Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 2008

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Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 2008

Tour of England 2008 Captain : Daniel Vettori

53rd official Test tour.

Fifteenh Test-playing tour of England by New Zealand

(May - June 2008)

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

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

South Africa 2007-08

Next tour

Bangladesh 2008-09

Next tour of England

2013

Members of the Test tour party (16)

Opening batsmen: Aaron Redmond, Jamie How

Middle-orde batsmen: Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, James Marshall.

All rounder: Jacob Oram.

Wicket-keepers: Gareth Hopkins, Brendon McCullum

Spin bowlers:Daniel Vettori, Jeetan Patel.

Fast bowlers: Iain O'Brien, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Mark Gillespie.

⋄ D R Flynn	ND	23	LHB	ODI

⋄ P G Fulton	C	29	RHB	ODI

⋄ G J Hopkins	A	31	second WK	ODI

⋄ J M How	CD	26	RHB opener temporary captain	ODI

⋄ B B McCullum	O	26	WK RHB vice-captain	ODI

⋄ J A H Marshall	ND	29	RHB	ODI

⋄ C S Martin	A	33	RFM

⋄ M J Mason	CD	33	RFM	ODI

⋄ K D Mills	A	29	RFM	ODI

⋄ I E O’Brien	W	31	RFM

⋄ J D P Oram	CD	29	LHB RM	ODI

⋄ J S Patel	W	28	OB	ODI

⋄ A J Redmond	O	28	RHB opener

⋄ T G Southee	ND	19	RFM	ODI

⋄ L R P L Taylor	CD	24	RHB	ODI

⋄ D L Vettori	ND	29	SLA captain	ODI


Required for limited overs series only			⋄ J R Ryder (W) (withdrawn)	ODI
			⋄ S J Styris (A)	ODI

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (3)

C - Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (4)

ND - Northern Districts (4)

O - Otago (2)

W - Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(15 May 2008) : 28 yrs 5 months.

ODI : part of the ODI squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Team Officials

Lindsay M Crocker	Manager
John Bracewell	Coach
M D O’Neill	Batting coach
Dayle Hadlee	Bowling coach *
Bob Carter	Video analyst
D F Shackel	Physiotherapist
G J Hermansson	Sports psychologist
B J Stronach	Conditioning trainer
J Durning	Media manager

* V Johnson took over as bowling coach for the one-day series

Selectors

Sir Richard Hadlee (chairman), Dion Nash, Glenn Turner, John Bracewell (coach).

This selection meeting in Christchurch was the last that Sir Richard Hadlee had a part in choosing.

Selection

Unavailable:: Stephen Fleming had retired from Test cricket.

Tour Party Announced : 4 April 2008.

Fifteen names were announced with either Mark Gillespie or Michael Mason to be added. However, both of them and Grant Elliott were required for the first two tour matches, and then the choice was made to keep Mason in the squad, while the other two went home until the one-day series.

Flynn, O’Brien, Redmond and Southee were not centrally contracted players at the time of selection but were added to the list on 14 April

Not selected : Matthew Bell, Grant Elliott, ⋄ James Franklin, Mathew Sinclair.

Limited overs squad announced: 4 April 2008.

Jesse Ryder withdrew on 27 May from the one-day team, failing to recover from severing his tendon, so Peter Fulton was retained for the whole tour

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

x days

(4 April to depart NZ)

Travel

? Q London

Stand-in captain, Jamie How, and many of the team arrived in London on the evening of 23 April 2008.

Five players were permitted to join the tour late from the Indian Premier League so Daniel Vettori. Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Ross Taylor and Jacob Oram all missed the first two matches. Oram arrived on 28 April. Vettori and McCullum left Delhi and arrived at Heathrow in the morning of 1 May.

Scott Styris joined the tour party for the one-day series. He arrived with Mark Gillespie on x June.

Time spent in England

x days

(23 April - July)

On-tour selection panel

Daniel Vettori (captain), John Bracewell (coach) and Brendon McCullum (vice-captain)

Reinforcements

G D Elliott	W	29	RHB RFM	ODI
⋄ M R Gillespie	W	28	RFM	ODI

Mark Gillespie and Grant Elliott were required for the first two matches until 30 April, when the IPL players arrived.

After the Test series Gillespie and Scott Styris were part of the chosen squad for the limited overs series, but Elliot was brought back, too, as cover for Jacob Oram.

Jesse Ryder withdrew from the one-day team because of a hand injury and Peter Fulton was retained in his place.

Fixtures/Results

a	† Arundel	M C C	No Result
b	Canterbury	Kent	Drawn
c	Chelmsford	Essex	Won 92 r
d	Southampton	England Lions	Drawn
e	LORD'S	ENGLAND First Test	DRAWN
f	OLD TRAFFORD	ENGLAND Second Test	LOST 6 w
g	Northampton	Northamptonshire	Drawn
h	TRENT BRIDGE	ENGLAND (3rd Test	LOST inns 9 r
i	†Worcester	Worcestershire	Won 95 r
j	⊕ Old Trafford	England (only T20)	Lost 9 w
k	§ Chester-le-Street	England (1st ODI)	Lost 114 r
l	§ Edgbaston	England (2nd ODI)	No result
m	§ Bristol	England (3rd ODI)	Won 22 r
n	§ Kennington Oval	England (4th ODI)	Won 1 w
o	§ Lord's	England (5th ODI)	Won 51 r
p	§ Aberdeen	Ireland (ICC Associates ODI)	Won 290 r
q	§ Aberdeen	Scotland (ICC Associates ODI)	Won 8 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

⊕ T20 international

Time spent in England before First Test:

22 days

(23 April - 15 May)

ICC Associates Tri-Series

Test appearances on tour

3 - Flynn, How, McCullum, Martin, Mills, Oram, Redmond, Taylor, Vettori

2 - Marshall, O’Brien

1 - Hopkins, Southee

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Match appearances

See below

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	0	2	1	-
Other first-class matches	4	1	0	3	-
ϯ Minor matches	2	1	0	1	-
§ One-day internationals	7	5	1	1	-
⊕ T20 international	1	0	1	0	-
All Matches	17	7	4	6	-

Return to New Zealand

? Q ?

Mark Gillespie returned home at the beginning of May, returning in June for the one-day series.

Chris Martin, Iain O’Brien and Aaron Redmond did not take part in the limited overs section of the tour and went home after the Test matches.

last match 3 July 2008

Time away from New Zealand x days

(depart NZ to arrive home NZ)

Finances