Story International Cricket - England from the 1991/2 season - A collaborative story

[Slowcoach]

New Zealand A v England XI - 4 day match - at Napier - 1991/2

Pitch: 78 - This looks a rather scruffy looking pitch, hard but not entirely flat and probably helping the bowlers throughout.
The bounce may be erratic and by Day 3 the spinners may find the wicket becoming responsive to their art.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 5 - Normal

Day 1 Weather: 1 - Hot and Humid (aids Swing)

Injuries: R.A.Smith - Back Trouble (miss 1 match)

New Zealand A collapsed twice to the Swing bowling of Medium pacer Derek Pringle to lose inside 3 days by an innings and 76 runs.
Pringle took 5-54 and 6-20 and for match figures of 11-74 to win the Man of the Match award.
England XI captain Alec Stewart scored his 3rd hundred in 3 games as stand in captain and firms in the race to take over when Graham Gooch leaves the team.
Chris Lewis and Jack Russell made half centuries and Devon Malcolm bowled well in a game of many positives for the tourists.

England won by an Innings and 76 runs

Man of the Match: D.R.Pringle

New Zealand A Vs England XI
New Zealand A Vs England XI

2-Innings Match Played At Napier, 29-Oct-1991, First Class Tour Match

England XI Win Outright by an Inns and 76 runs

Toss won by	New Zealand A
Home Side	New Zealand A
Player of Match	DR Pringle
Comment	Pitch 78 (5,7B,7) Weather 1,1,2

New Zealand A 1st Innings 164/10 All Out (Overs 65.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland	c MR Ramprakash	b DE Malcolm	0	4	4	0	0
BA Pocock	c MR Ramprakash	b DR Pringle	60	196	121	2	0
SP Fleming		b MP Bicknell	9	26	15	0	0
JTC Vaughan	c MR Ramprakash	b DR Pringle	32	90	67	2	0
CZ Harris	lbw	b DR Pringle	24	86	64	1	0
GE Bradburn	c CC Lewis	b DE Malcolm	3	19	12	0	0
LK Germon*+	c RC Russell	b DE Malcolm	8	53	36	0	0
DJ Nash		b DR Pringle	8	19	14	0	0
MW Priest	c RC Russell	b CC Lewis	1	17	11	0	0
HT Davis	not out		14	45	29	0	0
MB Owens		b DR Pringle	2	37	20	0	0
extras		(b0 lb2 w1 nb0)	3
TOTAL		10 wickets for	164

FOW
1-0(BR Hartland) 2-16(SP Fleming) 3-74(JTC Vaughan) 4-125(BA Pocock)
5-130(CZ Harris) 6-132(GE Bradburn) 7-142(DJ Nash) 8-145(MW Priest)
9-148(LK Germon) 10-164(MB Owens)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	11	3	19	3
DV Lawrence	10	1	25	0
MP Bicknell	12	4	33	1
CC Lewis	11	3	31	1
DR Pringle	21.2	2	54	5

England XI 1st Innings 350/10 All Out (Overs 121.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
AJ Stewart*		b CZ Harris	122	294	206	9	0
MA Atherton	c LK Germon	b DJ Nash	7	44	24	0	0
GA Hick	c LK Germon	b DJ Nash	0	2	2	3	0
MR Ramprakash		b DJ Nash	45	116	111	3	0
NH Fairbrother		b JTC Vaughan	18	33	29	3	0
CC Lewis	c LK Germon	b MB Owens	69	155	131	5	1
RC Russell+	c JTC Vaughan	b MW Priest	58	186	129	3	0
DR Pringle	lbw	b HT Davis	3	21	16	0	0
MP Bicknell	c JTC Vaughan	b DJ Nash	2	22	17	0	0
DV Lawrence	c BR Hartland	b MW Priest	6	49	36	1	0
DE Malcolm	not out		5	31	33	0	0
extras		(b5 lb3 w3 nb4)	15
TOTAL		10 wickets for	350

FOW
1-23(AJ Stewart) 2-23(GA Hick) 3-118(MR Ramprakash) 4-150(NH Fairbrother)
5-243(AJ Stewart) 6-287(CC Lewis) 7-295(DR Pringle) 8-305(MP Bicknell)
9-337(DV Lawrence) 10-350(RC Russell)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
HT Davis	19	4	65	1
MB Owens	24	4	73	1
DJ Nash	26	4	64	4
JTC Vaughan	11	2	33	1
MW Priest	20.1	4	46	2
GE Bradburn	13	2	39	0
CZ Harris	8	2	22	1

New Zealand A 2nd Innings 110/10 All Out (Overs 52)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland	c MR Ramprakash	b DR Pringle	33	113	78	1	0
BA Pocock		b DR Pringle	22	94	61	0	0
SP Fleming		b DR Pringle	8	26	17	0	0
JTC Vaughan		b DR Pringle	22	96	60	0	0
CZ Harris	c AJ Stewart	b DR Pringle	0	4	3	0	0
GE Bradburn	c AJ Stewart	b DR Pringle	11	23	16	1	0
LK Germon*+	c GA Hick	b DE Malcolm	8	64	44	0	0
DJ Nash	c MP Bicknell	b CC Lewis	2	25	13	0	0
MW Priest	c RC Russell	b DE Malcolm	2	14	12	0	0
HT Davis		b DV Lawrence	1	17	8	0	0
MB Owens	not out		0	9	1	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb1)	1
TOTAL		10 wickets for	110

