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[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2

The New Zealand XI openers put on a hundred stand for the 1st wicket to get their team off to a good start, both Steve Brown and Blair Pocock making half centuries.
Gary Stead also made a half century before the home side declared 35 runs behind in order to keep the game open.
Fast medium bowler Phil DeFreitas bowled well for the England XI to take 2-47 while Medium pacer Derek Pringle also picked up a couple in a long spell.

New Zealand XI Vs England XI
New Zealand XI 1st Innings 215/5 Declared (Overs 71)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SW Brown	c RC Russell	b PAJ DeFreitas	51	128	95	5	0
BA Pocock	c RC Russell	b GA Hick	50	121	95	3	0
MW Douglas	c DV Lawrence	b PAJ DeFreitas	5	42	31	0	0
SA Thomson	c NH Fairbrother	b DR Pringle	2	27	17	0	0
MJ Greatbatch*		b DR Pringle	20	54	41	1	0
GR Stead	not out		53	133	80	1	0
JTC Vaughan	not out		27	86	71	1	0
TE Blain+	dnb
MN Hart	dnb
ML Su'a	dnb
RM Ford	dnb
extras		(b1 lb2 w1 nb3)	7
TOTAL		5 wickets for	215

FOW
1-105(BA Pocock) 2-105(SW Brown) 3-113(SA Thomson) 4-113(SA Thomson)
5-152(MJ Greatbatch)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DV Lawrence	12	0	44	0
MP Bicknell	14	0	43	0
PAJ DeFreitas	17	5	47	2
DR Pringle	20	3	63	2
GA Hick	5	1	7	1
MR Ramprakash	3	0	8	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2

Alec Stewart and Robin Smith continued their good form from the 1st innings with half centuries and Graeme Hick spent some valuable time in the middle before a declaration after Lunch on Day 3 at 168/2.
The New Zealand XI were left a target of 204 to win in 58 overs on a pitch which will change to Uneven Bounce after Tea giving the England XI bowlers a chance.

New Zealand XI Vs England XI
England XI 2nd Innings 168/2 Declared (Overs 57)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
AJ Stewart*	st TE Blain	b MN Hart	54	150	129	5	0
MA Atherton		b ML Su'a	21	80	60	2	0
RA Smith	not out		56	130	108	4	1
GA Hick	not out		30	61	48	4	0
MR Ramprakash	dnb
NH Fairbrother	dnb
RC Russell+	dnb
DR Pringle	dnb
PAJ DeFreitas	dnb
MP Bicknell	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
extras		(b4 lb0 w2 nb1)	7
TOTAL		2 wickets for	168

FOW
1-56(MA Atherton) 2-100(AJ Stewart)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
RM Ford	15	5	39	0
ML Su'a	16	2	43	1
JTC Vaughan	6	1	19	0
MN Hart	14	2	50	1
SA Thomson	6	1	13	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Christchurch - 1991/2

Excellent bowling by the England XI seamers on a pitch offering some Uneven Bounce late in the day set up a 74 run win with just 10 minutes to spare.
Phil DeFreitas and Derek Pringle shared 7 wickets and must now come into contention for the 2nd Test at Auckland given the struggles of the England attack in the 1st Test.
Alec Stewart was named Man of the Match for scores of 103* and 54 as he proved his fitness after some injury struggles so far on tour.

New Zealand XI Vs England XI
New Zealand XI 2nd Innings 129/10 All Out (Overs 53.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SW Brown	c RC Russell	b MP Bicknell	6	18	18	0	0
BA Pocock	lbw	b PAJ DeFreitas	9	58	32	1	0
MW Douglas	c MA Atherton	b MP Bicknell	1	7	8	0	0
SA Thomson		b DR Pringle	14	79	45	0	0
MJ Greatbatch*	lbw	b DR Pringle	36	87	73	2	1
GR Stead	c GA Hick	b PAJ DeFreitas	8	48	29	0	0
JTC Vaughan	c AJ Stewart	b PAJ DeFreitas	14	52	37	0	0
TE Blain+	c DV Lawrence	b DR Pringle	23	86	50	1	0
MN Hart	c NH Fairbrother	b DV Lawrence	3	18	17	0	0
ML Su'a	c RC Russell	b DR Pringle	1	13	9	0	0
RM Ford	not out		2	7	9	0	0
extras		(b4 lb4 w2 nb2)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	129

