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[Slowcoach]

Stewart for Hick. Russell with the gloves.
Gus in for Devon

Thanks, will start the game now.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Auckland v England XI - 3 day match - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Pitch: 79 - A pitch prepared with the batsmen in mind.
Likely to play easily after a bit of early pace, but the intensive preparation that has gone into this pitch could cause it to begin to break up on the final day.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 7A - Fast Paced Wicket

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

Toss: Auckland

Not wanting to bat last on a wicket which may break up on Day 3 Auckland batted first after winning the Toss but were bundled out in Humid conditions for 158 before Tea on Day 1 to hand the England XI the advantage.
Allrounder Steve Brown offered the main resistance for the home side as Glamorgan seamer Steve Watkin took 5 wickets.
Angus Fraser also bowled well to take 3-40 as he replaced the injured Devon Malcolm while allrounder Chris Lewis snapped up the other 2.
With conditions aiding Swing the home side now need some early wickets to get back in the game.

Auckland Vs England XI
Auckland 1st Innings 158/10 All Out (Overs 44.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
JG Wright*	c RC Russell	b ARC Fraser	4	2	2	1	0
BA Pocock	c MP Maynard	b SL Watkin	20	54	39	1	0
MH Richardson	c CC Lewis	b ARC Fraser	0	11	10	0	0
JJ Crowe	c RC Russell	b CC Lewis	33	63	48	4	0
SW Brown	c MR Ramprakash	b SL Watkin	49	86	60	6	0
JTC Vaughan	c MR Ramprakash	b CC Lewis	6	31	22	0	0
IDS Smith+		b SL Watkin	19	48	29	2	0
DN Patel	not out		17	54	35	2	0
DK Morrison	c AJ Stewart	b ARC Fraser	2	5	5	0	0
W Watson	lbw	b SL Watkin	3	10	6	0	0
MJ Haslam		b SL Watkin	2	18	14	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb1)	3
TOTAL		10 wickets for	158

FOW
1-4(JG Wright) 2-7(MH Richardson) 3-41(BA Pocock) 4-68(JJ Crowe) 5-102(JTC Vaughan)
6-122(SW Brown) 7-135(IDS Smith) 8-138(DK Morrison) 9-152(W Watson)
10-158(MJ Haslam)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ARC Fraser	14	3	40	3
MP Bicknell	7	0	30	0
CC Lewis	8	0	28	2
SL Watkin	13.3	1	50	5
GA Gooch	2	0	10	0

 

[Welwyn]

Watkin getting harder and harder to not pick for the first test.

 

[Slowcoach]

Watkin getting harder and harder to not pick for the first test.

The conditions in New Zealand probably suit Watkin, the pitches are often Green on Day 1 and the ball Swings.
His only weakness is he bowls a few too many loose balls.

 

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@Welwyn

Auckland v England XI - 3 day match - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Brilliant bowling by Fast Medium bowler Danny Morrison kept Auckland in the game as the England XI were kept to a lead of just 30.
Morrison took 7-58 and received good support from the accurate Willy Watson as the ball continued to Swing in the Humid conditions.
Mike Atherton and Robin Smith were the best of the England XI batsmen.

Auckland Vs England XI
England XI 1st Innings 188/10 All Out (Overs 70.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	2	3	4	0	0
MA Atherton	lbw	b DK Morrison	43	162	125	2	0
AJ Stewart		b DK Morrison	15	16	17	12	0
RA Smith	c SW Brown	b DK Morrison	45	97	68	6	0
MR Ramprakash		b W Watson	7	37	29	0	0
MP Maynard	c JJ Crowe	b W Watson	12	69	52	0	0
RC Russell+		b DN Patel	21	69	54	1	0
CC Lewis	not out		17	54	37	2	0
MP Bicknell	c JJ Crowe	b DK Morrison	16	37	31	0	0
SL Watkin	c IDS Smith	b DK Morrison	0	3	2	0	0
ARC Fraser	lbw	b DK Morrison	3	10	11	0	0
extras		(b1 lb1 w3 nb2)	7
TOTAL		10 wickets for	188