FOW
1-53(BA Pocock) 2-58(BR Hartland) 3-64(SP Fleming) 4-64(CZ Harris)
5-82(GE Bradburn) 6-105(JTC Vaughan) 7-107(LK Germon) 8-109(MW Priest)
9-109(DJ Nash) 10-110(HT Davis)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	10	2	26	2
DV Lawrence	8	4	10	1
MP Bicknell	10	1	34	0
CC Lewis	10	2	20	1
DR Pringle	14	6	20	6

Derek Pringle bowled brilliantly to take match figures of 11-74

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn



New Zealand v England - 3rd Test - at Wellington - 1991/2

Pitch: 43 - A nicely prepared wicket but the recent rains have greened it sufficiently to the suggest the seamers will relish the prospect bowling first on it.
Batting may be easier after Lunch on the first day but once the top surface becomes damaged the spinners may begin to find some grip and runs will be harded earned throughout the match.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 6 - Green Wicket

Day 1 Weather: 7 - Heavy Cloud

Injuries: R.C.Russell - Shoulder Strain (miss 1 match) - C.L.Cairns - Knee Injury (miss 1 match)

Toss: New Zealand

New Zealand won the Toss and with the pitch set to break late in the match elected to bat first on a Green wicket.
John Wright and Andrew Jones got their side off to a good start with half centuries and later Shane Thomson and Dipak Patel also reached 50 out of a total of 323.
Medium pacer Derek Pringle continued his good form from the tour match with 4-58 and Angus Fraser and Phil DeFreitas picked up 2 wickets apiece to leave the match evenly poised.

New Zealand Vs England
New Zealand 1st Innings 323/10 All Out (Overs 92)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
JG Wright	st AJ Stewart	b DR Pringle	59	157	115	3	0
MJ Greatbatch	c AJ Stewart	b ARC Fraser	4	32	18	0	0
AH Jones	lbw	b DR Pringle	52	105	87	4	0
MD Crowe*	lbw	b DR Pringle	27	44	38	3	1
KR Rutherford	lbw	b DR Pringle	28	89	69	2	0
SA Thomson	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	55	120	83	0	0
DN Patel	c DE Malcolm	b PCR Tufnell	53	178	122	3	0
IDS Smith+	c AJ Stewart	b ARC Fraser	14	44	31	1	0
ML Su'a	c AJ Stewart	b DE Malcolm	4	34	27	1	0
DK Morrison	c AJ Stewart	b PAJ DeFreitas	7	14	12	1	0
W Watson	not out		2	23	18	0	0
extras		(b6 lb4 w5 nb3)	18
TOTAL		10 wickets for	323

FOW
1-14(MJ Greatbatch) 2-120(AH Jones) 3-135(JG Wright) 4-158(MD Crowe)
5-206(KR Rutherford) 6-257(SA Thomson) 7-288(IDS Smith) 8-302(ML Su'a)
9-311(DK Morrison) 10-323(DN Patel)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	14	2	53	1
ARC Fraser	24	4	74	2
PAJ DeFreitas	23	2	70	2
DR Pringle	15	4	58	4
PCR Tufnell	14	2	51	1
GA Gooch	2	0	7	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 3rd Test - at Wellington - 1991/2

England were reduced to 33/4 against the New Ball before a brilliant double century to Robin Smith took them into the lead.
Smith scored 230 as England took a first innings lead of 61 but time lost to Rain meant their 1st innings didn't end until close to Lunch on Day 4.

New Zealand Vs England
England 1st Innings 384/10 All Out (Overs 119.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c IDS Smith	b ML Su'a	6	8	10	0	0
MA Atherton	c SA Thomson	b DK Morrison	3	13	5	0	0
RA Smith	c MJ Greatbatch	b DN Patel	230	422	355	20	0
N Hussain	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	0	14	9	0	0
MP Maynard	c IDS Smith	b W Watson	13	22	20	0	0
AJ Stewart+	c SA Thomson	b DN Patel	55	154	119	3	1
DR Pringle	c JG Wright	b W Watson	6	35	30	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas	c MJ Greatbatch	b W Watson	27	72	62	2	0
ARC Fraser		b SA Thomson	24	121	103	0	0
DE Malcolm	not out		0	12	8	0	0
PCR Tufnell		b SA Thomson	6	7	8	0	0
extras		(b0 lb2 w7 nb5)	14
TOTAL		10 wickets for	384

FOW
1-9(GA Gooch) 2-9(MA Atherton) 3-12(N Hussain) 4-33(MP Maynard) 5-189(AJ Stewart)
6-212(DR Pringle) 7-278(PAJ DeFreitas) 8-378(RA Smith) 9-378(ARC Fraser)
10-384(PCR Tufnell)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	23	2	103	2
ML Su'a	20	3	68	1
W Watson	25	4	73	3
DN Patel	36	8	97	2
SA Thomson	15.3	3	41	2

Robin Smith scored a brilliantly double century to take his side into the lead

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 3rd Test - at Wellington - 1991/2

A century to Andrew Jones and half centuries to Mark Greatbatch and Shane Thomson set up a New Zealand declaration after Lunch on Day 5.
England were set a target of 256 to win off 66 over on a pitch that is Showing Signs of Damage.