FOW
1-7(SW Brown) 2-10(MW Douglas) 3-22(BA Pocock) 4-48(SA Thomson) 5-48(MJ Greatbatch)
6-78(GR Stead) 7-84(JTC Vaughan) 8-112(MN Hart) 9-119(ML Su'a) 10-129(TE Blain)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DV Lawrence	10	4	25	1
MP Bicknell	10	3	25	2
PAJ DeFreitas	17	4	34	3
DR Pringle	16.5	4	37	4

 

[Welwyn]

Gooch
Atherton
Stewart
Smith
Hussain
Maynard
Russell (wk)
Pringle
Daffy
Fraser
Tufnell

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Here are the details of your next game, the 2nd Test in Auckland, Gooch is injured and will have to be replaced.

New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Pitch: 87 - A well prepared pitch which is likely to play easily throughout the match.
There may be some help for the seamers on the first morning until the affects of overnight watering wear off but after that happens the bowlers are likely to toil.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: Green Wicket

Day 1 Weather: Hot and Humid (bonus to Swing deliveries)

Injuries: G.A.Gooch - Knee Injury (miss 1 match)

 

[Welwyn]

Solves that problem. Watkin in at 9. Plan was Tuffers, 2 seamers and a quick (rotating Dev & Syd to keep fit and firing). Batting form made none of the top 6 droppable. Daffy & Prings form, the overhead conditions and the fact we don't really have a part time option without Gooch means, 4 seamers rather than 3 and a quick.

 

[Slowcoach]

Humid Conditions and Green Pitch should help Watkin, and England get lucky and win the Toss and bowl first, let's see how he goes.

 

[Welwyn]

Oh and Stewart is the vice-skipper so will be captain in Gooch's stead.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Here is the New Zealand team for the 2nd Test, a few changes, not quite the same as real life due to form and pitch conditions.
Greatbatch shifts up to open in place of the out of form Hartland, Rutherford comes in at 5, Smith retains to gloves due to good batting form in the 1st Test.
Left arm seamer Murphy Sua gets a Test debut on his home ground in place of allrounder Shane Thomson due to pitch conditions, and Willie Watson comes in for Pringle.

New Zealand

J.G.Wright
M.J.Greatbatch
A.H.Jones
M.D.Crowe (c) RM
K.R.Rutherford
D.N.Patel OB
C.L.Cairns RFM
I.D.S.Smith (wk)
M.L.Sua LFM
D.K.Morrison RFM
W.Watson RFM

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Here are the England First Class tour stats before the 2nd Test

Top Run Aggregates

#	Name	Club	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s	Runs
1	GA Gooch	Eng	5	8	3	385	170*	77.00	639	60.25	2	1	1	28	-	385
2	RA Smith	Eng	5	7	2	326	88	65.20	584	55.82	-	3	-	27	1	326
3	AJ Stewart	Eng	3	6	1	254	103*	50.80	527	48.20	1	2	1	29	-	254
4	N Hussain	Eng	2	2	1	245	145	245.00	443	55.30	2	-	-	22	-	245
5	MA Atherton	Eng	5	8	1	212	101*	30.29	480	44.17	1	-	1	15	-	212
6	RC Russell	Eng	6	3	-	156	91	52.00	305	51.15	-	1	-	8	-	156
7	MR Ramprakash	Eng	4	5	1	149	61*	37.25	367	40.60	-	1	-	14	-	149
8	MP Maynard	Eng	4	5	1	119	50*	29.75	267	44.57	-	1	-	9	-	119
9	GA Hick	Eng	3	5	2	89	39	29.67	174	51.15	-	-	-	5	-	89
10	NH Fairbrother	Eng	2	3	1	75	54	37.50	195	38.46	-	1	-	2	1	75
11	DR Pringle	Eng	2	2	2	53	50*	-	115	46.09	-	1	-	1	-	53
12	CC Lewis	Eng	4	3	2	53	29	53.00	129	41.09	-	-	-	4	-	53
13	MP Bicknell	Eng	4	1	-	16	16	16.00	31	51.61	-	-	-	-	-	16
14	DE Malcolm	Eng	3	1	-	14	14	14.00	47	29.79	-	-	-	-	-	14
15	SL Watkin	Eng	4	2	-	12	12	6.00	32	37.50	-	-	1	2	-	12
16	ARC Fraser	Eng	3	2	-	6	3	3.00	28	21.43	-	-	-	-	-	6
17	PCR Tufnell	Eng	2	1	1	3	3*	-	19	15.79	-	-	-	-	-	3