FOW
1-2(GA Gooch) 2-21(AJ Stewart) 3-93(RA Smith) 4-117(M Ramprakash)
5-117(MA Atherton) 6-151(MP Maynard) 7-151(RC Russell) 8-181(MP Bicknell)
9-181(SL Watkin) 10-188(ARC Fraser)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	22.5	5	58	7
W Watson	18	5	46	2
JTC Vaughan	8	2	17	0
DN Patel	10	1	33	1
MJ Haslam	8	1	21	0
SW Brown	4	0	11	0

Danny Morrison bowled brilliantly to take 7-58 to keep Auckland in the game

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Auckland v England XI - 3 day match - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Solid batting by Auckland took them to 236/4 in their 2nd innings before a declaration at Lunch on Day 3 made a game of it.
The innings featured half centuries to John Wright and Jeff Crowe before the England XI were set a target of 207 to win in a minimum of 58 overs.
With the pitch still a Good Batting Wicket it seems a gettable target should the weather hold but the Humid conditions will keep the Auckland seamers in the game.

Auckland Vs England XI
Auckland 2nd Innings 236/4 Declared (Overs 84)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
JG Wright*		b SL Watkin	59	134	100	5	0
BA Pocock		b GA Gooch	25	90	65	0	0
MH Richardson		b SL Watkin	32	120	83	2	0
JJ Crowe		b ARC Fraser	50	143	108	3	0
SW Brown	not out		47	131	102	3	0
JTC Vaughan	not out		16	65	50	2	0
IDS Smith+	dnb
DN Patel	dnb
DK Morrison	dnb
W Watson	dnb
MJ Haslam	dnb
extras		(b1 lb2 w2 nb2)	7
TOTAL		4 wickets for	236

FOW
1-69(BA Pocock) 2-93(JG Wright) 3-150(MH Richardson) 4-194(JJ Crowe)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ARC Fraser	18	3	46	1
MP Bicknell	20	2	45	0
CC Lewis	12	1	37	0
SL Watkin	24	5	88	2
GA Gooch	10	4	17	1

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

Auckland v England XI - 3 day match - at Eden Park, Auckland - 1991/2

Set a generous target of 207 in 2 sessions an unbeaten century to captain Graham Gooch carried the England XI to an 8 wicket win with 4 balls to spare.
Alec Stewart made 80 as he added 180 for the 2nd wicket with Gooch to make light of the chase.
Gooch was named Man of the Match for his match winning hundred.

England XI won by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: G.A.Gooch

Auckland Vs England XI
England XI 2nd Innings 207/2 Closed (Overs 60)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	not out		115	215	186	6	0
MA Atherton	lbw	b W Watson	6	24	13	0	0
AJ Stewart	c JTC Vaughan	b MJ Haslam	80	175	146	4	0
RA Smith	not out		4	14	17	0	0
MR Ramprakash	dnb
MP Maynard	dnb
RC Russell+	dnb
CC Lewis	dnb
MP Bicknell	dnb
SL Watkin	dnb
ARC Fraser	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb1)	2
TOTAL		2 wickets for	207

FOW
1-14(MA Atherton) 2-194(AJ Stewart)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DK Morrison	10	1	38	0
W Watson	12	2	20	1
JTC Vaughan	6	0	21	0
DN Patel	18	0	64	0
MJ Haslam	11	1	47	1
SW Brown	3	0	17	0

England XI captain Graham Gooch scored an unbeaten hundred to take his team to victory

 

[Welwyn]

(Injury dependent)
3 day match v New Zealand Emerging Players XI at Hamilton
TEAM:
G.A.Gooch RM
M.A.Atherton
R.A.Smith
G.A.Hick OB
N.Hussain
C.C.Lewis RFM
R.C.Russell (wk)
R.K.Illingworth SLA
M.P.Bicknell RFM
S.L.Watkin RMF
D.E.Malcolm RF