New Zealand Vs England
New Zealand 2nd Innings 316/7 Declared (Overs 104)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
JG Wright	c N Hussain	b PAJ DeFreitas	6	38	30	0	0
MJ Greatbatch	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	68	192	153	2	0
AH Jones	c DR Pringle	b DE Malcolm	134	303	209	11	0
MD Crowe*	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	2	7	7	0	0
KR Rutherford	c GA Gooch	b PCR Tufnell	6	36	28	0	0
SA Thomson	not out		50	190	142	3	0
DN Patel	c AJ Stewart	b ARC Fraser	27	55	46	1	0
IDS Smith+	c DR Pringle	b DE Malcolm	9	19	14	0	1
ML Su'a	not out		0	8	4	0	0
DK Morrison	dnb
W Watson	dnb
extras		(b4 lb1 w2 nb7)	14
TOTAL		7 wickets for	316

FOW
1-21(JG Wright) 2-141(MJ Greatbatch) 3-143(MD Crowe) 4-170(KR Rutherford)
5-270(AH Jones) 6-302(DN Patel) 7-314(IDS Smith)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	19	3	61	2
ARC Fraser	24	2	66	1
PAJ DeFreitas	24	4	75	3
DR Pringle	16	4	44	0
PCR Tufnell	21	3	65	1

 

[Slowcoach]

New Zealand v England - 3rd Test - at Wellington - 1991/2

Drawn

Man of the Match: R.A.Smith

Series level 0-0 with 2 to play

A hard hit 74 to Graham Gooch gave England a chance of chasing down a target of 256 in 66 overs before his dismissal left the rest of the batsmen to bat out time.
A match blighted by Rain was left disappointingly Drawn to leave the series level at 0-0 with 2 to play.

New Zealand Vs England
England 2nd Innings 210/6 Declared (Overs 66)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*		b DN Patel	74	140	128	8	1
MA Atherton	lbw	b ML Su'a	16	70	49	1	0
RA Smith	c KR Rutherford	b DN Patel	17	30	26	2	0
N Hussain	c KR Rutherford	b W Watson	31	80	69	2	0
MP Maynard	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	34	66	52	4	0
AJ Stewart+	not out		31	55	48	2	0
DR Pringle	c JG Wright	b DN Patel	4	24	23	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas	not out		0	5	2	0	0
ARC Fraser	dnb
DE Malcolm	dnb
PCR Tufnell	dnb
extras		(b0 lb2 w0 nb1)	3
TOTAL		6 wickets for	210

FOW
1-40(MA Atherton) 2-77(RA Smith) 3-114(GA Gooch) 4-157(N Hussain) 5-188(MP Maynard)
6-203(DR Pringle)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	13	1	44	1
ML Su'a	8	2	19	1
W Watson	8	2	19	1
DN Patel	23	1	83	3
SA Thomson	14	2	43	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand A v England XI - 4 day match - at Wellington - 1991/2

Pitch: 109 - A heavily prepared pitch with little in it for the bowlers, there is just the chance that it might begin to show signs of wear on the final day but don't count on it!
All the bowlers can be sure of is the opportunity to bowl many overs with little hope of success.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 1 - Very Good Batting Wicket

Day 1 Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

Injuries: G.A.Gooch - Back Trouble (miss 1 match), R.A.Smith - Back Strain (miss 1 match), P.A.J.DeFreitas - Hamstring Trouble (miss 1 match)

Drawn

Man of the Match: A.J.Stewart

New Zealand A ran up a score of 498 on the 1st 2 days of their 4 day match with an England XI and managed to enforce the follow on but in the end couldn't force victory.
The visitors were saved by stand in captain and opener Alec Stewart who scored 170 and 56* to take his team to the Draw.

New Zealand A Vs England XI
New Zealand A Vs England XI

2-Innings Match Played At Wellington, 07-Nov-1991, First Class Tour Match

Match Drawn

Toss won by	New Zealand A
Home Side	New Zealand A
Player of Match	AJ Stewart
Comment	Pitch (1988-1998) 109 (1,3) Weather 2,2,5,3

New Zealand A 1st Innings 498/10 All Out (Overs 179.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
DJ White	c MP Bicknell	b DV Lawrence	82	209	149	3	0
BA Pocock		b DR Pringle	40	117	99	2	0
BA Young	c AJ Stewart	b MP Bicknell	72	200	160	6	0
SP Fleming	c RC Russell	b RK Illingworth	27	65	53	2	0
RT Latham	c RC Russell	b CC Lewis	35	78	57	3	1
CZ Harris	lbw	b MP Bicknell	9	27	24	0	0
LK Germon*+		b DR Pringle	47	198	165	0	0
GR Larsen	run out DR Pringle/RC Russell		63	195	146	2	1
DJ Nash		b MP Bicknell	62	150	117	5	0
C Pringle	not out		40	153	114	0	0
MJ Haslam	c RC Russell	b MP Bicknell	2	9	6	0	0
extras		(b4 lb4 w5 nb6)	19
TOTAL		10 wickets for	498

FOW
1-90(BA Pocock) 2-170(DJ White) 3-219(SP Fleming) 4-249(BA Young) 5-265(CZ Harris)
6-271(RT Latham) 7-382(LK Germon) 8-385(GR Larsen) 9-496(DJ Nash) 10-498(MJ Haslam)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DV Lawrence	21	2	74	1
MP Bicknell	36.5	7	88	4
CC Lewis	32	9	92	1
DR Pringle	38	9	109	2
RK Illingworth	52	11	127	1

