Tour of  England 2013                   Captain : Brendon McCullum

Sixty-fourth official Test tour.

Sixteenth Test-playing  tour of England by New Zealand

   (April- June 2013)

The tour followed on from a three-Test series played in the New Zealand summer when England were relieved to get away with a draw. Rutherford had scored a big hundred in the first Test match and Fulton two centuries in the third. However, instead of making progress, the batting went into decline on this tour. Coach Bob Carter blamed the lack of time (the warm-up matches were affected by rain) to get used to playing against the Dukes ball. Brendon McCullum admitted that self-doubt set in after being dismissed for 68 at Lord’s and this affected confidence when batting at Headingly.  New Zealand lost both Test matches by wide margins.

However, the Black Caps immediately bounced back by winning the one-day series. Martin Guptill scored two stunning centuries, one of which equalled the highest score (189) in a 50-over international. The improvement gave them heart for the forthcoming Champions Trophy

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2015

Members of the Test tour party (15  + 1)

Opening batsmen:   Martin Guptill, Hamish Rutherford

Middle-order batsmen  Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Brendon McCullum, Tom Latham, Dean Brownlie.

Wicket-keeper: B-J Watling.

Slow bowler: Bruce Martin replaced by  Daniel Vettori).

Fast bowler: Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Mark Gillespie.

A – Auckland (2)

C – Canterbury (3)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (4)

O – Otago (3)

W – Wellington (1)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(16 May 2013): 

  27 yrs  3 months.

ODI played in  one-day series or Champions Trophy

⋄ contracted players 2013.

Test Appearances made before the tour

McCullum 75,  Taylor 46,  Guptill 30,  Southee 24,  Williamson 23,  Bracewell 15,  Boult 13,  Fulton 13,  Watling 13,  Brownlie 12,  Wagner 6,  Gillespie 5,  Martin 3,  Rutherford 3,  Latham 0

Team Officials

Selectors

National selection manager Kim Littlejohn (chairman),  Mike Hesson (coach),

Selection

Unavailable  / Not considered:  Jesse Ryder

Test Tour Party Announced  :  4 April 2013.

Not selected:  Ian Butler (reserve)

ODI/T20 squad also announced:  4 April 2013.

McCullum, Guptill, Luke Ronchi, Williamson, Taylor, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Colin Munro, Dan Vettori, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Southee, Kyle Mills, Boult, Mitch McClenaghan.

Withdrawn:   ⋄Andrew Ellis (suffered a broken rib while training in Christchurch).

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  25 days

 (4 - 29 April)

Travel

Auckland  Q London

The Test squad assembled at Auckland Airport on the evening of Monday 29 April and travelled via Los Angeles. They landed at London Gatwick on Tuesday 30 April, minus Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor.

McCullum and Taylorwere due to arrive on 7 or 8 May due to IPL commitments, and Kane Williamson was captain in the meantime; but, as their teams could not qualify for the IPL semi-finals, they came over the previous weekend.

Eight members of the one-day squad - Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Mitch McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi - not involved in the Test series left New Zealand on Tuesday 21 May and spent a week training in Northampton. 

Daniel Vettori flew in a day before, coming from the IPL in India, in case Bruce Martin’s injury meant he would be needed for the Test match in Leeds.

Time spent in England

   59 days

(30 April  -  June)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Bruce Martin had a calf strain and returned home while Daniel Vettori was urgently flown across from New Zealand to take his place. However, he could not guarantee his fitness for five days to play in the Leeds Test. A troublesome achilles tendon meant Vettori was also unfit to play in the one-day series or T20.

Trent Boult had a muscle tear in his right side during the Leeds Test.  Ian Butler who was turning out for the celebrity team Lashings, was brought into the one-day squad to replace him for the ODI series.

Doug Bracewell was retained in the squad in place of Andrew Ellis who was withdrawn from  the limited-overs internationals side on 15 May.

Corey Anderson joined the team on 5 June as part of the squad for the two T20s against England at the end of the Champions Trophy.

Fixtures/Results

⊕(T20 I)Twenty 20 international match

§  one-day international

† not first-class

Time spent in England before First Test:  17 days

 (30 April   - 16 May 2013)

Test appearances on tour

2  -    Boult,  Brownlie,  Fulton,  B McCullum,  Rutherford,  Southee,  Taylor,  Wagner,  Williamson

1  -    Bracewell,  Guptill,  B Martin,  Watling. 

0  -    Gillespie,  Latham,  Vettori.

Highlights

•  Tim Southee’s name was added to the honours board at Lord’s with ten wickets in the Test match

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•  Martin Guptill scored back-to-back centuries to help secure wins in the first two one-day internationals

•  His innings of 189 not out in the 2nd ODI at Southampton equalled the highest against England in ODIs

Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

London  Q   Auckland

Test players Dean Brownlie, Peter Fulton, Neil Wagner and B-J Watling were not included in the Black Caps’ ODI and ICC Champions Trophy squad. They returned to London after the Headingly Test and flew home from there on 29 May.

Hamish Rutherford joined Essex for the remainder of the season, replacing Rob Quiney who returned to Australia injured. Tom Latham played for Scotland and in the Newcastle club league after leaving the Test squad. Mark Gillespie, on stand-by for the Champions Trophy, played club cricket for Datchet

Rutherford and Latham rejoined the squad for two Twenty20 games, along with spinner Roneel Hira.

A handful of players flew out of London on 28 June and returned to Auckland Airport.  Players remaining in England for T20 county matches included Ian Butler (who joined Nottinghamshire), Nathan McCullum (Glamorgan), Mitchell McClenaghan (Lancashire) and Kyle Mills (Middlesex).

Time away from New Zealand

  61 days   (29 April to arrive back in NZ)

Finances

Postscript