3 day match v New Zealand U-Bix XI at Dunedin
TEAM:
G.A.Gooch RM
A.J.Stewart
M.R.Ramprakash OB
N.H.Fairbrother
M.P.Maynard
D.R.Pringle RM
R.C.Russell (wk)
P.A.J.DeFreitas RFM
A.R.C.Fraser RFM
D.V.Lawrence RF
P.C.R.Tufnell SLA

 

[Slowcoach]

(Injury dependent)
3 day match v New Zealand Emerging Players XI at Hamilton
TEAM:
G.A.Gooch RM
M.A.Atherton
R.A.Smith
G.A.Hick OB
N.Hussain
C.C.Lewis RFM
R.C.Russell (wk)
R.K.Illingworth SLA
M.P.Bicknell RFM
S.L.Watkin RMF
D.E.Malcolm RF

3 day match v New Zealand U-Bix XI at Dunedin
TEAM:
G.A.Gooch RM
A.J.Stewart
M.R.Ramprakash OB
N.H.Fairbrother
M.P.Maynard
D.R.Pringle RM
R.C.Russell (wk)
P.A.J.DeFreitas RFM
A.R.C.Fraser RFM
D.V.Lawrence RF
P.C.R.Tufnell SLA

They are all fully fit for those 2 matches so I will get on with it, thanks.

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand Emerging Players XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Hamilton - 1991/2

Pitch: An underprepared wicket, not the best advertisement for the groundsman's skills.
There are patches of green at both endsaround a length, and batting is likely to be difficult against the quickies on the first day.
After the spite wears off there will be runs to be had, but by day 3 the spinners should come into their own and this could be a match dominated by the bowlers.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: 6 - Green Wicket

Day 1 Weather: 8 - Overcast

Sent in on a Green Wicket in Overcast conditions the New Zealand Emerging Players XI made a decent fist of it between breaks for bad light and rain.
Young opener Blair Pocock went close to his 2nd hundred against the England XI before being out for 93 in 3 and a half hours of solid batting.
The home side were wary of a 2nd innings collapse so prolonged their innings until after Lunch on Day 2, eventually being bowled out for 276.
Left arm spinner Richard Illingworth bowled well for the visitors to take 4-50 at under 2 an over and Devon Malcolm and Martin Bicknell also looked good with 2 wickets each.

NZ Emerging Players XI Vs England XI
NZ Emerging Players XI 1st Innings 276/10 All Out (Overs 108.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland	c MA Atherton	b SL Watkin	13	40	31	1	0
BA Pocock	c N Hussain	b RK Illingworth	93	215	238	4	0
LG Howell	c GA Hick	b DE Malcolm	3	24	21	0	0
JTC Vaughan		b MP Bicknell	14	56	42	1	0
CZ Harris		b CC Lewis	29	70	51	1	0
JD Wells	c RA Smith	b RK Illingworth	14	67	53	0	0
IDS Smith*+	lbw	b RK Illingworth	11	39	26	0	0
MN Hart	c CC Lewis	b RK Illingworth	40	138	102	0	0
MJ Pawson	lbw	b MP Bicknell	27	48	43	3	0
ML Su'a	lbw	b DE Malcolm	13	30	18	1	1
C Pringle	not out		9	46	32	0	0
extras		(b1 lb1 w2 nb6)	10
TOTAL		10 wickets for	276

FOW
1-22(BR Hartland) 2-37(LG Howell) 3-72(JTC Vaughan) 4-119(CZ Harris)
5-157(JD Wells) 6-183(IDS Smith) 7-186(BA Pocock) 8-223(MJ Pawson) 9-255(ML Su'a)
10-276(MN Hart)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	19	0	58	2
MP Bicknell	21	6	47	2
CC Lewis	18	4	50	1
SL Watkin	23	6	69	1
RK Illingworth	27.1	7	50	4

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand Emerging Players XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Hamilton - 1991/2

The visitors slipped to 26/3 before a double century partnership between Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain repaired the damage.
The pair scored unbeaten centuries before a declaration 46 runs behind the home side's 1st innings total.
Fast Medium bowler Mike Pawson was the pick of the home side's attack with 2 wickets.

