Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Sri Lanka 2012-13

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Sri Lanka 2012-13

Tour of Sri Lanka 2012-13 Captain : Ross Taylor

Sixty-second official Test tour.

Tenth Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka by New Zealand

(October - November 2012)

The tour was the fifth in just over a year for Ross Taylor’s young New Zealand side

After suffering a devastating ten wicket defeat at Galle they turned in a convincing victory in Colombo to square the two-match series. The team went into the Colombo Test knowing that another defeat would equal the record with a sixth-straight loss but they beat Sri Lanka by a convincing margin of 167 runs.

All New Zealand tours

Previous Test tour

India 2012-13

Next Test tour

South Africa 2012-13

Next tour of Sri Lanka

not yet scheduled

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum.

Middle-order batsmen Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Kane Williamson, Rob Nicol.

Wicket-keeper: Kruger van Wyk.

All-rounders: James Franklin, Doug Bracewell.

Slow bowlers: Todd Astle, Jeetan Patel.

Fast bowlers: Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult, Chris Martin.

T D Astle	C	26	LB

T A Boult	ND	23	LFM	ODI

D A J Bracewell	CD	22	RHB RFM

D R Flynn	ND	27	LHB

J E C Franklin	W	31	LFM	ODI

M J Guptill	A	26	RHB

B B McCullum	O	31	RHB WK	ODI

C S Martin	A	37	RFM

R J Nicol	A	29	RHB	ODI

J S Patel	W	32	OB

T G Southee	ND	23	RFM	ODI

L R Taylor	CD	28	RHB captain

C F K van Wyk	C	32	WK

N Wagner	O	26	LFM

K S Williamson	ND	22	RHB vice-captain	ODI


Members of the T20 and ODI squad			A M Ellis RFM	ODI
			R M Hira SLA	ODI
			T W M Latham LHB	ODI
			N L McCullum OB	ODI
			K D Mills RFM	ODI
			A F Milne RFM	ODI
			J D P Oram LHB RFM v-c	ODI
			B-J Watling RHB	ODI

Representation of teams:

A – Auckland (3)

C – Canterbury (2)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (4)

O – Otago (2)

W – Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(17 November 2012):

28 yrs 2 months.

ODI member of the Twenty20 and ODI squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Martin 70, McCullum 68, Taylor 41, Franklin 29, Guptill 26, Flynn 20, Southee 19, Williamson 16, Patel 15, Bracewell 11, van Wyk 7, Boult 6, Nicol 2, Wagner 2, Astle 0.

Team Officials

Mike Sandle	Team Manager
Mike Hesson	Head coach
Bob Carter	Assistant coach
Paul Close	Physiotherapist
Shane Bond	Bowling coach
Chaminda Vaas	Bowling assistant (Tests)

Selectors

National selection manager Kim Littlejohn (chairman), John Buchanan (High Performance Director of cricket), Mike Hesson (coach), Ross Taylor (captain).

Selection

Unavailable : Daniel Vettori (achilees heel) Not considered: Jesse Ryder

Tour Party Announced : 11 October 2012

Not selected: Tarun Nethula, B-J Watling (for Tests)

T20 squad announced: .

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

10 days

(7 August - 17 August)

Travel

Arrived in Colombo Friday 26 October

Time spent in Sri Lanka

days

(26 October -

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

a	⊕ Pallekele	Sri Lanka (only T20)	No result
b	§ Pallekele	Sri Lanka (1st ODI)	Abandoned
c	§ Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka (2nd ODI)	Lost 14 r
d	§ Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka (3rd ODI)	Lost 7 w
e	§ Hambantota	Sri Lanka (4th ODI)	Lost 7 w
f	§ Hambantota	Sri Lanka (5th ODI)	No result
g	GALLE	SRI LANKA First Test	LOST 10 w
h	COLOMBO (SSC)	SRI LANKA Second Test	WON 167 r

⊕(T20I)Twenty 20 international

§ one-day international

† not first-class

Time spent in India before First Test: 22 days

(26 October - 17 November)

Test appearances on tour

2 -

1 -

0 -

Highlights

• Tim Southee led the bowling lineup

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D / NR	Aban
Test Matches	2	1	1	0	-
Other first-class matches	0	-	-	-	-
†Minor matches	0	-	-	-	-
§ One-day internationals	5	0	3	1	1
⊕ Twenty 20 internationals	1	0	0	1	-
All Matches	8	1	4	2	1

Return to New Zealand

last match ended 29 Nov 2012

The team had only a fortnight in New Zealand before heading to South Africa.

Time away from New Zealand

x days (to arrive back in NZ)

Finances