Top Economy Rates min: 0wkts 0ov's

#	Name	Club	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5WI	10WM	Econ
1	RK Illingworth	Eng	1	50.1	14	90	7	4-50	12.86	1.79	43.00	-	-	1.79
2	GA Hick	Eng	3	10	1	19	2	1-4	9.50	1.90	30.00	-	-	1.90
3	GA Gooch	Eng	5	40	11	82	3	1-1	27.33	2.05	80.00	-	-	2.05
4	MP Bicknell	Eng	4	124	26	292	9	2-25	32.44	2.35	82.67	-	-	2.35
5	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	2	54	12	139	5	3-34	27.80	2.57	64.80	-	-	2.57
6	DR Pringle	Eng	2	54.5	9	149	7	4-37	21.29	2.72	47.00	-	-	2.72
7	MR Ramprakash	Eng	4	7	-	20	-	0-5	-	2.86	-	-	-	2.86
8	ARC Fraser	Eng	3	108	17	316	10	3-40	31.60	2.93	64.80	-	-	2.93
9	DV Lawrence	Eng	2	43	7	126	2	1-21	63.00	2.93	129.00	-	-	2.93
10	DE Malcolm	Eng	3	83.3	7	250	5	2-38	50.00	2.99	100.20	-	-	2.99
11	CC Lewis	Eng	4	109	15	330	9	3-33	36.67	3.03	72.67	-	-	3.03
12	PCR Tufnell	Eng	2	86	12	267	8	4-136	33.38	3.10	64.50	-	-	3.10
13	SL Watkin	Eng	4	157.3	29	506	14	5-50	36.14	3.21	67.50	1	-	3.21

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Pitch: 87 - A well prepared pitch which is likely to play easily throughout the match.
There may be some help for the seamers on the first morning until the affects of overnight watering wear off but after that happens the bowlers are likely to toil.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: Green Wicket

Day 1 Weather: Hot and Humid (bonus to Swing deliveries

Toss: England

Sent in on a Green pitch New Zealand were reduced to 73/4 before the pitch flattened out after Lunch into a Good Batting Wicket allowing them to recover.
On his return to the side Ken Rutherford justified his recall with a magnificent career best 209 to take the wind out of England's sails and lead his team to a total of 483.
Rutherford shared big partnerships with allrounders Dipak Patel and Chris Cairns who made half centuries to revive the innings after a bad start.
The England attack struggled with the flat pitch after Lunch on the 1st Day with Phil DeFreitas and Steve Watkin the best of them with 3 wickets each.