NZ Emerging Players XI Vs England XI
England XI 1st Innings 230/3 Declared (Overs 64)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c JTC Vaughan	b ML Su'a	3	16	17	0	0
MA Atherton	not out		101	241	187	9	0
RA Smith		b MJ Pawson	7	12	11	0	0
GA Hick	c IDS Smith	b MJ Pawson	5	15	6	0	0
N Hussain	not out		100	195	173	10	0
CC Lewis	dnb
RC Russell+	dnb
RK Illingworth	dnb
MP Bicknell	dnb
SL Watkin	dnb
DE Malcolm	dnb
extras		(b0 lb4 w4 nb6)	14
TOTAL		3 wickets for	230

FOW
1-5(GA Gooch) 2-14(RA Smith) 3-26(GA Hick)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
C Pringle	10	2	34	0
ML Su'a	12	2	35	1
MJ Pawson	11	0	46	2
JTC Vaughan	7	0	30	0
MN Hart	19	3	66	0
CZ Harris	5	0	15	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn


New Zealand Emerging Players XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Hamilton - 1991/2

With more time lost to rain the New Zealand Players XI took batting practice in the remaining time available to leave the match Drawn.
Lorne Howell reached 90* not out before time ran out denying him a hundred.
Richard Illingworth took 3-40 to finish the match with 7 wickets and was named Man of the Match while Martin Bicknell again picked up 2.
England have one more 3 day game before the Test series begins, a final chance for some players to impress.

Drawn

Man of the Match: R.K.Illingworth

NZ Emerging Players XI Vs England XI
NZ Emerging Players XI 2nd Innings 177/6 Closed (Overs 73)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
BR Hartland		b MP Bicknell	14	17	12	2	0
BA Pocock		b MP Bicknell	22	94	73	1	0
LG Howell	not out		90	271	215	1	0
JTC Vaughan		b RK Illingworth	9	29	22	0	0
CZ Harris	c GA Gooch	b RK Illingworth	14	52	42	1	0
JD Wells		b RK Illingworth	3	38	37	0	0
IDS Smith*+		c&b GA Hick	17	62	32	2	0
MN Hart	not out		3	8	10	0	0
MJ Pawson	dnb
ML Su'a	dnb
C Pringle	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb4)	5
TOTAL		6 wickets for	177

FOW
1-19(BR Hartland) 2-51(BA Pocock) 3-66(JTC Vaughan) 4-107(CZ Harris)
5-128(JD Wells) 6-172(IDS Smith)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	10	1	33	0
MP Bicknell	14	3	31	2
CC Lewis	11	1	30	0
SL Watkin	13	2	39	0
RK Illingworth	23	7	40	3
GA Hick	2	0	4	1

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand U-Bix XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Dunedin - 1991/2

Pitch: 54 - Rather green looking and the seamers should be assisted until the wicket dries out.
Should play easily in the middle days of the match but there could be help for the spinners on the final day.

Day 1 Starting Pitch: Green Wicket

Day 1 Weather: Cloudy, some sunny intervals

A dominant unbeaten 170* to Graham Gooch was the highlight of an England XI 1st innings total of 280/4 declared at Dunedin.
Derek Pringle also made an unbeaten half century before the declaration late on Day 1.

