New Zealand - 2007 Onwards

[NZTailender]

Thought I might start a new story.


This time it's 2007 and NZ are about to tour Australia. But due to a major contract dispute the regular contract players have gone on strike and will refuse to tour. They are backed by their coach and some management. NZ cricket board and isn't standing down and have appointed me to coach and manage the team. However, I cannot pick anyone who's played a test match before (ODI's are okay). Should be interesting.


New Zealand in Australia 2007.

18 man touring squad

Batsmen:
Timothy Lythe – Aged 26 - RHB
Nicholas Horsley – Aged 26 - LHB
Robert Nicol – Aged 23 - RHB
Ross Taylor – Aged 22 - RHB
Geoffrey Barnett – Aged 22 - LHB
Jarrod Englefield – Aged 27 - RHB
Neil Broom – Aged 23 - RHB

Wicket-keeper batsmen
Peter McGlashan – Aged 27 – RHB, WK
Timothy McIntosh – Aged 27 – LHB, WK
Gareth Hopkins – Aged 30 – RHB, WK

All-Rounders
Andrew Ellis – Aged 24 – RHB, RFM
Ewen Thompson – Aged 27 – LHB, LFM
Nathan McCullum – Aged 26 – RHB, OS
Jesse Ryder – Aged 22 – LHB, RM

Bowlers
Mark Gillespie – Aged 27 - RFM
Bradley Scott – Aged 27 - LFM
James McMillan – Aged 28 - RFM
Graeme Aldridge – Aged 29 - RFM

 

[pinchy81]

looking good so far hmm with all these stories i might have to start one

 

[Kweek]

Englefield
good luck, hopefully he'll score loads for ya

 

[Loots]

Best of luck! A lot of the players you've got will be in their prime - I think you might spring a few suprises...

 

[NZTailender]

Tour Match - New South Wales vs New Zealand

New Zealand XI
1. R Taylor
2. T McIntosh
3. N Broom
4. R Nicol
5. J Englefield
6. A Ellis
7. J Ryder
8. P McGlashan (c, wk)
9. E Thompson
10. M Gillespie
11. G Aldridge

versus

New South Wales XI
1. G Mail
2. M Clarke
3. E Cowan
4. S Katich
5. B Haddin (wk)
6. C Simmons
7. B Lee
8. S Clark
9. S MacGill
10. S O'keefe
11. G McGrath

NZ won the toss and batted.

New Zealand 5-233
R Nicol 91*, J Ryder 67*
S Clark 2-29, G McGrath 2-41

New South Wales
B Lee 75, C Simmons 73
E Thompson 3-48, R Taylor 2-29

NSW won by 1 wicket
MOTM: B Lee

Performances:

New Zealand Batting
R Taylor 4 (4)
T McIntosh 9 (23)
N Broom 0 (3)
R Nicol 91 (143) not out
J Englefield 14 (21)
A Ellis 30 (45)
J Ryder 67 (62)
P McGlashan
E Thompson
M Gillespie
G Aldridge

New Zealand Bowling
M Gillespie 10 - 0 - 55 - 1 - 5.50
E Thompson 10 - 2 - 48 - 3 - 4.80
A Ellis 10 - 1 - 40 - 0 - 4.00
G Aldridge 9.4 - 2 - 38 - 2 - 4.22
J Ryder 3 - 0 - 25 - 1 - 8.33
R Taylor 6 - 1 - 29 - 2 - 4.83

 

[NZTailender]

ODI Tournament - Australia, New Zealand, England.


Australia vs New Zealand

NZ XI
1. N Horsley
2. R Taylor
3. N Broom
4. R Nicol
5. J Ryder
6. A Ellis
7. P McGlashan (c, wk)
8. N McCullum
9. E Thompson
10. M Gillespie
11. G Aldridge

Vs.

Aus XI
1. M Hussey
2. M Hayden
3. R Ponting
4. P Jaques
5. M Clarke
6. S Watson
7. A Gilchrist (wk)
8. B Lee
9. S Warne
10. J Gillespie
11. G McGrath

NZ won the toss and batted.