New Zealand Vs England
New Zealand 1st Innings 483/10 All Out (Overs 153.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
JG Wright	c PAJ DeFreitas	b PCR Tufnell	25	104	69	1	0
MJ Greatbatch	c RC Russell	b PAJ DeFreitas	4	16	13	0	0
AH Jones	c RC Russell	b SL Watkin	11	27	23	1	0
MD Crowe*		b PCR Tufnell	31	69	59	3	0
KR Rutherford		b DR Pringle	209	451	340	16	0
DN Patel		b PAJ DeFreitas	66	196	176	2	0
CL Cairns	c RC Russell	b PAJ DeFreitas	53	163	130	5	0
IDS Smith+		b SL Watkin	37	64	70	3	1
ML Su'a	c DR Pringle	b ARC Fraser	17	46	32	1	0
DK Morrison	c RC Russell	b SL Watkin	7	24	20	0	0
W Watson	not out		2	4	3	0	0
extras		(b7 lb0 w6 nb8)	21
TOTAL		10 wickets for	483

FOW
1-6(MJ Greatbatch) 2-24(AH Jones) 3-73(JG Wright) 4-73(MD Crowe) 5-242(DN Patel)
6-395(CL Cairns) 7-446(IDS Smith) 8-465(KR Rutherford) 9-481(DK Morrison)
10-483(ML Su'a)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ARC Fraser	22.3	3	67	1
PAJ DeFreitas	24	5	78	3
SL Watkin	31	6	109	3
DR Pringle	32	4	80	1
PCR Tufnell	44	4	142	2

Ken Rutherford scored a career best 209 to rescue his team from 73/4

 

[Welwyn]

Ouch, maybe should have kept the real quick in.

 

[Slowcoach]

Ouch, maybe should have kept the real quick in.

Swing bowlers do better on flat pitches because they retain their Swing bonus so Watkin and Pringle were probably the right picks, they swing it more than the others.
Bicknell might be useful with his Swing and his good economy, but you might not want to debut him in Tests this early in his career, he played some ODIs in New Zealand in 1990/1 so he might fit.
Gus and Daffy get good Swing when it's Humid or Overcast but not so much usually, sometimes with the New Ball, they are more seam bowlers in this game, Malcolm has no Swing but he does have a good Yorker.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand v England - 2nd Test - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

The England 1st innings largely followed the pattern of the home side's with 4 early wickets then a big recovery through a double century, this time a career best by Nasser Hussain.
Hussain has been brilliant form on this tour notching at least a century in each of his innings and added 263 for the 5th wicket with keeper Jack Russell.
Russell scored a century this time after being unluckily out in the 1st Test and his form with the bat has been a huge positive for his team.
New Zealand seamer Willie Watson bowled well to take a 5 wicket haul to restrict England to a total of 384 with the innings ending just before Stumps on Day 3.
The home side begin their 2nd innings in the 1st session on Day 4 with a lead of 99 in Humid conditions on a Good Batting Wicket.

New Zealand Vs England
England 1st Innings 384/10 All Out (Overs 108.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
AJ Stewart*	c MJ Greatbatch	b ML Su'a	8	7	9	2	0
MA Atherton	c JG Wright	b W Watson	5	19	8	0	0
RA Smith	c IDS Smith	b CL Cairns	2	27	15	0	0
N Hussain	c CL Cairns	b W Watson	203	346	322	15	0
MP Maynard	c IDS Smith	b CL Cairns	14	64	54	1	0
RC Russell+		b W Watson	108	275	173	4	0
DR Pringle	c KR Rutherford	b W Watson	3	28	19	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas	not out		29	51	36	2	1
SL Watkin	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	0	4	3	0	0
ARC Fraser	c IDS Smith	b W Watson	2	22	17	0	0
PCR Tufnell	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	0	5	2	0	0
extras		(b2 lb3 w3 nb2)	10
TOTAL		10 wickets for	384

FOW
1-9(AJ Stewart) 2-15(MA Atherton) 3-19(RA Smith) 4-74(MP Maynard) 5-347(N Hussain)
6-352(RC Russell) 7-357(DR Pringle) 8-360(SL Watkin) 9-383(ARC Fraser)
10-384(PCR Tufnell)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	20.5	1	84	2
ML Su'a	16	2	54	1
W Watson	24	6	60	5
CL Cairns	24	1	97	2
DN Patel	24	5	84	0

Nasser Hussain scored a career best 203 to rescue his team

 

[Welwyn]

Wowzer!! Didn't expect this from Nasser at this stage of his career.