NZ Story ICC 2008 Version(Normal)

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NZ Story ICC 2008 VersionNormal

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1st Test vs Zimbabwe

Zim 1st Innings
223 T Maruma 68no, H Masakadza 44
T Southee 3-63, K Mills 2-31

NZ Innings
457 B McCullum 150, J Franklin 70
A Manyumwa 4-134, T Maruma 2-56

ZIM 2nd Innings
42 T Taibu 11
J Franklin 6-17, T Southee 4-23

NZ win by an innings and 192 runs

A capitulation by Zimbabwe has left them re-faced and embarrassed. Having performed to a satisfactory level, they imploded in their 2nd innings in what were extremely bowler friendly conditions. I only used 2 bowlers, which is more than the amount of their batsman who got into double figures. First impression is their bowling is allright but their batting, on what i have seen at least, is terrible an is a disgrace to international cricket.

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Zimbabwe have arrived in town for a short series, comprising of 2 tests and 3 ODIs. They have had little succes of late and are 9th in Tests and 10th in ODIs. We have also been struggling a little of late and will still have to be convincing in our performances. Our 12 man squad for the 1st Test is:

P Fulton(c)
N Horsley
I Robertson
J Ryder
G Hay
J Oram
B McCullum(wk)
D Vettori
J Franklin
K Mills
T Southee
12th Man: C McMillan

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5th ODI vs West Indies

NZ Innings
198/9 P Fulton 52, J How 43
N Millar 3-31, K Peters 2-40

WI Innings
199/3(47.3) S Chanderpaul 82no, M Samuels 70no
T Southee 1-33, J Oram 1-40

West Indies win by 7 wickets

The Windies continued on their winning roll with another comfortable win over us. They dominated us with bat and ball and we put in another disapointing effort. We have been, surprisingly, outplayed in 4 games, with the other game very close. Our batting has been a huge disappoinment and we have struggled to put competitive totals on the board, with our highest total 221/9. We need a rethink about our batting lineup with our next series against Zimbabwe. The West Indies though have won this series, 4-1.

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Hay and McMillan have come in for Taylor and Ryder for the final ODI.

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4th ODI vs West Indies

WI Innings
229/9 R Hinds 58, M Samuels 53
D Vettori 3-22, B Hiini 2-46

NZ Innings
197(47.2) J Oram 70, P Fulton 34
N Millar 3-43, D Sammy 3-45

West Indies win by 32 runs

Once again our batsman have not stood up when required and have let us down during the whole series. Fulton and Oram have done well but they are the exception rather than the rule. How, Taylor and McCullum have all been disappointing. The worst performer however has been Ryder. After being our best ODI batsman last season, he has only scored 28 runs@ 7.00 over 4 matches. That is simply not good enough for a player of his potential. There will be changes for the 5th ODI with a major shakeup likely.

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3rd ODI vs West Indies

WI Innings
219/8 S Chanderpaul 59, D Ramdin 46no
J Oram 2-37, K Mills 2-39

NZ Innings
221/9(50) P Fulton 84, J How 50
D Bravo 3-36, D Sammy 2-46

NZ win by 1 wicket

We were very ordinary here and we still haven't hit top form. We did however seem to have it under control until a mid-order collapse nearly killed us off. At 150/3 we were cruising but we then went on to lose 5 wickets for 35 runs. A 30 run partnership between Mills and Vettori got us close before another wicket made it tight again. Southee came in and hit a 4 and a 2 to win the game!

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We have made 2 changes for the 3rd ODI with Hiini and Mills replacing Bond and Franklin. Hiini will shore up our batting which has struggled over the past 2 weeks.

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2nd ODI vs West Indies

NZ Innings
171/8 J Oram 39, J How 33
D Sammy 2-32, N Millar 2-32

WI Innings
173/6(33.4) D Smith 47, S Chanderpaul 41
J Ryder 3-27, D Vettori 2-42

West Indies win by 4 wickets

A very similar situation to the first game with the West Indies winning the toss and bowling under cloudy skies. We once again struggled to adapt a put up a measly total. The Windies came out all guns blazing and got well ahead of the required run-rate. Regular wickets kept me interested but a score was to little to defend. We now have 3 must win games if we want to win this series.

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1st ODI vs West Indies

WI Innings
241/9 S Chanderpaul 71, D Smith 40
T Southee 3-51, D Vettori 2-28

NZ Innings
183/9(50) P Fulton 43, I Robertson 30
A Richardson 4-40

WI win by 58 runs

We were unlucky as they won the toss and batted in the best conditions whereas we had to bat under very cloudy skies and we failed to cope. Richardson bowled very well for them whereas our bowling was generally inaccurate. I will keep the same team for the 2nd game but another loss could force me into making changes.

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Our lineup for the 1st ODI looks like this:

P Fulton(c)
J How
I Robertson
R Taylor
J Ryder
J Oram
B McCullum(wk)
D Vettori
J Franklin
T Southee
S Bond

The West Indies team is:

C Gayle
D Smith
S Chanderpaul
R Sarwan
A Barath
D Bravo
D Ramdin
D Sammy
N Millar
A Richardson
J Bennett

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15 man squad for 5 match ODI series vs West Indies:

P Fulton
J How
R Taylor
G Hay
J Ryder
I Robertson
C McMillan
B Hiini
J Oram
B McCullum
D Vettori
J Franklin
K Mills
T Southee
S Bond

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T20 vs West Indies

WI Innings
113/5 R Sarwan 42no, R Hinds 39no
J Oram 3-25, T Southee 1-25

NZ Innings
114/4(17.1) R Taylor 34no, J Ryder 27no
N Millar 2-28

NZ win by 6 wickets

T20s seem rather pointless in this game as their are no rankings for them and we only play 1 or 2 a year. It is an opportunity to try some new tactics and players. We won this one by bowling very accurately before some good batting between Ryder and Taylor got us home.

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3rd Test vs West Indies

NZ 1st Innings
193 J Oram 81, J Franklin 29
D Sammy 3-45, D Bravo 3-55

WI 1st Innings
412 C Gayle 86, S Chanderpaul 66
S Bond 4-101, J Franklin 3-99

NZ 2nd Innings
333 P Fulton 82, B McCullum 83no
N Millar 5-110, J Bennett 2-60

WI 2nd Innings
116/1 C Gayle 52no
J Franklin 1-39

WI win by 9 wickets

A terrible 1st innings batting performance has cost us the chance to win our 2nd series of the season. We have let ourselves down in this game as we are better than the Windies but on the day they were better. We now have one T20 and 5 ODIs. We should win the ODIs as we are a quality one-day outfit ranked 2nd in the world. Our squad will be named after the T20.

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I retained the same team for the 2nd test.

2nd Test vs West Indies

NZ Innings
588/8(dec) P Fulton 133, N Horsley 114
D Bravo 4-155, J Bennett 2-133

West Indies 1st Innings
370 C Gayle 91, D Bravo 55
J Franklin 5-82, D Vettori 4-113

WI 2nd Innings(following on)
411 D Bravo 116, C Gayle 103
T Southee 4-78, S Bond 3-90

NZ 2nd Innings
77/2 P Fulton 55no, N Horsley 15
J Bennett 1-18

Match Drawn

A hard fought match has ended in a draw. We batted superbly well in our 1st innings, although the West Indies did well enough in their turn at bat. If anything we batted to slowly as it took us 2 days to get to 588. On a slow pitch with a slow outfield, it was nearly impossible to rip through the order. Scoring was slow throughout and a draw was the only achievable outcome. With 1 test still to play I hope Oram is fit again to give us another test quality bowling option.