England XI 1st Innings 331/10 All Out (Overs 132.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
AJ Stewart*	st LK Germon	b MJ Haslam	170	392	318	12	2
MA Atherton		b DJ Nash	2	16	12	0	0
GA Hick	lbw	b DJ Nash	1	22	21	0	0
NH Fairbrother	c RT Latham	b MJ Haslam	38	112	83	3	0
MR Ramprakash	c SP Fleming	b GR Larsen	6	17	14	1	0
RC Russell+	c RT Latham	b MJ Haslam	16	48	52	1	0
CC Lewis	run out RT Latham		4	13	8	1	0
DR Pringle	run out GR Larsen		22	88	67	0	0
RK Illingworth	c C Pringle	b GR Larsen	35	180	144	1	0
MP Bicknell	c GR Larsen	b MJ Haslam	21	99	77	1	0
DV Lawrence	not out		1	9	9	0	0
extras		(b0 lb7 w5 nb3)	15
TOTAL		10 wickets for	331

FOW
1-4(MA Atherton) 2-11(GA Hick) 3-105(NH Fairbrother) 4-129(MR Ramprakash)
5-167(RC Russell) 6-179(CC Lewis) 7-236(DR Pringle) 8-286(AJ Stewart)
9-329(MP Bicknell) 10-331(RK Illingworth)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
C Pringle	24	7	58	0
DJ Nash	25	7	50	2
GR Larsen	30.5	14	44	2
MJ Haslam	42	10	143	4
CZ Harris	8	1	22	0
RT Latham	3	0	7	0

England XI 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 118/5 Closed (Overs 46)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
AJ Stewart*	not out		56	180	143	6	0
MA Atherton		b C Pringle	19	42	32	1	1
GA Hick	lbw	b DJ Nash	1	5	3	0	0
NH Fairbrother	c BA Young	b MJ Haslam	23	68	60	0	0
MR Ramprakash		c&b MJ Haslam	11	37	23	0	0
RC Russell+	c DJ White	b MJ Haslam	1	7	5	0	0
CC Lewis	not out		4	16	12	0	0
DR Pringle	dnb
RK Illingworth	dnb
MP Bicknell	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
extras		(b0 lb1 w1 nb1)	3
TOTAL		5 wickets for	118

FOW
1-29(MA Atherton) 2-32(GA Hick) 3-66(NH Fairbrother) 4-102(MR Ramprakash)
5-106(RC Russell)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
C Pringle	10	1	27	1
DJ Nash	10	3	12	1
GR Larsen	7	0	27	0
MJ Haslam	13	4	43	3
CZ Harris	3	0	4	0
RT Latham	3	0	4	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

England tour of New Zealand 1991/2 First Class stats so far...

Top Batting Averages min: 0 Runs 0 Dismissals

#	Name	Club	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s	Ave
1	N Hussain	Eng	4	6	1	479	203	95.80	848	56.49	3	-	2	39	-	95.80
2	AJ Stewart	Eng	7	13	3	833	170	83.30	1649	50.52	4	4	1	74	3	83.30
3	RA Smith	Eng	7	11	2	623	230	69.22	1075	57.95	1	3	-	56	1	69.22
4	GA Gooch	Eng	6	10	3	465	170*	66.43	777	59.85	2	2	1	36	1	66.43
5	RC Russell	Eng	9	8	1	396	108	56.57	749	52.87	1	3	-	19	-	56.57
6	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	4	3	2	56	29*	56.00	100	56.00	-	-	-	4	1	56.00
7	CC Lewis	Eng	6	6	3	130	69	43.33	280	46.43	-	1	-	10	1	43.33
8	RK Illingworth	Eng	2	1	-	35	35	35.00	144	24.31	-	-	-	1	-	35.00
9	NH Fairbrother	Eng	4	6	1	154	54	30.80	367	41.96	-	1	-	8	1	30.80
10	MR Ramprakash	Eng	6	8	1	211	61*	30.14	515	40.97	-	1	-	18	-	30.14
11	MP Maynard	Eng	6	9	1	182	50*	22.75	407	44.72	-	1	-	14	-	22.75
12	MA Atherton	Eng	9	15	1	305	101*	21.79	742	41.11	1	-	1	20	1	21.79
13	DR Pringle	Eng	6	8	3	101	50*	20.20	298	33.89	-	1	-	4	-	20.20
14	DE Malcolm	Eng	5	3	2	19	14	19.00	88	21.59	-	-	-	-	-	19.00
15	GA Hick	Eng	5	8	2	91	39	15.17	200	45.50	-	-	1	8	-	15.17
16	MP Bicknell	Eng	6	3	-	39	21	13.00	125	31.20	-	-	-	1	-	13.00
17	ARC Fraser	Eng	5	4	-	32	24	8.00	148	21.62	-	-	-	-	-	8.00
18	DV Lawrence	Eng	4	2	1	7	6	7.00	45	15.56	-	-	-	1	-	7.00
19	PCR Tufnell	Eng	4	3	1	9	6	4.50	29	31.03	-	-	1	-	-	4.50
20	SL Watkin	Eng	5	3	-	12	12	4.00	35	34.29	-	-	2	2	-	4.00

