Tour of UAE to play v Pakistan   2014-15     Captain : Brendon McCullum

65th New Zealand Test tour

(November - December  2014)

First Test-playing tour of UAE by New Zealand

(previous tour to play Pakistan 2002)

The New Zealanders in Pakistan.

3 Tests

All New Zealand tours

Previous Test tour

West Indies 2013-14

Next Test tour

England 2015

Next tour of Pakistan

not yet scheduled 

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen:  Hamish Rutherford Tom Latham

Middle-order batsmen Brendon McCullum Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson. James Neesham.

All-rounder:  Corey Anderson

Wicket-keepers: B-J Watling, Luke Ronchi

Slow bowlers: Mark Craig, Ish Sodhi,

Fast bowlers: Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner

20 players offered Black Caps contracts for year 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015:

Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Mark Craig,

Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

Martin Guptill – Auckland

Matt Henry – Canterbury

Mitchell McClenaghan – Auckland

Nathan McCullum – Otago

Kyle Mills – Auckland

Adam Milne – Central

Colin Munro – Auckland

Provincial Representation :

  (Plunket Shield teams)

A – Auckland (0)

C – Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (6)

O – Otago (5)

W – Wellington (1)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(11 November 2014): 

  25 yrs  9 months.

ODI  member of the squad for one-day internationals and T/20 in United Arab Emirates

⋄ contracted players

                        (2014-15)

Test Appearances made before the tour

Vettori 111,  McCullum 87,  Taylor 57,  Southee 34,  Williamson 34,  Boult 25,  Watling 24,  Bracewell 18,  Wagner 15,  Rutherford 14,  Sodhi 8,  Anderson 7,  Latham 4,  Neesham 4,  Craig 3,  Ronchi 0. 

Tour Officials

Selectors

National selection manager Bruce Edgar  (chairman),  Mike Hesson (coach)

Selection

Not considered:  Jesse Ryder

Kane Williamson was passed fit on his injured left wrist ligament.

Test Tour Party Announced  :  1 October 2014.

Not selected:   Peter Fulton

Limited-overs squad announced:    

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  29 days

 (1 October  - 30 October)

Travel

 ?   Q x    Q  Sharjah

The Test squad flew out of New Zealand on 30 October 2014 on a long flight (17 hours) to Sharjah.

Time spent in UAE

   x days

(31 October - )

On-tour selection panel

Mike Hesson (coach),  

Reinforcements

Daniel Vettori, who was in UAE with the New Zealand A team, was brought in for the third Test. Vettori was 35 and had not played a first-class match in 2014 nor played a Test match since July 2012.

Fixtures/Results

⊕(T20)Twenty 20 international match

§  one-day international

Time spent in UAE

before First Test:   

   11 days

 (31 October - 11 November)

Test appearances on tour

3  -   Anderson,  Boult,  Craig,  Latham,  McCullum, Sodhi,  Southee, Taylor,  Watling,  Williamson.

2  -   Neesham

1  -   Vettori

0  -   Bracewell,  Ronchi,  Rutherford,  Wagner.

Match appearances

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

∙  played for opposition

W won  L lost  D drawn  

N no result   A abandoned  

u unknown result

Squad members not involved in the second and third Tests were available to play for New Zealand A  (also in UAE)

New Zealand’s six previous Test tour results:

in West Indies 2013-14 (3 Tests)

 - won 2-1

in Bangladesh 2013-14 (2 Tests)

 - drew 0-0

n England 2013 (2 Tests)

 - lost 0-2

iIn South Africa 2012-13 (2 Tests)

 - lost 0-2

in Sri Lanka 2012-13 (2 Tests)

 - drew 1-1

in India 2012-13 (2 Tests)

 - lost 0-2

Highlights

•  22 year-old Tom Latham scored his maiden Test century (103) at Abu Dhabi. Only Bruce Edgar and Glenn Turner were younger among New Zealand opening batsmen to score a hundred.

•  Ish Sodhi scored 63 at number 10  as New Zealand went down to a heavy defeat in the first Test

•  Tom Latham scored a second century in consecutive Tests with 137 at Dubai

•  Ross Taylor’s 104 in the 2nd innings at Dubai enabled New Zealand to declare and set Pakistan a target

•  Daniel Vettori became New Zealand’s most-capped player when recalled for the third Test. He was also in the team when New Zealand last played three spinners (with Priest and Wiseman) in Sri Lanka in 1998.

Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

Dubai  Q   Auckland

The Test players left Dubai 5 December 2013

The limited-overs team returned to New Zealand on 21 December.

Time away from New Zealand

  x days 

 ( to arrive back in NZ)

Finances

Written account of the tour

Postscript

OtherTest tours in 2014-15

Australia to UAE to play Pakistan 2014-15

Zimbabwe to Bangladesh 2014-15

West Indies to India 2014-15

India to Australia 2014-15

West Indies to South Africa 2014-15

Sri Lanka to New Zealand 2014-15

England to West Indies 2014-15