New Zealand 9 for 200
R Nicol 70, P McGlashan 39
B Lee 4-34, G McGrath 2-40

Australia 2 for 204
R Ponting 103*, M Hussey 48
M Gillespie 1-21, N McCullum 1-29

Australia won by 8 wickets
MOTM: R Ponting

Performances:

New Zealand Batting
N Horsley 6 (20)
R Taylor 24 (39)
N Broom 0 (1)
R Nicol 70 (129)
J Ryder 34 (53)
A Ellis 2 (2)
P McGlashan 39 (38)
N McCullum 12 (15)
E Thompson 4 (5) not out
M Gillespie 1 (4)
G Aldridge

New Zealand Bowling
M Gillespie 7 - 1 - 21 - 1 - 3.00
E Thompson 7 - 2 - 27 - 0 - 3.86
A Ellis 10 - 0 - 54 - 0 - 5.40
G Aldridge 10 - 0 - 63 - 0 - 6.30
N McCullum 9 - 0 - 29 - 1 - 3.22


Pretty much as expected there. Aus easily the stronger side and apart from a couple of players everyone struggled.

 

[NZTailender]

Things aren't getting better for NZ. We were dismissed for under 200 twice in a row.

England overpowered us by 91 runs in a match with very few positives. We improved in our next game against Australia but we seem to be a long way off from winning a match.

We had the same Xi for both matches:

NZ XI
1. N Horsley
2. R Taylor
3. N Broom
4. R Nicol
5. J Ryder
6. A Ellis
7. P McGlashan (c, wk)
8. N McCullum
9. E Thompson
10. M Gillespie
11. G Aldridge


England vs New Zealand
England 4 for 224
K Pietersen 67, I Bell 62
M Gillespie 2-22, G Aldridge 2-48

New Zealand all out 133
P McGlashan 32, J Ryder 31
A Flintoff 4-28, A Davies 2-38

England won by 91 runs.

I'm going to to a run down of stats after the tournament is over rather than match by match performances.

Australia vs New Zealand
New Zealand 192 all out
A Ellis 55, N Broom 36
S Clark 2-32, B Lee 2-33

Australia 5-193
M Clarke 54, P Jaques 38
N McCullum 2-17, E Thompson 1-32

Australia won by 5 wickets
MOTM: M Clarke


McIntosh replaced Horsley at the top of the order, and had a good impact but was out after his brisk start.

New Zealand 119 all out
J Ryder 26, T McIntosh 22
S Harmison 5-38, R Sidebottom 2-16

England 2-120
M Trescothick 59*, O Shah 40*
G Aldridge 1-22, M Gillespie 1-50

England won by 8 wickets
MOTM: S Harmison


Things go from bad to worse with another humiliating defeat.
Peter McGlashan was bumped up to three but failed with just 6 runs.

Australia 3 for 280
R Ponting 133*, P Jaques 89
A Ellis 1-45, E Thompson 1-47

New Zealand 104 all out
R Nicol 24, A Ellis 23
B Lee 3-28, G McGrath 2-16

Australia won by 176 runs
MOTM: R Ponting



England vs New Zealand
Broom was replaced by James McMillan. In the end we used 7 bowlers to little effect.

England 4 for 242
K Pietersen 99, A Strauss 60
G Aldridge 1-30, M Gillespie 1-38

New Zealand 8-173
E Thompson 43*, T McIntosh 27
A Flintoff 4-26, R Sidebottom 2-35

England won by 69 runs
MOTM: A Flintoff

 

[NZTailender]

Statistics for the ODI Tournament.

Makes for very poor reading.

Next we play host to India.

First Test
New Zealand
1. T McIntosh
2. N Horsley
3. R Nicol
4. T Lythe
5. J Ryder
6. A Ellis
7. P McGlashan (c, wk)
8. E Thompson
9. B Scott
10. M Gillespie
11. J McMillan

Versus.

