Tour of Bangladesh 2004-05                     Captain : Stephen Fleming

48th official Test tour.

First Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by New Zealand

 (October - November 2004)

The tour arrangements were finalised at the beginning of July 2004.

After a long run of continuous cricket Stephen Fleming was given a break after playing the tests to rest a longtime abdominal injury. His deputy Daniel Vettori stood in as the one-day captain, a prelude to taking over the full role in 2007

Apart from one wicket for Franklin, spinners took all the wickets for New Zealand in the Test match at Chittagong: Vettori had twelve and Wiseman five.

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

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

England 2004

Next tour

Australia 2004-05

Next tour of Bangladesh

2008-09

Members of the Test tour party (14)

Opening batsmen  Mark Richardson, Mathew Sinclair

Middle-order batsmen  Stephen Fleming Scott Styris, Nathan Astle, Hamish Marshall

All-rounder: Jacob Oram

Wicket-keeper: Brendan McCullum

Spin bowler:Daniel Vettori

Fast bowlers:  James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Paul Wiseman, Ian Butler, Chris Martin.

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Representation of teams  

A - Auckland (2)

C - Canterbury (4)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (4)

O - Otago (0)

W - Wellington (2)

(State Championship sides 2004-05 season)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(19 October 2004) :  28 yrs  1 months.

ODI :  part of the ODI squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Team Officials

Ross Dykes deputised as manager in England when Lindsay Crocker had to return home because of health problems, and carried on in the post for this tour while still recuperating.

Selectors

 Sir Richard Hadlee (renamed national selection manager),  Ross Dykes, Brian McKechnie

Selection

Unavailable  : Daryl Tuffey (leg/knee injury);  Shane Bond (stress fractures in the back)

Tour Party Announced  : 20 September 2004.

Not selected:  Craig McMillan

Withdrawn:   Michael Papps (dislocated shoulder)  replaced by Matthew Sinclair on 7 October.

One day team announced : 6 October

Daniel Vettori (captain), Andre Adams, Nathan Astle, Ian Butler, Chris Cairns, Peter Fulton, Chris Harris, Hamish Marshall, Craig McMillan, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Matthew Sinclair, Scott Styris and one more to be named.

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  21 days

(20 September to 11 October?)

Travel

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The team departed after a training camp at Lincoln (Christchurch) .

Flew in to Zia International Airport, Dhaka, on Tuesday 12 October 2004.

Time spent in Bangladesh     27 days

(12 October - 8 November)

On-tour selection panel

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Reinforcements

Scott Styris sustained a foot injury before the 2nd test.  

In Matthew Sinclair's absence with a minor ankle injury, Peter Fulton was given his chance to (although not usually an opener)

Stephen Fleming returned home after the Test matches to rest an abdominal injury and Vettori took over as captain for the ODI series.

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in Bangladesh before First Test: 

7 days

(12 October - 19 October)

Test appearances on tour

2  -   Astle,  Fleming,  Franklin,  McCullum,  Oram,  Richardson,  Sinclair,  Styris,  Vettori,  Wiseman.

1 -    Butler,  H.Marshall.

0  -   Martin, Mills.

Highlights

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•  Stephen Fleming scored 202 in the second Test at Chittagong.

•  He and Scott Styris added 204 in a third wicket partnership and New Zealand totalled 545 for 6 declared.

•  Daniel Vettori took six wickets for 70, and six more in the second innings giving match figures of 12 for 171.

Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

Dhaka  Q ?

The New Zealand team left the Sonargaon Hotel prior to their departure for Australia from Zia International Airport, Dhaka, on 8 November

Stand-in Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori ….

Time away from New Zealand    x days  

(11 October?? to arrive home NZ)

Finances

Postscript