Story New Zealand tour South Africa

[jmcdonald]

Mark Taylor: Hello, my name is Mark Taylor and I will be with you for New Zealand's tour of South Africa.
Richie Benaud: And my name is Richie Benaud. I will be commentating with Mark for the duration of this tour. Here are the squads:
NEW ZEALAND
1) S.Fleming (Captain)
2) M.Sinclair
3) N.Astle
4) S.Bond
5) C.Cairns
6) C.Harris
7) B.McCullum
8) C.McMillan
9) I.Butler
10) J.Oram
11) K.Mills
12) S.Styris
13) D.Tuffey
14) D.Vettori
15) L.Vincent
16) C.Necin
17) R.Hart
18) M.Horne
19) P.Wiseman
20) M.Richardson

SOUTH AFRICAN
To be announced.

Mark Taylor: As you see South Africa's team has not been decided, as a group of players including Shaun Pollock and Herschelle Gibbs are involved in contract disputes.
Richie Benaud: Yes Mark, hopefully that can all be worked out and if it's not this tour may be cancelled.
Mark Taylor: I believe some South African players have already pulled out. Those players are Boeta Dippenaar and Martin van Jaarsveld.

FIXTURE:
Tour Matches
New Zealand vs South Africa A at Johhanesburg. (ODI)
New Zealand vs South Africa A at Cape Town. (Test)
One Day Internationals
New Zealand vs South Africa at Johhanesburg.
New Zealand vs South Africa at Centurion.
New Zealand vs South Africa at Cape Town.
Test Matches:
New Zealand vs South Africa at Centurion.
New Zealand vs South Africa at Cape Town.
New Zealand vs South Africa at Johhanesburg.
New Zealand vs South Africa at Cape Town.

Mark Taylor: Now that everyone knows the schedule, all we can do is hope that the South African drama is resovled.

I will tour as New Zealand.
Using the 2GB Bat Pack, Tutsi's beta-5 AI Patch, Updated roster.pak, Sky Sports TV overlay and Kits Update.

 

[jmcdonald]

South African Line Up Released!

2 days later..

Mark Taylor: Well, Richie, South Africa have released the side intended to play New Zealand. To me it dosen't seem competitive.
Richie Benaud: I agree Mark, it's like they don't take New Zealand seriously.
Mark Taylor: It seems to be the best side they can field at this time. At least Gibbs, Kallis and Smith are in it.

SOUTH AFRICA
1) H.Gibbs
2) G.Smith
3) J.Kallis
4) G.Kirsten
5) N.McKenzie
6) J.Rudolph
7) M.Boucher
8) S.Pollock
9) A.Hall
10) P.Adams
11) M.Ntini
12) A.Nel
13) A.Dawson
14) C.Langveldt
15) M.Zondeki
16) D.Pretorius
17) M.van Wyk
18) N.Pothas
19) N.Hayward
20) R.Peterson

Mark Taylor: Well, there you have it. South Africa's lineup has been released and now we wait for the tour matches.
Richie Benaud: Yep, we will now have a three day wait till the first tour match.

 

[jmcdonald]

Pre-Match Conference

3 days later....

PRE-MATCH INTERVIEW

Mark Taylor: Hello Stephen (Fleming) and Graeme (Smith).
Stephen Fleming: Hi!
Graeme Smith: Hey!
Richie Benaud: Stephen, are you confident of beating South Africa?
Stephen Fleming: In the one dayers, yes. In the tests, I think we have a bit of a chance.
Mark Taylor: Graeme, who is your teams main opponents?
Graeme Smith: Well Mark, Stephen (Fleming) here is one and Chris Cairns would be another.
Richie Benaud: Graeme, were you worried with the contract disputes?
Graeme Smith: Certainly, I had a feeling it would all work out though.
Richie Benaud: Stephen, when South Africa were having inside trouble, did you ever feel worried that the tour could be cancelled?
Stephen Fleming: No, my team and I felt very good as we expected the South Africans' to pull through.
Mark Taylor: Well thanks for that Stephen and Graeme. I expect to see one of you or your teammates at lunch.