New Zealand U-Bix XI Vs England XI
England XI 1st Innings 288/4 Declared (Overs 77)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	not out		170	285	232	16	0
AJ Stewart	c JW Wilson	b RL Hayes	0	13	4	0	0
MR Ramprakash	lbw	b GE Bradburn	34	80	61	3	0
NH Fairbrother	c SB Doull	b MN Hart	14	76	67	0	0
MP Maynard	lbw	b SB Doull	3	5	7	0	0
DR Pringle	not out		50	106	99	1	0
RC Russell+	dnb
PAJ DeFreitas	dnb
ARC Fraser	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
PCR Tufnell	dnb
extras		(b0 lb9 w3 nb5)	17
TOTAL		4 wickets for	288

FOW
1-3(AJ Stewart) 2-85(MR Ramprakash) 3-160(NH Fairbrother) 4-163(MP Maynard)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
RL Hayes	10	1	42	1
JW Wilson	12	2	62	0
SB Doull	14	2	41	1
MN Hart	27	5	78	1
GE Bradburn	14	1	56	1

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand U-Bix XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Dunedin - 1991/2

The openers put on 146 with Trevor Franklin making 75 and Kyle Welleans making an unbeaten century before a declaration 68 runs behind on 1st innings late on Day 2.
The pitch remains Good For Batting and will be no worse than Normal on the final day so a run chase was thought the only way to get a positive result.
The England XI attack bowled poorly but a flat pitch didn't help them as only Medium pacer Derek Pringle's Swing troubled the batsmen.

New Zealand U-Bix XI Vs England XI
New Zealand U-Bix XI 1st Innings 220/2 Declared (Overs 69)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	lbw	b PCR Tufnell	75	185	160	4	0
KA Welleans	not out		101	279	183	5	0
BA Young	c MR Ramprakash	b DR Pringle	16	53	43	1	0
KR Rutherford*	not out		17	38	35	2	0
MJ Lamont	dnb
GE Bradburn	dnb
AC Parore+	dnb
MN Hart	dnb
JW Wilson	dnb
SB Doull	dnb
RL Hayes	dnb
extras		(b2 lb2 w3 nb4)	11
TOTAL		2 wickets for	220

FOW
1-146(TJ Franklin) 2-183(BA Young)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DV Lawrence	13	2	36	0
ARC Fraser	16	2	65	0
PAJ DeFreitas	14	3	38	0
DR Pringle	10	0	25	1
PCR Tufnell	14	2	47	1
GA Gooch	2	0	5	0

 

[Slowcoach]

@Welwyn

New Zealand U-Bix XI v England XI - 3 day match - at Dunedin - 1991/2

Half centuries to Mark Ramprakash and Neil Fairbrother set up a declaration to set the home side a target of 202 off roughly 50 overs.
Alec Stewart and Matthew Maynard both fell cheaply for the 2nd time in the match but after 4 three day games every England top order batsman has had at least one good outing.
The England XI bowlers will now be hoping for a better performance than the first innings on a pitch that has eased to Normal.

New Zealand U-Bix XI Vs England XI
England XI 2nd Innings 133/4 Declared (Overs 56)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	c AC Parore	b RL Hayes	0	11	8	0	0
AJ Stewart	c SB Doull	b JW Wilson	2	27	13	0	0
MR Ramprakash	not out		61	206	164	6	0
NH Fairbrother	c TJ Franklin	b MN Hart	54	140	115	1	1
MP Maynard	lbw	b GE Bradburn	9	28	24	1	0
DR Pringle	not out		3	19	16	0	0
RC Russell+	dnb
PAJ DeFreitas	dnb
ARC Fraser	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
PCR Tufnell	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb4)	4
TOTAL		4 wickets for	133

FOW
1-2(GA Gooch) 2-8(AJ Stewart) 3-105(NH Fairbrother) 4-122(MP Maynard)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
RL Hayes	10	1	29	1
JW Wilson	11	4	25	1
SB Doull	11	4	23	0
MN Hart	16	5	43	1
GE Bradburn	8	0	13	1