Story New Zealand V England Series

[jazz]

New Zealand Cricket Board have Invited England for a both Test and One Day Series

The Series Consist of-

Test Matches

1st Test New Zealand v England Auckland
2nd Test New Zealand v England Wellington
3rd Test New Zealand v England Napier

Twenty-Twenty International-

20/20 New Zealand v England Auckland

One Day Internationals-

1st ODI New Zealand v England Wellington
2nd ODI New Zealand v England Auckland
3rd ODI New Zealand v England Napier D/N
4th ODI New Zealand v England Auckland
5th ODI New Zealand v England Wellington D/N

 

[jazz]

Their Pitches will Suit Our Bowlers​

Geoffrey boycott has today said that England have a big advantage ahead of the test and one day series in New Zealand.

?New Zealand pitches are similar pitches to England if not more greener which will not only help their bowlers but help England?s Big 4. Flintoff, Hoggard, Harmison and Jones will be a handful for the New Zealand batsman on green pitches; also in New Zealand it tends to reverse swings much more which help Jones and flintoff tremendously?

However Boycott still says that England?s batting is a worry

?If they bat aggressively anyway like they did against Pakistan they will just be handing their wickets to the New Zealand Bowlers?

Boycott insists that England are favorites for the test series

Boycott is also looking forward for the ashes in Australia later this year and has claimed that New Zealand away is just as though as Australia away.

 

[jazz]

War of Words Begin but not from New Zealand​

Shane Warne has again started the war of words with England ahead of their series with England.

"New Zealand is a very good side England has to be at the top of their game. At one stage you think you have New Zealand silenced in one corner but that can drastically change on their own back yard"

Warne hopes New Zealand will soften England up for the Ashes later this year

"Hopefully New Zealand can rough them up a little and show them how cricket is played in southern hemisphere it will leave an interesting duel when they face us this year"

Warne is 100% confident Australia will regain the ashes and he believes the ashes series in England last year was a temporary blip for the Aussies

"Yes we are very capable of beating England. We have improved dramatically in out test matches after in the super series, West Indies and South Africa"

"This time they have to remember one thing it will be 40- 50,000 fans chanting our names and giving them a hard time"

 

[usy]

looks like a good story to come here , the text font looks great .

 

[jazz]

?Mind Your Own Business Warney?​

New Zealander Chris Cairns has told Shane Warne to Mind his own Business and to concentrate on his sides tour of South Africa next Month

Cairns also suggested that sucking up to New Zealand will still not ease the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand

?Yes it should be a marvellous series with England but Shane should stay well away from this stuff when Australia face England then he can say whatever he wants but for now he should just concentrates on his matches against South Africa?

Cairns believes this will be an excellent series with England

?This series will show that both sides have excellent players. They maybe favorites for test but we are a better one day side. I?m excited by England?s bowling attack and I know for sure our bowlers can match them?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

New Zealander Chris Cairns has told Shane Warne to Mind his own Business

Lol! Slap in the face there, Cairns will be recieving some angry SMS' today...

 

[Maxkarter]

Looks like the verbal war is going strong already, I just hope that the players can deliver on the field . Looking good Jazz, looking good!

 

[jazz]

Storms Threaten Warm Up​

A Tropical storm from the pacific is edging its way towards the north island of New Zealand. The tropical storm is threatening a wash out of England?s only 3 day warm-up against Canterbury.

If this is the case it looks like England will go into the 1st test without any practice

Squad Decision Delayed​

England has delayed their decision to name the touring squad for 1 day due to checking player fitness?s. Selector David Graveny wants to make sure that everybody if fit and raring to go.

It is expected that Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles are fit and included in the squad

 

[woosaah]

good luck, go new zealand

 

[BigCrickNan]

Cool story, excellent build up . Btw, what game is this going to be on?