 

[jmcdonald]

Before the match Mark Taylor interviews John Bracewell - New Zealand Coach

Mark Taylor: Hello John, thanks for chatting with us.
John Bracewell: No problem.
Mark Taylor: John, how do you feel about the South African selectors choices?
John Bracewell: Good, it seems the South Africans aren't ready after their contract disputes. We hope that may have weakened them.
Mark Taylor: What do you think about your own line up?[
John Bracewell: Okay, we feel we've made the right choices.
Mark Taylor: Do you think Chris Cairns and Stephen Fleming are fine with facing Pollock and Kallis?
John Bracewell: Yes, we've practiced against other bowlers with similar styles. Well, I've gotta get back to my squad. Bye.
Mark Taylor: Thanks for that. See you.

Match starts Tuesday. Real life commitments stop me from continuing tommorow or Monday.

 

[The Champ]

Looks a very interesting tour friend all the best

 

[jmcdonald]

First Tour Match - NZL vs SAF A (ODI)

SOUTH AFRICA A LINEUP:
1) A.Bacher
2) A.Amla
3) C.Sugden
4) A.Prince
5) G.Dros- Captain
6) J.Ontong
7) J.Kemp
8) J.Morkel
9) G.Bodi
10) D.Makalima
11) G.Elliot
12th) R.Telemachus

NEW ZEALAND LINEUP:
1) C.McMillan
2) S.Fleming
3) N.Astle
4) S.Styris
5) C.Cairns
6) C.Harris
7) J.Oram
8) B.McCullum
9) D.Vettori
10) D.Tuffey
11) S.Bond
12th) P.Wiseman

Mark Taylor: I reckon New Zealand should have this tour match wrapped up.
Richie Benaud: I agree Mark, I would think if South Africa A bat first they would set a target of around 170-210.
Mark Taylor: An easy target...

I will be able to do maybe the first innings today.

 

[faraz haider]

ya i agree with champ it will be intresting tour mate.

 

[jmcdonald]

End of first innings tour match.

NZL bat first.

1) C.McMillan-12-c+b Elliot
2) S.Fleming-97-not out
3) N.Astle-31-b.Bodi
4) S.Styris-5-c.Amla b.Elliot
5) C.Cairns-21-run out
6) C.Harris-47-not out
7) J.Oram
8) B.McCullum
9) D.Vettori
10) D.Tuffey
11) S.Bond

Total:213 + 14 Extras= 227 Runs
50 Overs

No screenshots as my FRAPS is not working.

 

[jmcdonald]

South Africa A Innings

1) A.Bacher-3-b.Bond
2) A.Amla-56-c.Vettori b.Tuffey
3) C.Sugden-19-run out
4) A.Prince-23-lbw. Vettori
5) G.Dros-0-c+b. Vettori
6) J.Ontong-28-lbw.Bond
7) J.Kemp-41-run out
8) J.Morkel-22-not out
9) G.Bodi-2-c.Astle b.Styris
10) D.Makalima-0- c.McCullum b.Styris
11) G.Elliot-13-c+b. Vettori

Total: 207 + 9 Extras = 216
43.5 Overs

Mark Taylor: Well a good game has been wrapped up, New Zealand winning by 11 runs.
Richie Benaud: Yep, Amla and Kemp both batted well for South Africa A and Fleming and Harris were the best with the bat for New Zealand.

Fleming Ponders about how to get Amla out.

No screenshots as my fraps is still not working..

 

[jmcdonald]

Post-Match Interview with Stephen Fleming.

Fleming on his way to 97.

Mark Taylor: Well congratulations Stephen.
Stephen Fleming: Thanks, as you can probably tell, we didn't won by as much as we hoped to.
Mark Taylor: How much did you hope to win by?
Stephen Fleming: Ah, about 60 to 100 runs.
Mark Taylor: Oh, how did it feel out there batting through the whole match and scoring a nice 97.
Stephen Fleming: Good, I just fell short, facing that last ball I was hoping to hit a four and get my century...

Fleming chatting to Mark Taylor.

 

[jmcdonald]

Interview with Chris Harris after his 47.

Harris appeals unsucessfully at a leg before wicket chance against Ontong, missing out on a lone wicket.

Mark Taylor: Chris, how does 47 feel? Stephen (Fleming) miised out on a century and you missed out on fifty.
Chris Harris: Dissapointed, still glad to do my bit.
Mark Taylor: How about missing out on a wicket against Ontong?
Chris Harris: Bad, he got 28 and could have won it for them...

 

[The Champ]

Nice presentation with good pictures mate

 

[Aussies r tops]

good start jmcdonald

 

[faraz haider]

nice pictures mate. from where you got this?

 

[The Champ]

nice pictures mate. from where you got this?

Ya really cool pic there, Faraz u can search in msn and google where u can get a lot