New Zealand Tour of England, 2004
Itinerary
20 May 2004 -
England vs New Zealand
- First Test at Lord's - England won by 5 wickets
03 Jun 2004 -
England vs New Zealand
- Second Test at Headingley - England won by an innings and 105 runs
10 Jun 2004 -
England vs New Zealand
- Third Test at Trent Bridge - England won by 5 wickets
England Squad
Nasser Hussain ![captain :c: :c:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Mark Butcher
Paul Collingwood
Robert Key
Owais Shah
Ed Smith ![Red Orb :redo: :redo:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Andrew Strauss
Graham Thorpe
Marcus Trescothick
James Foster
Chris Read
Andrew Flintoff
Jimmy Anderson
Steve Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Simon Jones
Sajid Mahmood
Ryan Sidebottom
Ashley Giles
Graeme Swann
The game will only allow me to select 18 of these players, so we'll just roll with it based on vibes.
The 2004 summer would be the first in several years where England would go into it without the services of Nick Knight. England's efforts to blood young players means that they have a selection of possible replacements with Test experience: Mark Butcher (31), Paul Collingwood (27) Robert Key (25) and Owais Shah (25) are all capped and ready to go, while Ed Smith (26) enjoyed a breakout County Championship season in 2003 and was unfortunate to miss out on a Test cap last winter. There are also unconfirmed rumours that the England team management consulted with the ECB about the possibility of selecting the hugely exciting Phil Jaques: the Australian has a British passport and two English parents, but selectors were told he would have to serve a four-year qualifying period that rules him out of selection until at least 2006. It will certainly be interesting to see which players get the nod to have one or more attempt to nail down the last spot in England's top six this season.
Itinerary
20 May 2004 -
03 Jun 2004 -
10 Jun 2004 -
England Squad
The game will only allow me to select 18 of these players, so we'll just roll with it based on vibes.
The 2004 summer would be the first in several years where England would go into it without the services of Nick Knight. England's efforts to blood young players means that they have a selection of possible replacements with Test experience: Mark Butcher (31), Paul Collingwood (27) Robert Key (25) and Owais Shah (25) are all capped and ready to go, while Ed Smith (26) enjoyed a breakout County Championship season in 2003 and was unfortunate to miss out on a Test cap last winter. There are also unconfirmed rumours that the England team management consulted with the ECB about the possibility of selecting the hugely exciting Phil Jaques: the Australian has a British passport and two English parents, but selectors were told he would have to serve a four-year qualifying period that rules him out of selection until at least 2006. It will certainly be interesting to see which players get the nod to have one or more attempt to nail down the last spot in England's top six this season.
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