Top Economy Rates min: 0wkts 0ov's

#	Name	Club	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5WI	10WM	Econ
1	GA Hick	Eng	5	10	1	19	2	1-4	9.50	1.90	30.00	-	-	1.90
2	GA Gooch	Eng	6	42	11	89	3	1-1	29.67	2.12	84.00	-	-	2.12
3	RK Illingworth	Eng	2	102.1	25	217	8	4-50	27.12	2.12	76.62	-	-	2.12
4	MP Bicknell	Eng	6	182.5	38	447	14	4-88	31.93	2.44	78.36	-	-	2.44
5	DR Pringle	Eng	6	211.1	38	582	25	6-20	23.28	2.76	50.68	2	1	2.76
6	MR Ramprakash	Eng	6	7	-	20	-	0-5	-	2.86	-	-	-	2.86
7	DV Lawrence	Eng	4	82	14	235	4	1-10	58.75	2.87	123.00	-	-	2.87
8	ARC Fraser	Eng	5	190.3	28	546	14	3-40	39.00	2.87	81.64	-	-	2.87
9	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	4	137	25	397	13	3-34	30.54	2.90	63.23	-	-	2.90
10	CC Lewis	Eng	6	162	29	473	12	3-33	39.42	2.92	81.00	-	-	2.92
11	DE Malcolm	Eng	5	137.3	17	409	13	3-19	31.46	2.97	63.46	-	-	2.97
12	PCR Tufnell	Eng	4	192	22	618	15	4-136	41.20	3.22	76.80	-	-	3.22
13	SL Watkin	Eng	5	202.3	38	660	18	5-50	36.67	3.26	67.50	1	-	3.26

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Please choose an England team for the 4th Test v New Zealand at Dunedin.
A Fast Paced Pitch, your chance to play both Malcolm and Lawrence in the same game.

New Zealand v England - 4th Test - at Dunedin - 1991/2

Pitch: 68 - This strip has been prepared with the batsmen in mind and should produce plenty of runs.
Some early pace in the wicket may make the toss winning skipper's decision a difficult one.
There is some uncertainty about whether the wicket will stay true for 5 days and it is possible the bounce may be erratic on the final day.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 7A - Fast Paced Wicket (favours Fast bowling and increases run rate)

Day 1 Weather: 5 - Cloudy, chance of showers

Injuries: A.J.Stewart - Back Strain (miss 1 match) - P.C.R.Tufnell - Feeling Unwell (miss 1 match)

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn



India A v England A - 6th Unofficial 4 day Test - at Ahmedabad - 1991/2

Pitch: 98 - An interesting wicket, multi-coloured and patchy.
The groundsman refuses to predict how long it will it last, it is likely to favour the bowlers at some stage of the match.
Most likely it will be the spinners who benefit most, perhaps as early as the 3rd day.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 3 - Normal Wicket

Day 1 Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

Injuries: S.J.Rhodes - Twisted Ankle (miss 1 match), D.A.Reeve - Thigh Strain (miss 1 match)

Man of the Match: N.D.Hirwani

A dramatic 2nd innings collapse by England A handed the home side an easy 10 wicket victory and a 4-1 series victory.
The win was set up by legspinner Narendra Hirwani who took 5-10 in the England A 2nd innings to see them all out for 76.
Medium Fast bowlers Salil Ankola and Subroto Banerjee also bowled well for India in a match that featured 3 hundreds.
Kim Barnett played a brilliant innings on Day 1, scoring more than half England A's 1st innings total in making a wonderful 187.
Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman scored hundreds to give the home side a slender lead but it was Hirwani's bowling that was the difference.

India A Vs England A
India A Vs England A

2-Innings Match Played At Ahmedabad, 01-Nov-1991, Unofficial A Test

India A Win Outright by 10 wkts

Toss won by	England A
Home Side	India A
Player of Match	ND Hirwani
Comment	Pitch (1988-1998) 98 (3,7,8) Weather 2,1,7,5

England A 1st Innings 324/10 All Out (Overs 92.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
H Morris*	c RS Dravid	b SA Ankola	3	8	7	0	0
DJ Bicknell	c SC Ganguly	b SA Ankola	3	23	14	0	0
KJ Barnett	c NR Mongia	b SA Ankola	187	285	242	20	1
GP Thorpe	c RS Dravid	b RK Chauhan	31	76	60	2	0
JP Crawley	lbw	b ND Hirwani	3	9	6	0	0
DJ Capel	c SC Ganguly	b ND Hirwani	9	46	52	0	0
WK Hegg+	c SC Ganguly	b ND Hirwani	9	41	22	0	0
M Watkinson		b ND Hirwani	41	72	73	5	0
RDB Croft	c NR Mongia	b SA Ankola	12	46	36	0	0
TA Munton		b SA Ankola	8	52	27	1	0
MC Ilott	not out		8	26	25	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w4 nb6)	10
TOTAL		10 wickets for	324

FOW
1-3(H Morris) 2-12(DJ Bicknell) 3-96(GP Thorpe) 4-109(JP Crawley) 5-148(DJ Capel)
6-187(WK Hegg) 7-280(M Watkinson) 8-296(KJ Barnett) 9-315(RDB Croft)
10-324(TA Munton)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ST Banerjee	16	2	35	0
SA Ankola	19.2	2	84	5
RR Singh	8	0	39	0
SC Ganguly	9	1	31	0
ND Hirwani	27	7	92	4
RK Chauhan	12	1	40	1
WV Raman	1	0	3	0

