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

5 days

(7 December - 12 December)

Travel

Auckland Q Durban

The team departed from Auckland on 12 December and flew in small groups to South Africa, the last arriving in Durban on 15 December.

Time spent in South Africa

x days

(13 December - 27 January)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Mark Gillespie was named on 12 December as a replacement for Adam Milne (achilles injury) in the Twenty20 squad. Next day New Zealand Cricket announced that Michael Bates would replace Gillespie who had suffered a side strain; Bates joined the T20 squad next day.

M J McClenaghan

LFM

T20 ODI

Mitchell McClenaghan was added to the Test squad on 24 December in place of Tim Southee. Southee sustained a thumb injury while fielding during a Plunket Shield match and withdrew from the Test squad on 20 December.

Peter Fulton stood down from the Test squad on 28 December because of a tendon injury to his right knee.

Fixtures/Results

a	† Pietermaritzburg	SA Invitation XI (T20)	Won 24 r
b	⊕Durban	South Africa (1st T20)	Lost 8 w
c	⊕East London	South Africa (2nd T20)	Won 8 w
d	⊕Port Elizabeth	South Africa (3rd T20)	Lost 33 r
e	Paarl	SA Invitation XI	Drawn
f	CAPE TOWN	SOUTH AFRICA First Test	LOST inns 27 r
g	PORT ELIZABETH	SOUTH AFRICA Second Test	LOST inns 193 r
h	§Paarl	South Africa (1st ODI)	Won 1 w
i	§Kimberley	South Africa (2nd ODI)	Won 27 r
j	§Potchefstroom	South Africa (3rd ODI)	Lost 1 w

⊕(T20)Twenty 20 international

§ one-day international

† not first-class

Time spent in South Africa before First Test:

20 days

(13 December - 2 January)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Boult, Bracewell, Brownlie, Flynn, Guptill, McCullum, Patel, Watling, Williamson

1 - Franklin, CS Martin, Munro, Wagner

0 - Fulton, BP Martin, McClenaghan.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	2	0	2	0	-
Other first-class matches	1	0	0	1	-
†Minor matches	1	1	0	0	-
§ One-day internationals	3	2	1	0	-
⊕ Twenty 20 internationals	3	1	2	0	-
All Matches	10	4	5	1	-

Return to New Zealand

Johannesburg Q ?

Return on Sunday 27 January 2013.

Time away from New Zealand

x days (12 December to arrive back in NZ)

Finances