Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to South Africa 2007-08

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to South Africa 2007-08

Tour of South Africa 2007-08 Captain : Daniel Vettori

52nd official Test tour.

Fifth Test-playing tour of South Africa by New Zealand

(September - November 2007)

This tour followed ICC’s new World Twenty20 tournament. Daniel Vettori, now full national captain, by returning the most economical bowling rate in the tournament, only 5½ runs per over, helped New Zealand progress to the semi-final when they were beaten by Pakistan.

Vettori who was already the one-day captain, replaced Stephen Fleming as captain of the Test team, starting when the New Zealanders returned to South Africa one month after the T20 tour.

South Africa won the series

New Zealand suffered a record-breaking 359-run defeat in three days at Centurion

The batsmen were unable to cope with the emerging fast bowler Dale Steyn who took ten wickets in each of the first two Tests

The bowling was weakened when Shane Bond, the one fast bowler who could return some hostility, was injured and returned to

Lou Vincent, Jamie How, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Brendon McCullum (wk), Gareth Hopkins, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, James Franklin, Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie, Jeetan Patel, Michael Mason.

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

South Africa 2005-06

Next tour

England 2008

Next tour of South Africa

2012-13

Members of the Test tour party (15 + 2)

Opening batsmen Michael Papps, Craig Cumming

Middle-order batsmen Stephen Fleming, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Lou Vincent

Wicket-keepers Brendon McCullum

All-rounder: Jacob Oram

Spin bowlers Daniel Vettori, Jeetan Patel

Fast bowlers Shane Bond (replaced by Kyle Mills), Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Michael Mason, Iain O’Brien

⋄ contracted player 2007-08

⋄ S E Bond	C	32	RF	T20 ODI

C D Cumming	O	32	RHB opener	T20 ODI w/d

⋄ S P Fleming	W	34	LHB

⋄ P G Fulton withdrawn				T20

⋄ M R Gillespie	W	28	RFM	T20 ODI

⋄ B B McCullum	C	26	RHB WK	T20 ODI

⋄ C S Martin	A	32	RFM	T20 ODI

⋄ M J Mason	CD	33	RFM	T20 ODI

⋄ K D Mills withdrawn				ODI

I E O’Brien added	W	31	RF

⋄ J D P Oram	CD	29	LHB RFM	T20 ODI

⋄ M H W Papps	C	28	RHB opener

⋄ J S Patel	W	27	OB	T20 ODI

⋄ S B Styris	A	32	RHB RM	T20 ODI

⋄ L R P Taylor	CD	23	RHB	T20 ODI

⋄ D L Vettori	ND	28	SLA captain	T20 ODI

⋄ L Vincent added	A	28	RHB	T20 ODI


Required for World Twenty20 or ODI series only:			⋄ J E C Franklin	T20 ODI
			⋄ G J Hopkins	T20 ODI
			N L McCullum	T20
			⋄ C D McMillan	T20
			B E Scott	T20
			M S Sinclair	ODI

Provincial representation

(State Championship teams)

A - Auckland (3)

C - Canterbury (3)

CD - Central Districts (3)

ND - Northern Districts (1)

O - Otago (1)

W - Wellington (4)

Styris did not play in the State Championship in 2006-07

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(8 November 2007) : 30 yrs 1 month.

T20 member of New Zealand squad for World Twenty20

ODI member of the one-day squad v South Africa

⋄ contracted player 2007-08

Test Appearances made before the tour

Fleming 104, Vettori 73, Martin 33, Styris 27, McCullum 25, Oram 22, Vincent 22, Bond 16, Cumming 7, Mills 7, Papps 6, How 6, O’Brien 2, Mason 1, Patel 1, Gillespie 0, Taylor 0.

Team Officials

Lindsay Crocker	Manager
John Bracewell	Coach
	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Sir Richard Hadlee (national selection manager), Dion Nash and Glenn Turner.

Selection

On September 11 Daniel Vettori, who was already the one-day captain, replaced Stephen Fleming as captain of the Test team, starting with this South African tour.

Unavailable : Nathan Astle (retired) , ⋄ James Franklin (recovering from knee injury), ⋄ Hamish Marshall (on 14 June decided to pursue his career with Gloucestershire in English county cricket).