India A 1st Innings 356/10 All Out (Overs 119.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
WV Raman	c KJ Barnett	b MC Ilott	0	7	8	0	0
AD Jadeja	c GP Thorpe	b DJ Capel	25	69	34	3	0
RS Dravid	c RDB Croft	b TA Munton	26	54	51	2	0
SC Ganguly*	c WK Hegg	b RDB Croft	118	185	166	12	0
VVS Laxman	c KJ Barnett	b TA Munton	113	236	204	14	0
RR Singh	c DJ Capel	b MC Ilott	23	49	51	2	0
NR Mongia+	c WK Hegg	b MC Ilott	4	49	33	0	0
ST Banerjee	c RDB Croft	b M Watkinson	22	135	98	0	0
RK Chauhan	c WK Hegg	b TA Munton	0	13	11	0	0
SA Ankola	c JP Crawley	b RDB Croft	8	53	55	0	0
ND Hirwani	not out		5	22	13	0	0
extras		(b5 lb0 w1 nb6)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	356

FOW
1-1(WV Raman) 2-49(RS Dravid) 3-53(AD Jadeja) 4-262(SC Ganguly) 5-310(RR Singh)
6-312(VVS Laxman) 7-322(NR Mongia) 8-327(RK Chauhan) 9-344(SA Ankola)
10-356(ST Banerjee)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
TA Munton	23	6	59	3
MC Ilott	24	5	70	3
DJ Capel	18	7	32	1
RDB Croft	35	3	102	2
M Watkinson	14.3	2	58	1
KJ Barnett	5	0	30	0

England A 2nd Innings 76/10 All Out (Overs 35.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
H Morris*		b ST Banerjee	5	33	21	0	0
DJ Bicknell	c RS Dravid	b ST Banerjee	0	12	8	0	0
KJ Barnett		b ST Banerjee	4	10	9	0	0
GP Thorpe	c SC Ganguly	b ST Banerjee	4	22	14	0	0
JP Crawley	c SC Ganguly	b ND Hirwani	32	61	37	3	0
DJ Capel		b SC Ganguly	14	44	36	0	0
WK Hegg+		b ND Hirwani	7	41	28	0	0
M Watkinson		b ND Hirwani	2	8	6	0	0
RDB Croft	c ST Banerjee	b ND Hirwani	0	2	2	0	0
TA Munton	not out		2	40	37	0	0
MC Ilott		b ND Hirwani	3	13	17	0	0
extras		(b2 lb0 w0 nb1)	3
TOTAL		10 wickets for	76

FOW
1-3(DJ Bicknell) 2-8(KJ Barnett) 3-11(H Morris) 4-14(GP Thorpe) 5-59(DJ Capel)
6-59(JP Crawley) 7-61(M Watkinson) 8-61(RDB Croft) 9-70(WK Hegg) 10-76(MC Ilott)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ST Banerjee	8	2	25	4
SA Ankola	6	0	18	0
RR Singh	6	1	14	0
SC Ganguly	3	2	2	1
ND Hirwani	7.4	1	10	5
RK Chauhan	3	2	3	0
WV Raman	2	1	2	0

India A 2nd Innings 45/0 Closed (Overs 17.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
WV Raman	not out		23	63	53	1	0
AD Jadeja	not out		19	63	56	0	0
RS Dravid	dnb
SC Ganguly*	dnb
VVS Laxman	dnb
RR Singh	dnb
NR Mongia+	dnb
ST Banerjee	dnb
RK Chauhan	dnb
SA Ankola	dnb
ND Hirwani	dnb
extras		(b1 lb0 w0 nb2)	3
TOTAL		0 wickets for	45

FOW

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
TA Munton	4	1	6	0
MC Ilott	4	0	10	0
DJ Capel	4	1	6	0
RDB Croft	3	0	11	0
M Watkinson	2	1	4	0
KJ Barnett	0.5	0	7	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

England A tour of India First Class stats at end of First Class leg of tour

Top Batting Averages min: 0 Runs 0 Dismissals

#	Name	Club	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s	Ave
1	KJ Barnett	Eng	5	9	-	474	187	52.67	716	66.20	1	2	-	45	3	52.67
2	JP Crawley	Eng	8	15	2	560	110*	43.08	955	58.64	1	3	1	60	2	43.08
3	GP Thorpe	Eng	8	15	2	488	169*	37.54	994	49.09	1	2	-	43	-	37.54
4	DJ Bicknell	Eng	6	11	-	395	129	35.91	731	54.04	1	2	1	31	-	35.91
5	SJ Rhodes	Eng	6	10	3	214	57*	30.57	469	45.63	-	2	-	17	-	30.57
6	M Watkinson	Eng	7	11	2	265	69*	29.44	442	59.95	-	3	1	27	1	29.44
7	MD Moxon	Eng	5	10	-	292	103	29.20	581	50.26	1	1	-	22	-	29.20
8	H Morris	Eng	9	17	-	482	79	28.35	1023	47.12	-	4	2	22	1	28.35
9	MA Ealham	Eng	2	3	1	43	28	21.50	106	40.57	-	-	-	3	-	21.50
10	WK Hegg	Eng	3	6	-	104	42	17.33	277	37.55	-	-	1	1	-	17.33
11	DJ Capel	Eng	5	10	1	151	28	16.78	423	35.70	-	-	2	8	-	16.78
12	DA Reeve	Eng	5	7	1	100	43	16.67	196	51.02	-	-	1	6	1	16.67
13	AP Wells	Eng	4	8	1	99	32	14.14	263	37.64	-	-	2	9	-	14.14
14	RDB Croft	Eng	8	12	2	125	30	12.50	436	28.67	-	-	2	4	-	12.50
15	MC Ilott	Eng	7	12	4	85	47	10.62	342	24.85	-	-	3	2	-	10.62
16	TA Munton	Eng	5	4	2	19	8	9.50	83	22.89	-	-	-	1	-	9.50
17	IDK Salisbury	Eng	3	4	-	28	14	7.00	117	23.93	-	-	1	-	-	7.00
18	AP Igglesden	Eng	3	4	1	3	3	1.00	38	7.89	-	-	2	-	-	1.00