 

[jazz]

Cool story, excellent build up . Btw, what game is this going to be on?

it will be on cricket 2005

thanks for all replies from everyone

 

[jazz]

England have announced their squad for New Zealand

Simon Jones returns from injury and Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles are passed fit.​

Test squad: Michael Vaughan (Capt), Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Matthew Prior, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, James Anderson, Robert Key

One-day squad: Michael Vaughan (Capt), Kabir Ali, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ian Blackwell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Kevin Pietersen, Matthew Prior, Liam Plunkett, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick.

Test Series

England has chosen to remain with Liam Plunkett and Matthew Prior after the pair had a very good series in Pakistan. James Anderson replaces Shaun Udal. It was always expected that only one spinner would make the New Zealand Tour.

One Day Series

Ian Blackwell remains in the side for the one day series after he performed well with the ball in Pakistan he also gives England a long batting tail.

Graveney is keen to give the younger players a chance to establish themselves in England's one-day squad in New Zealand.
"Liam Plunkett has made a promising start to his international career and is an emerging player with great potential," said Graveney.
"We believe Ian Bell's ability to bat in the top order will give us another option as we plan for the World Cup."

 

[Cricket_60]

Great start to the story so far jazz

This should be a tight contest

 

[jazz]

Flashback 2002

Flashback 2002​

England last arrived in New Zealand in February ? April 2002.

A series which consisted of 5 One Day Internationals and 3 Test matches​

1st Warm-up Northern Districts v England XI Westpac Trust Park, Hamilton Day Night
8th February 2002​

England went into a straight one day warm up with Northern Districts.
Northern Districts won the toss and sent England into bat. England posted a competitive 288 runs after 50 overs with Nick Knight top scored of 126 runs.

Despite England?s daunting total northern Districts chased down the target with 5 balls to spare. England lost their 1st tour opener.

Result: Northern Districts Win

2nd Warm-up Northern Districts v England XI Westpac Trust Park, Hamilton Day Night
10th February 2002​

Two days later England again took on Northern Districts. This time around Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat. This time around England bowlers done the job and dismissed Northern Districts for 160. Flintoff took 3 wickets and Gough, Giles and White took 2 wickets each with Vaughan one to his name.

Despite England being 95/5 in the chase Andrew Flintoff hit a valiant 45 runs of 37 balls to help England to win their first match of the tour.

Result: England Win

1st ODI New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 13 Feb 2002​

In the Series opener England won the toss and elected to bat. Despite a top score of 73 from Nick Knight the New Zealand Bowlers ran riot and Dismissed England for 196 off 40. Overs. Vettori lead the way with 3 wickets and Cairns and Adams followed up with 2 wickets each. Nasser Hussains was clearly frustrated as the host had England in their Pocket.

In New Zealand?s reply Astle and Nevin ran riot before finally Flintoff made the break through 99/1. England took another quick wicket as the captain Stephen Fleming 111/2. England again took another quick wicket McMillan this time producing an edge of Gough straight into the gloves of foster 136/3. New Zealand began to stutter as the danger man Cairns got bowled by Gough 144/4. Another 2 wickets from Gough of Vincent and Harris put the game in level with England slight favourites to win 144/6, but Astle and Adams steered New Zealand to win. Astle top scored with 67 and Adams scored 33.

Result: New Zealand Won

2nd ODI: New Zealand v England at Wellington, 16 Feb 2002​

In the 2nd game of the series England won the toss and put New Zealand into bat on a seaming wicket. New Zealand posted 244 runs with McMillan top scoring with 69 and the captain Fleming with a 40 for good measure. Gough took 3 wickets and two a piece for Hoggard and White. England required 245 runs to win.

England chase started of poorly after being 28/4 after 11.5 Overs. Things got worse for England as Collingwood and Shah where dismissed 40/6. White also failed 65/7 and the last 3 wickets fell for 89. England was all out for 89. Their batting was shambles. Leaving New Zealand for a comfortable win.

Result New Zealand Won

New Zealand Lead the 5 match series 2-0

England?s batting against New Zealand has been Shambles and fairly the hosts have deserved to be 2-0 up in the series. Another poor game from England will see them lose the series only after 3 games

 

[m_vaughan]

Huge build-up to the series. The ideal test for England before the Ashes tour.