NZ Story ICC 2008 Version(Normal)

[seanoc]

Our 2nd game sees us face the South Africans for the 1st time in what will be another tough encounter. Along with Australia, South Africa are one of the top sides in the world and will be tough to beat. We have kept the same side for this one while the South African team is:

G Smith
N McKenzie
J Duminy
H Gibbs
A De Villiers
M Boucher
J Botha
V Philander
A Nel
D Steyn
M Ntini

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2nd Match vs South Africa

NZ Innings
266/7(50) A Redmond 101, R Taylor 33
A Nel 3-56, D Steyn 2-55

SA Innings
267/5(49.2) M Boucher 78no, J Duminy 61
S Bond 3-44, J Oram 1-41

South Africa win by 5 wickets

A surprising innings from Redmond got us racing along early but nobody else made a good contribution. Boucher's experience saw the South Africans home with a well paced 78no. It is however good to see Bond in the wickets again.

[GrahamB]

Keep up the good work. I hope that some others are reading and appreciate your efforts.

[patrickF690]

great story............ good luck in de next series mate

[seanoc]

Thanks fellas its great to see others are reading this and I hope you are enjoying its content. I just need to start winning some series against quality opposition now!

[seanoc]

Following poor ODI form this current season, James Franklin has been dropped for the experienced Kyle Mills. Mills is a proven performer at this level with 128 wickets @ 26.67 while Franklin's record to date is 2 wickets @ 53.50. The Aussies are unchanged since the last time I played them.

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3rd Match vs Australia

Aus Innings
216/9(50) M Hayden 83, M Hussey 34
T Southee 3-44, K Mills 2-33

NZ Innings
217/2(47.2) A Redmond 99, P Fulton 81
A Noffke 1-37

NZ win by 8 wickets

Another great effort from the bowlers has seen has gain our 2nd victory over the Aussies in series with Mills, Southee and Bond all bowling exceptionally well. The result was never in doubt after a great partnership between openers Redmond and Fulton nearly saw us home. They were both cruelly dismissed close to 100 but they will be satisfied with their performance . Another good win for the boys!

[patrickF690]

Thanks fellas its great to see others are reading this and I hope you are enjoying its content. I just need to start winning some series against quality opposition now!

dont expect too much from nz

[seanoc]

We will go into our 4th match vs South Africa with the same lineup while the South Africans have also kept the same lineup.

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4th Match vs South Africa

SA Innings
151(44.1) A de Villiers 42, J Duminy 23
S Bond 4-27, J Oram 2-24

NZ Innings
152/3(45.1) J Ryder 51no, R Taylor 43
D Steyn 2-30, V Philander 1-38

NZ win by 7 wickets

A great effort from all the bowlers has seen us beat South Africa for the first time in the tri-series. Bond and Southee set the tone with good opening spells before Mills and Oram came in and performed just as well. Another comfortable chase for the batsman and hopes are high we can win this series!

[seanoc]

The current table looks like this
P W L T Run rate Points
NZ 4 3 1 - +0.90 6
Aus 5 2 3 - +0.66 4
SA 5 2 3 - -1.57 4

[seanoc]

For the 4th consecutive game we will keep the same lineup. Aussie have done the same

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5th Match vs Australia

Aus Innings
198(49.5) S Katich 44, P Jaques 42
S Bond 3-31, J Ryder 3-31

NZ Innings(40.5) P Fulton 95no, R Taylor 95no
M Johnson 1-31

NZ win by 9 wickets

This match was exactly like the previous 2 matches. I won the toss and put them in on a lively but batsman friendly pitch with a fast outfield. Bond and Southee bowled well. They contained runs by taking wickets and the Aussies were on the back foot. Mills didn't perform well today and Ryder got his opportunity which he took with both hands, taking 3-31. After an early scare in the chase, Fulton and Taylor cruised home to victory with 55 balls still remaining. A fantastic win.

[patrickF690]

the team is starting to take shape



well done

[seanoc]

6th Match vs South Africa

SA Innings
231/7 H Gibbs 63, A de Villiers 48
T Southee 3-46, J Oram 2-39

NZ Innings
234/7(49.4) C McMillan 77, J Oram 42
V Philander 2-32, A Nel 2-50

NZ win by 3 wickets

Its seems if one part of the team fails, another part steps up to cover that. Today the top order failed, but the middle order lead by McMillan and Oram responded fantastically. Oram had a good game all-round game while Tim Southee again set the tone with the ball. The youngster is really leading our attack well these days and full credit to him. We now play a best of 3 finals series vs Australia.