Top Bowling Averages min: 0wkts 0ov's

#	Name	Club	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5WI	10WM	Ave
1	DA Reeve	Eng	5	162	25	428	16	4-50	26.75	2.64	60.75	-	-	26.75
2	M Watkinson	Eng	7	179.1	24	589	22	5-82	26.77	3.29	48.86	1	-	26.77
3	MC Ilott	Eng	7	221	18	771	25	5-66	30.84	3.49	53.04	1	-	30.84
4	TA Munton	Eng	5	142.5	31	414	12	5-66	34.50	2.90	71.42	1	-	34.50
5	DJ Capel	Eng	5	129	30	336	8	3-40	42.00	2.60	96.75	-	-	42.00
6	RDB Croft	Eng	8	343	51	907	18	4-18	50.39	2.64	114.33	-	-	50.39
7	AP Igglesden	Eng	3	88	12	316	5	2-65	63.20	3.59	105.60	-	-	63.20
8	MA Ealham	Eng	2	57	11	146	2	1-22	73.00	2.56	171.00	-	-	73.00
9	KJ Barnett	Eng	5	89.5	7	368	4	2-35	92.00	4.10	134.75	-	-	92.00
10	IDK Salisbury	Eng	3	63	10	216	1	1-21	216.00	3.43	378.00	-	-	216.00

Top Catches by Fieldsmen

#	Name	Club	Mat	Catches
1	KJ Barnett	Eng	5	7
2	DJ Bicknell	Eng	6	6
3	H Morris	Eng	9	6
4	JP Crawley	Eng	8	5
5	GP Thorpe	Eng	8	5
6	MC Ilott	Eng	7	4
7	RDB Croft	Eng	8	3
8	AP Wells	Eng	4	3
9	IDK Salisbury	Eng	3	2
10	DJ Capel	Eng	5	2
11	MD Moxon	Eng	5	2
12	DA Reeve	Eng	5	2
13	TA Munton	Eng	5	2
14	M Watkinson	Eng	7	1

Top Wicket Keeping

#	Name	Club	Mat	Byes	Catch	Stump	Total
1	SJ Rhodes	Eng	6	26	17	1	18
2	WK Hegg	Eng	3	10	7	1	8

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn



New Zealand v England - 4th Test - at Dunedin - 1991/2

Pitch: 68 - This strip has been prepared with the batsmen in mind and should produce plenty of runs.
Some early pace in the wicket may make the toss winning skipper's decision a difficult one.
There is some uncertainty about whether the wicket will stay true for 5 days and it is possible the bounce may be erratic on the final day.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 7A - Fast Paced Wicket (favours Fast bowling and increases run rate)

Day 1 Weather: 5 - Cloudy, chance of showers

Injuries: A.J.Stewart - Back Strain (miss 1 match) - P.C.R.Tufnell - Feeling Unwell (miss 1 match) - M.J.Greatbatch - Ankle Injury (miss 1 match)

A 287 run partnership for the 2nd wicket between Mike Atherton and Robin Smith seemed to set England up for a huge score before a collapse of 9 wickets for 77 runs saw them all out for 379.
Atherton and Smith posted centuries but Hussain's 3rd duck in 4 innings since making 3 tons on the trot put pressure on the middle order and they collapsed against the 2nd New Ball.

New Zealand Vs England XI
England XI 1st Innings 379/10 All Out (Overs 111.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*		b CL Cairns	12	14	9	2	0
MA Atherton		b W Watson	133	293	268	14	1
RA Smith		b W Watson	147	265	218	17	0
N Hussain	c MD Crowe	b CL Cairns	0	7	7	0	0
GA Hick		b CL Cairns	8	24	13	1	0
RC Russell+	lbw	b W Watson	31	67	52	2	0
DR Pringle		b DN Patel	21	75	58	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas		b DN Patel	0	14	11	0	0
SL Watkin		b DK Morrison	12	37	24	2	0
DV Lawrence	c AC Parore	b DK Morrison	0	6	6	0	0
DE Malcolm	not out		3	14	13	0	0
extras		(b3 lb0 w2 nb7)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	379

FOW
1-15(GA Gooch) 2-302(RA Smith) 3-303(N Hussain) 4-303(MA Atherton) 5-317(GA Hick)
6-359(RC Russell) 7-361(PAJ DeFreitas) 8-369(DR Pringle) 9-370(DV Lawrence)
10-379(SL Watkin)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	19.4	2	68	2
CL Cairns	21	1	78	3
W Watson	20	3	55	3
DN Patel	35	4	113	2
SA Thomson	16	3	62	0

Mike Atherton bounced back from a lean trot with a century

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 4th Test - at Dunedin - 1991/2

5 wickets to in form Medium pacer Derek Pringle saw New Zealand stumble to a total of 184 despite a well made 90 to Andrew Jones.
Pringle took 5-47 after David Lawrence unsettled the top order by dismissing both openers with the New Ball.
England take a 1st innings lead of 195 after the New Zealand lower order just managed to avoid the follow on.

