Tour of India 1999-00             Captain : Stephen Fleming

39th official tour by NZ

Seventh Test-playing  tour of India by New Zealand

 (September -

          November 1999)

Very tiring itinerary covering the length and breadth of the country

Coming in on a wave of success after their memorable 2-1 Test series victory over England a month before, New Zealand let an opportunity slip at Mohali

India won the second Test on a very poor pitch at Kanpur.

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Previous tour

England 1999

Next tour

Zimbabwe 2000-01

Next tour of India

2003-04 

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen  Matt Horne,  Matthew Bell, [+ Gary Stead  (reinforcement)]

Middle-order batsmen  Craig McMillan, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Craig Spearman

Wicket-keepers  Adam Parore

All-rounder:  Chris Cairns

Medium-paced bowler: Chris Harris

Spin bowlers  Daniel Vettori, Paul Wiseman

Fast bowlers  Chris Drum, Dion Nash, Shayne O’Connor, Andrew Penn [+ Alex Tait  (reinforcement)]

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (3)

C - Canterbury (5)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (1)

O - Otago (3)

W - Wellington (1) 

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(10 October 1999) :  26 yrs  6 months.

ODI :  part of the ODI squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Parore 53,  Fleming 43,  Cairns 39,  Astle 29,  Nash 25,  Vettori 23,  Horne 20,  Harris 18,  McMillan 15,  O’Connor 8,  Spearman 8,  Bell 6,  Wiseman 5,  Stead 2,  Drum 0,  Penn 0,  Tait 0.

Team Officials

Selectors

Ross Dykes (convenor of selectors), David Trist (coach) and  Rick Pickard.

Selection

Unavailable   Geoff Allott  (stress fracture to the lower back), Simon Doull (knee injury).

Fast bowlers Geoff Allott, Simon Doull and Chris Cairns needed specialist treatment when the team returned from England in August, but only Cairns recovered fitness sufficiently for the Indian tour.

Team announced:  31 August 1999.

Not selected   Carl Buffin, Roger Twose (Chris Spearman won his place), Brooke Walker.

Chris Cairns had to undergo a further fitness test on his right knee before being cleared for the tour.

The New Zealand selectors announced an updated squad for the ODI's in November.  Allott's hopes to be included in the ODI squad were dashed when his recovery from a back injury was slower than expected.

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  x days

(31 August to depart NZ)

Travel   

?  Q Mumbai

The New Zealanders touched down in Mumbai in the midst of a thunderstorm on 27 September.

Time spent in India

   53 days

(27 September - 19 November)

On-tour selection panel

David Trist (coach)  and  Stephen Fleming (captain).

“I'm not supposed to offer advice to the team unless the captain Stephen Fleming and coach David Trist ask me to do so.”  said manager Jeff Crowe.

Reinforcements

IN ▷     Stead, Tait

◁ OUT   McMillan, Nash

Gary Stead was brought over for Craig McMillan who broke a finger in 2nd Test

Alex Tait came in for Dion Nash who had a recurrence of his back injury in the 1st ODI

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§  one-day international

Time spent in India before First Test: 

13 days

(27 September - 10 October)

Test appearances on tour

3  -   Astle,  Cairns,  Fleming,  Horne,  Nash,  Parore,  Spearman,  Vettori

2  -   Bell,  McMillan,  Wiseman

1  -   Harris,  O’Connor,  Stead

0  -   Drum,  Penn,  Tait.

Highlights

•   Craig McMilland and Adam Parore shared an unbroken partnership of 212 against President’s XI at Jodhpur

•   Dion Nash too 6-27, his best figures in Test cricket, as India were bowled out for 83 at Mohali.

•   Daniel Vettori took 6-127 at Kanpur

•   No New Zealander scored a  Test century but Fleming was consistent with scores of 43, 73, 2, 31, 48, 64*.

•   Nathan Astle had scores of 120 and 97 in the one-day matches.

Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

New Delhi  Q ?

The team departed for home from New Delhi via Singapore on the morning of Friday 19 November

Time away from New Zealand    x days  

(depart NZ to arrive home NZ)

Finances