Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 1999

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 1999

Tour of England 1999 Captain : Stephen Fleming

38th New Zealand Test tour.

( May - August 1999)

13th Test-playing tour of England by New Zealand

(previous tour 1994)

The I.C.C. World Cup cause a pleasant surprise as the New Zealanders progressed into the Super Six round (which hosts England were unable to do) and reached the semi-final.

New Zealand went one down in the Test series that followed by failing to capitalise on a 100-run lead on first innings. Then the newly-styled ‘Black Caps’ turned the summer round. Every member of the team contributed well but the accuracy of fast bowling pair Cairns and Nash, fronting up because Doull and Allott were injured, had a decisive effect.

The nine-wicket victory at Lord’s was their first win in thirteen Tests played at the home of cricket and only their third on English soil after winning in 1983 (at Headingley) and 1986 (Trent Bridge). Winning again at The Oval, this became the second time New Zealand has beaten England in a Test series on English soil. The first occasion was in 1986.

Hundreds of English spectators gathered in front of Kennington Oval pavilion, booing and chanting as Nasser Hussain collected the losers’ cheque from sponsors Cornhill Insurance.

All New Zealand Test tours

Previous Test tour

Sri Lanka 1998

Next Test tour

India 1999-00

Next tour of England

2004

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 1)

Opening batsmen Matthew Bell, Matthew Horne

Middle-order batsmen Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Roger Twose

All-rounder: Chris Cairns, Chris Harris

Wicket-keepers Adam Parore, Martyn Croy.

Spin bowlers Daniel Vettori, Brooke Walker

Fast bowlers Geoff Allott, Simon Doull, Dion Nash, Shayne O’Connor [+ Andrew Penn (reinforcement)]

G I Allott	C	27	LFM	W C

N J Astle	C	27	RHB RM	W C

M D Bell	W	22	RHB opener

C L Cairns	C	29	RHB RFM	W C

M G Croy	O	25	RHB reserve WK

S B Doull	ND	29	RFM	W C

S P Fleming	C	26	LHB captain	W C

C Z Harris	C	29	LHB RM	W C

M J Horne	O	28	RHB	W C

C D McMillan	C	22	RHB	W C

D J Nash	ND	27	RFM deputy captain	W C

S B O’Connor	O	25	LFM

A C Parore	A	28	RHB WK	W C

R G Twose	W	31	LHB	W C

D L Vettori	ND	20	SLA	W C

B G K Walker	A	22	LB

Members of the World Cup squad:			C E Bulfin (CD)	W C
			M N Hart (ND)	W C
			G R Larsen (W)	W C

Provincial representation

(Shell Trophy teams)

A - Auckland (2)

C - Canterbury (6)

CD - Central Districts (0)

ND - Northern Districts (3)

O - Otago (3)

W - Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(1 July 1999) :

26 yrs 6 months.

W C member of the 1999 I.C.C.World Cup squad (one-day internationals)

Test Appearances made before the tour

Parore 49, Fleming 39, Cairns 35, Doull 29, Astle 25, Nash 21, Vettori 19, Horne 16, Twose 12, McMillan 11, Allott 8, O’Connor 7, Harris 6, Bell 3, Croy 0, Penn 0, Walker 0.

Tour Officials

John Graham	Tour manager
Steve Rixon	Coach
Mark Harrison	Physiotherapist
Gilbert Enoka	Player-coordinator
Ashley Ross	Technical adviser
Tony Weld	Scorer

Gilbert Enoka’s job was described as organising medical treatment pre-match mental preparation and acting as a go-between for the players and New Zealand Cricket.

Selectors

Ross Dykes (chairman of selectors), Rick Pickard, …Mike Shrimprton (?)

Selection

A preliminary World Cup squad of 19 players was announced in February 1999, to be narrowed down to fifteen names.

World Cup team : Wednesday 31 March 1999. http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/89121/

Unavailable : None. A virus kept Matthew Bell out of the World Cup squad but he was ok for the Test series.

Test Tour Party Announced : 14 June 1999.

Not selected: Bryan Young

Time between selection for World Cup squad and departure from New Zealand

32 days

(31 March to 2 May)

Travel

Christchurch Q London

All fifteen players in the World Cup squad were expected to be available for warm-up games in late April.

ϯ Christchurch (25 April)	North Island v South Island (45 overs)
ϯ B I L Oval, Lincoln (27 April)	New Zealand A v New Zealand B (45 overs)
ϯ B I L Oval, Lincoln (30 April)	New Zealand A v New Zealand B (45 overs)

The team flew from Christchurch on Sunday 2 May and arrived in England on Monday 3 May 1999.

The end of the World Cup matches brought a call-up for Matthew Bell, Shayne O'Connor, Brooke Walker and Martyn Croy for the full tour and Test series.

Time spent in England

114 days

(3 May - 25 August?)

On-tour selection panel

28 25 61

Reinforcements

IN ▷ Penn

◁ OUT Doull

A J Penn

Andrew Penn replaced Simon Doull who returned home early with a troublesome knee injury.

