Tour of  Sri Lanka 2009               Captain : Daniel Vettori

56th official Test tour.

Seventh Test-playing  tour of Sri Lanka by New Zealand

 (August - September  2009)

New Zealand were overwhelmingly beaten in the two Test matches but won the Twenty20 series.

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

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

Australia 2008-09

Next tour

India 2010-11

Next tour of Sri Lanka 

2012-13

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen  Martin Guptill, Craig Cumming, Tim McIntosh

Middle-order batsmen  Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder

Wicket-keeper/batsmen: Brendon McCullum, Grant Elliott

All-rounder: Jacob Oram

Spin bowlers: Daniel Vettori, Jeetan Patel.

Fast bowlers: Iain O’Brien, Reece Young, Daryl Tuffey, Chris Martin

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (

C - Canterbury (

CD - Central Districts

ND - Northern Districts

O - Otago

W - Wellington  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(18 August 2009) : 

  29 yrs  8 months.

ODI played in Compaq Cup one-day series

Test Appearances made before the tour

Team Officials

Selectors

Glenn Turner (convenor),

Selection

Unavailable  : Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey became eligible for selection after relinquishing ties with the ICL. Jeetan Patel was able to tour although his county Warwickshire put him out for six weeks with ligament damage to his knee.

Tour Party Announced  : 7 July 2009.

There was a delay in announcing the team while security officials checked the safety of the tour itinerary.

Included in the 15-man Test squad were Daryl Tuffey, Reece Young and Craig Cumming, who all missed out on central contracts in

Not selected:  New Zealand contracted players Brent Arnel, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee.

Turner said that one fewer seamer than normal was selected because of Sri Lankan conditions.

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  27 days

(7 July to 3 August)

Travel

?  Q Colombo

Jeetan Patel (Warwickshire), Iain O'Brien (Leicestershire),  Grant Elliott (Surrey), Hamish Marshall, James Franklin and Craig Spearman (all Gloucestershire) were playing in county cricket.

The New Zealanders arrived on Tuesday 4 August at Bandaranayke International Airport, Colombo.  Two days later they attended a ceremony at the Hotel Taj Samudra in Colombo to launch the Mobitel Cup.

Some of the ODI players joined the tour from the New Zealand ‘A’ side, which was playing in Chennai prior to the limited overs series in Sri Lanka.

Time spent in Sri Lanka

   42 days

(4 August - 15 September)

On-tour selection panel

 -

Reinforcements

 -

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

⊕ twenty/20 international

§ one-day international

Time spent in Sri Lanka before First Test: 

14 days

(4 August - 18 August)

Test appearances on tour

2  - 

1  - 

0  -    

Highlights

•   Daniel Vettori took his 300th Test wicket at the Colombo SSC ground.

•   Jacob Oram took a hat-trick in the one-day matches

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Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

Colombo    Q ?

Departure was on Tuesday 15 September 2009 from Bandaranayke International Airport, Colombo.

They flew to the ICC Champions Trophy tournament in South Africa where they lost in the final against Australia before flying back on 6 October.  A number of the team - McCullum, Butler, Broom and Redmond -  travelled to India to compete in the ICL Twenty20 competition.

Time away from New Zealand    65 days  

(3 August to 6? October)

Finances

Next tour of Sri Lanka

2012-13.