Story NewZealand Road to Glory[C07]New Zealand to bowl first

[surendar]

Added to the above comment, It's really unfortunate to hear that this wonderful story has come to an end Definitely one of my favorites.

Good luck with the next one

 

[PhilD123]

Thread opened by request.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

India win the Natwest Series . ​

Yesterday India beat New Zealand by 21 runs in the final of the Natwest Series 2008 . India made a good start by scoring 272 while the Kiwis made a handy 251 . Ishant Sharma got 4 wickets and was declared man of the match . Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Man of the Series for 322 runs in the series at average of 51.2 including 1 century and 3 fifties .

Future Fixtures

1)New Zealand tour of Pakistan
2)ICC Champions Trophy
3)New Zealand tour of Australia
4)ICC Twenty 20 World Cup

Well I have decided to continue this story as this was a hit among the members . Hope you all co operate and support me you all did before

 

[surendar]

I will be eagerly looking forward to this story.. Good luck

 

[shantanu_rooney]

New Zealand Squad Announced​

New Zealand Cricket Board have announced a 20 man squad for the upcoming Pakistan ODI Series and Champions Trophy . Which is about to start soon .

Daniel Vettori (c)
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Aaron Redmond
Daniel Flynn
Tim Southee
Iain O'Brein
Kyle Mills
Mark Gillespie
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Jeetan Patel
Jesse Ryder
Jamie How
Gareth Hopkins
Peter Fulton
James Marshall
Jacob Oram
Chris Martin
Martin Mason
James Franklin
Grant Elliot​

There were some surprised to see Daniel Flynn and Aaron Redmond being pick . But Kiwis have a good all round balance . Jacob Oram and Scott Styris would be handy with both ball and bat . Tim Southee another star in the squad would be looking forward for this series . Led by Daniel vettori Kiwis goes in as the favourites to win the Pepsi Cup in Pakistan .

 

[gutterman]

great to see this story is back kutgw mate

 

[Ollie_H]

Nice squad for New Zealand loving that you have decided to start this again!

 

[Amiya]

Nice squad... Hope N.Z play well...

 

[saladguy]

Are you continuing with your India story?

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Are you continuing with your India story?

no

shantanu_rooney added 16 Minutes and 46 Seconds later...

Pepsi Cup 2008​

Pakistan Cricket Board annouced the Pakistan 15 man squad for the upcoming Pepsi Cup​

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Shoaib Malik (c)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Younus Khan
Mohd Yousuf
Misbah-ul-Huq
Sohail Tanvir
Umar Gul
Wahab Raiz
Fawad Alam
Shahid Afridi
Nasir Jamshed
Salman Butt
Ifthikar Anjum
Saeed Ajmal
Naumanullah​

Pakistan led by Shoaib Malik looks good and strong . Misbah ul Huq would be the most important player for them . While Sohail tanvir has yet to produce the form he produced in the IPL . So overall the teams i strong and balanced .

Fixtures

Pakistan vs New Zealand @ Lahore
Pakistan vs New Zealand @ Karachi
Pakistan vs New Zealand @ Multan​

Telecasting Rights​

Sky Sports have beaten ESPN Star , Ten Sports to grab the telecasting right for this tournament to be held in Pakistan . Sky Sports will be bring you the coverage with their Expert Commentators like Nasir Hussian , Michael Holding , David Llyod , Ian Bothom and Wasim Akram . Sky Sports will be using their new presentation to win your hearts .

 

[jarl]

Good to see you doing another New Zealand story Shantanu :happy:hpraise

 

[shantanu_rooney]

@ jarl I am continuing my old story

 

[jarl]

@ shantanu, even better :hpraise

 

[mattfb]

Nice start mate. KUTGW

 

[gutterman]

strong looking squad for pakistan