Tour Party Announced : 26 September 2007.

Not selected: Jamie How, Lou Vincent, Craig McMillan (he then retired), Matthew Sinclair.

Withdrawals: Peter Fulton (operation on his right knee); he was replaced by Lou Vincent on 4 October

Kyle Mills (calf injury) was replaced by Iain O'Brien on 9 November

ODI squad announced : 23 October 2007.

Unavailable: Stephen Fleming retired from one-day cricket after the 2007 World Cup.

Lou Vincent, Jamie How, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Brendon McCullum (wk), Gareth Hopkins, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, James Franklin , Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie, Jeetan Patel, Michael Mason..

James Franklin withdrew from the ODI squad on 7 November, to have surgery on a knee injury. In his place Craig Cumming and Chris Martin were added to the one-day squad on 9 November.

A serious facial injury forced Cumming to withdraw and Mathew Sinclair took his place

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

x days

(selection to 18 October)

Travel

? Q Bloemfontein

Depart New Zealand on 18 October 2007, and flew from Sydney to Johannesburg.

At Sydney 19 October Arrived Bloemfontein 23 October.

Kyle Mills and Jamie How arrived in South Africa on Monday November 2007.

Gareth Hopkins and Mathew Sinclair flew in for the one-day series.

Time spent in South Africa

x days

(23 October - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

McCullum was named vice-captain on 26 October

Reinforcements

⋄ J M How

RHB opener

T20 ODI

⋄ K D Mills

RFM

T20 ODI

Kyle Mills replaced Shane Bond who was ruled out of the tour on 11 November with an abdominal strain

Jamie How was called up before the second Test because Oram suffered a hamstring strain in the first Test which put him out until the one-day series; and Michael Papps (stomach illness)

Craig Cumming was added to the ODI squad but his tour ended when a short ball from Dale Steyn in the second Test broke his cheek. He was operated on for a depressed fracture of the cheekbone and a broken jaw and unable to return to New Zealand until 24 November. Mathew Sinclair (CD, 32)replaced him for the one-day series

Fixtures/Results

a	ϯ Benoni	Australia (warm-up match, 20 ov)	Lost 4 w
b	ϯ Benoni	West Indies (warm-up match, 20 ov)	Lost 35 r
c	Å Durban	Kenya(T20 Championship)	Won 9 w
d	Å Johannesburg	Sri Lanka(T20 Championship)	Lost 7 w
e	Å Johannesburg	India(T20 Championship)	Won 10 r
f	Å Durban	England(T20 Championship)	Won 5 r
g	Å Durban	South Africa(T20 Championship)	Lost 6 w
h	Å Cape Town	Pakistan(T20 Championships semi-final)	Lost 6 w

i	Bloemfontein	South African Invitation XI	Won 216 r
j	Potchefstroom	South Africa A	Lost 85 r
k	JOHANNESBURG	SOUTH AFRICA First Test	LOST 358 r
l	CENTURION	SOUTH AFRICA 2nd Test	LOST inns 59
m	⊕ Johannesburg	South Africa (20/20)	Lost 3 w
n	§ Durban	South Africa (1st ODI)	Lost 2 w
o	§ Port Elizabeth	South Africa (2nd ODI)	Won 7 w
p	§ Cape Town	South Africa (3rd ODI)	Lost 5 w

† not first-class

⊕ T20 international

§ one-day international

Time spent in South Africa before First Test:

16 days

(23 October - 8 November 2007)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Cumming, Fleming, McCullum, Martin, O’Brien, Papps, Styris, Taylor, Vettori

1 - Bond, Gillespie, Oram, Vincent

0 - Mason, Patel.

Highlights

•

• Kyle Mills' 5 for 25 in Durban

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	2	0	2	0	-
Other first-class matches	2	1	1	0	-
† Minor matches	2	0	2	0	-
§ One-day internationals	3	1	2	0	-
⊕ T20 internationals	6	3	3	0
All Matches	15	5	10	0	-

Return to New Zealand

? Q ?

Fleming, O’Brien and Papps returned home after the Test series

last match 2 Dec

Time away from New Zealand x days

(depart NZ to arrive home NZ)

Finances

Written accounts of the tour