Fixtures/Results

The four tour games were cancelled when New Zealand reached the Super Six stage of the World Cup.

a	ϯ Southampton (8 May)	Hampshire (50 overs)	Won 8 w
b	ϯ Kennington Oval	Surrey (50 overs)	Won 108 r
c	ϯ Arundel	Sussex (50 overs)	Won 7 w
d	§ Chelmsford	Bangladesh (ICC World Cup)	Won 6 w
e	§ Cardiff	Australia (World Cup)	Won 5 w
f	§ Southampton	West Indies(World Cup)	Lost 7 w
g	§ Derby	Pakistan(World Cup)	Lost 62 r
h	§ Edinburgh	Scotland(World Cup)	Won 6 w
i	§ Headingley	Zimbabwe(World Cup)	No result
j	§ Edgbaston	South Africa(World Cup)	Lost 74 r
k	§ Trent Bridge	India(World Cup)	Won 5 w
l	§ Old Trafford	Pakistan(World Cup semi-final)	Lost 9 w
	ϯ Chester le Street	Durham (50 overs)	cancelled
	Worcester	Worcestershire	cancelled
	ϯ Cardiff	Glamorgan (50 overs)	cancelled
	Bristol	Gloucestershire	cancelled
m	Oxford	British Universities	Won inns 44 r
n	Taunton	Somerset	Won 6 w
o	EDGBASTON	ENGLAND First Test	LOST 7 w
p	ϯ Milton Keynes	Sri Lanka A (50 overs)	Lost 3 w
q	Southampton	Hampshire	Drawn
r	ϯ Wormsley	John Paul Getty’s XI (1-day)	Won 12 r
s	Canterbury	Kent	Drawn
t	LORD’S	ENGLAND Second Test	WON 9 w
u	ϯ Derby	Derbyshire (50 overs)	Won 130 r
v	Leicester	Leicestershire	Won 9 w
w	OLD TRAFFORD	ENGLAND Third Test	DRAWN
x	ϯ Southgate	Middlesex (50 overs)	Lost 39 r
y	Chelmsford	Essex	Lost inns 40 r
z	KENNINGTON OVAL	ENGLAND Fourth Test	WON 83 r

† not first-class

§ one-day internationals

Time spent in England before First Test:

59 days

(3 May - 1 July 1999)

Test appearances on tour

4 - Astle, Cairns, Fleming, Horne, McMillan, Nash, Parore, Twose, Vettori

3 - Bell

2 - Allott

1 - Doull, Harris, O’Connor.

0 - Croy, Penn, Walker.

Match appearances

T Test match

o one-day international

x other match

∙ played for opposition

W won L lost D drawn

N no result A abandoned

u unknown result

G I Allott

N J Astle

M D Bell

C E Bulfin

C L Cairns

M G Croy

S B Doull

S P Fleming

C Z Harris

M N Hart

M J Horne

G R Larsen

C D McMillan

D J Nash

S B O’Connor

A C Parore

A J Penn

R G Twose

D L Vettori

B G K Walker

R E S U L T S

New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results:

in Sri Lanka 1998 (3 Tests)

- lost 1-2

in Australia 1997-98 (3 Tests)

- lost 0-2

in Zimbabwe 1997-98 (2 Tests)

- drew 0-0

in Pakistan 1996-97 (2 Tests)

- drew 1-1

in West Indies 1995-96 (2 Tests)

- lost 0-1

in India 1995-96 (3 Tests)

- lost 0-1

Highlights

• At Old Trafford Nathan Astle (101) and Matthew Bell (83) buried England in a partnership of 153.

• Craig McMillan added to this with 107* and New Zealand declared on 496 for 9.

• Shortly after taking a five-wicket haul (5-31)at The Oval, Cairns joined New Zealand's second innings at 39 for six, and struck 80 runs from 94 deliveries. He later took the final wicket to clinch an 83-run victory.

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban	Cancelled
Test Matches	4	2	1	1	-	-
Other first-class matches	8	3	1	2	-	2
† Minor matches	9	5	2	0	-	2
§ One-day internationals	9	4	4	1	-	-
All Matches	30	14	8	4	-	4

Return to New Zealand

London Q Christchurch

The end of the World Cup campaign saw Gavin Larsen, Carl Bulfin and Matthew Hart return to New Zealand

The main team arrived back in New Zealand on Thurdsay 26 August and were met at Christchurch Airport by Walter Hadlee. After only four weeks at home they would depart again for a tour of India.

Time away from New Zealand 116 days

(2 May to 26 August)

Finances

Written accounts of the tour

Postscript

England were cast into last place in the I.C.C. Test rankings.

For New Zealand the tour brought an end to the three-year terms of Steve Rixon - the first foreigner to coach the national team - and manager John Graham. New coach David Trist and manager Jeff Crowe took over.

New Zealand’s next Test series

Tour of India 1999-00.