New Zealand Vs England XI
New Zealand 1st Innings 184/10 All Out (Overs 71.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland	c N Hussain	b DV Lawrence	31	82	52	2	0
JG Wright	c RC Russell	b DV Lawrence	14	72	49	1	0
AH Jones		b DR Pringle	90	205	141	9	0
MD Crowe*		b PAJ DeFreitas	1	6	8	0	0
KR Rutherford	c RC Russell	b DR Pringle	8	78	54	0	0
SA Thomson	c RC Russell	b DR Pringle	0	4	1	0	0
DN Patel		b DR Pringle	2	16	8	0	0
CL Cairns		b SL Watkin	18	68	43	2	0
AC Parore+		b DE Malcolm	4	30	19	0	0
DK Morrison	not out		10	51	27	0	0
W Watson	c RC Russell	b DR Pringle	3	41	29	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb1)	3
TOTAL		10 wickets for	184

FOW
1-39(JG Wright) 2-50(BR Hartland) 3-52(MD Crowe) 4-101(KR Rutherford)
5-101(SA Thomson) 6-111(DN Patel) 7-157(CL Cairns) 8-170(AH Jones) 9-171(AC Parore)
10-184(W Watson)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	12	3	30	1
DV Lawrence	14	2	47	2
PAJ DeFreitas	12	3	29	1
SL Watkin	14	3	31	1
DR Pringle	19.2	8	47	5

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 4th Test - at Dunedin - 1991/2

England opener Mike Atherton's 2nd century of the match and keeper Jack Russell's 2nd century of the series swelled the England lead past 550 before a declaration halfway through Day 4.
With plenty of time left to take 10 wickets England appear likely to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

New Zealand Vs England XI
England XI 2nd Innings 358/7 Declared (Overs 124)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c KR Rutherford	b W Watson	17	36	30	1	0
MA Atherton	c MD Crowe	b CL Cairns	112	258	219	5	0
RA Smith	c KR Rutherford	b DN Patel	27	66	50	2	0
N Hussain	c BR Hartland	b SA Thomson	6	13	6	0	0
GA Hick	c BR Hartland	b W Watson	14	48	42	1	0
RC Russell+	not out		100	287	237	4	0
DR Pringle	c CL Cairns	b DK Morrison	33	87	72	4	0
PAJ DeFreitas		b CL Cairns	37	82	72	3	0
SL Watkin	not out		3	25	23	0	0
DV Lawrence	dnb
DE Malcolm	dnb
extras		(b1 lb1 w1 nb6)	9
TOTAL		7 wickets for	358

FOW
1-22(GA Gooch) 2-82(RA Smith) 3-101(N Hussain) 4-143(GA Hick) 5-209(MA Atherton)
6-278(DR Pringle) 7-345(PAJ DeFreitas)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	20	5	42	1
CL Cairns	23	1	96	2
W Watson	26	7	57	2
DN Patel	37	4	106	1
SA Thomson	18	3	55	1

 

[Welwyn]

To be fair, if Jack ever had a series this good, Stewey would have never not batted top 3.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 4th Test - at Dunedin - 1991/2

England won by 269 runs

Man of the Match: M.A.Atherton

England lead 5 match series 1-0 with 1 to play

England wrapped up a 269 run halfway through Day 5 to take a 1-0 lead in the series with 1 to play.
The win was set up by the batting of Mike Atherton with a century in each innings and the bowling of Derek Pringle who took 8 wickets in the match.
Andrew Jones was again New Zealand's main resistance with the bat, this time with 84 after his first innings 90.
We move on to a 4 day match between New Zealand A and an England XI at Hagley Oval before the series decider at Napier.

New Zealand Vs England XI
New Zealand 2nd Innings 284/10 All Out (Overs 86)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland		b SL Watkin	14	28	17	0	0
JG Wright	c N Hussain	b DV Lawrence	1	19	13	0	0
AH Jones		b PAJ DeFreitas	81	218	139	6	0
MD Crowe*	c MA Atherton	b SL Watkin	20	72	51	1	0
KR Rutherford		b DR Pringle	25	44	38	1	0
SA Thomson	c RA Smith	b DV Lawrence	16	55	37	0	0
DN Patel		b DR Pringle	31	99	61	2	0
CL Cairns		b SL Watkin	64	148	101	6	0
AC Parore+	c GA Hick	b DR Pringle	19	24	25	2	0
DK Morrison	c RC Russell	b DE Malcolm	1	14	12	0	0
W Watson	not out		3	40	24	0	0
extras		(b6 lb1 w2 nb0)	9
TOTAL		10 wickets for	284

FOW
1-8(JG Wright) 2-15(BR Hartland) 3-57(MD Crowe) 4-99(KR Rutherford)
5-150(SA Thomson) 6-174(AH Jones) 7-214(DN Patel) 8-240(AC Parore)
9-250(DK Morrison) 10-284(CL Cairns)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	12	3	28	1
DV Lawrence	13	2	49	2
PAJ DeFreitas	15	1	56	1
SL Watkin	22	2	77	3
DR Pringle	24	6	67	3