India
1. V Sehwag
2. D Jadhav
3. S Tendulkar
4. V Laxman
5. Y Singh
6. Y Singh
7. M Dhoni (wk)
8. G Singh
9. S Trivedi
10. S Maniar
11. S Rao

NZ win the toss and bat.

 

[Kweek]

where's englefield!!!


good luck mate..looks like you'll need it.

 

[NZTailender]

where's englefield!!!


good luck mate..looks like you'll need it.

He was in really bad form (less than 1 star)



In the test - we were just bowled out for about 375. Ryder the top scorer with 85. About to bowl.

 

[NZTailender]

After such a strong start, the match just turned into an embarrassing lesson on how to play cricket properly. First our bowlers were toothless then our batsmen crumbled.


New Zealand 372 all out
J Ryder 81
R Nicol 72
G Singh 4-86
S Maniar 3-102

India 5 for 517 declared
V Sehwag 240
S Tendulkar 113
A Ellis 2-65
M Gillespie 2-151

New Zealand 129 all out
R Nicol 32
A Ellis 20
G Singh 4-25
S Rao 3-39

India won by an innings and 16 runs
MOTM: V Sehwag


XI for Second test
1. N Horsley
2. T McIntosh
3. P McGlashan (c, wk)
4. J Englefield
5. R Nicol
6. J Ryder
7. A Ellis
8. E Thompson
9. B Martin
10. B Scott
11. M Gillespie

 

[NZTailender]

An improvement on the last match, in a way. india didn't win until the very last over. Englefield seems to have nervous nineties syndrome as well, after two fine knocks.

New Zealand all out 348
J Englefield 95
A Ellis 77
S maniar 4-96
G Singh 3-71

India 5 for 505 declared
D Jadhav 143
V laxman 108*
B martin 2-108
M Gillespie 1-65

New Zealand 306 all out
J Englefield 93
J Ryder 60
A Kumble 4-55
H Singh 3-85

India 2 for 150
V Laxman 71*
V Sehwag 62*
M Gillespie 2-38

India won by 8 wickets
MOTM: J Englefield

 

[NZTailender]

Twenty20 International

Fielded a long batting line up...

1. R Taylor
2. N Horsley
3. J Englefield
4. P McGlashan (c, wk)
5. J Ryder
6. A Ellis
7. C Gaffaney
8. T McIntosh
9. R Nicol
10. B Martin
11. M Gillespie

India won on the 3rd ball of the last over. It was a topsy turvey match...

New Zealand 9 fo 137
B Martin 20*
N Horsley 17
H Singh 2-14
A Kumble 2-22

India 3 for 138
Y Singh 61
V Sehwag 28
B martin 2-23
R Taylor 1-23

India won by 7 wickets
MOTM: Y Singh

 

[NZTailender]

ODI Series. New Zealand versus India

Match 1 was the lowest point yet in charge of the team. Just, awful.

Match 2 we clung on to win, thanks to Mark Gillespie hitting a six off the 3rd last over giving us jsut 4 more runs to win which we got in the final over.

New Zealand all out 64
J Ryder 17
L Woodcock 11
J Sharma 3-13
A Kumble 2-5

India 2 for 65
V Sehwag 26*
R Dravid 23*
G Aldridge 1-20
M Gillespie 1-40

India won by 8 wickets
MOTM: J Sharma


India 3 for 230
S Tendulkar 115*
R Dravid 76
M Gillespie 1-18
G Aldridge 1-43

New Zealand 8 for 233
R Nicol 73
T McIntosh
J Sharma 4-46
S maniar 2-40

New Zealand won by 2 wickets
MOTM: S Tendulkar

 

[Kweek]

Englefield

 

[NZTailender]

Englefield

Looks to be a permanent fixture!


Unfortunately I'm heading off today so I won't have access to this computer anymore.

Fortunately, I'll be able to use the computer that has the Bangladesh game so I'll revive that.


I can always just email myself the save file of this match, but I think I'll cut between the two from time to time.

 

[Gillie]

Just a question... Has anybody heard or seen Mike Hussey bowl???

 

[bugssy]

nice work mate. i might have to do one also.....