New Zealand A cricket team
Captain: | BJ Watling[1] |
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Coach: | Bob Carter[2] |
Founded: | 1997 |
Home ground: | Bert Sutcliffe Oval |
Capacity: | n/a |
First-class debut: |
England XI in January 30, 1997 at Victoria Park, Wanganui |
Official website: | Official Website |
The New Zealand A cricket team is a cricket team representing New Zealand, and is the "second tier" of international New Zealand cricket below the full New Zealand cricket team. The team played its first game, against an England XI, in 1996/97.
New Zealand A have played fewer games in their history than most other A sides, partly because of a three-year gap between 2000/01 and 2003/04 in which they played no matches at all.
BJ Watling is the current captain of the team for England and Scotland tour which starts in August 2014.
In April 2014, Bob Carter who was New Zealand's assistant coach left his role with the national side to take up the position of high-performance coach. Carter is responsible for developing the U-19s and A team sides.
Season-by-season results summary
First-Class Matches
New Zealand A matches | First-class v A team | |||||
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Year | Opposition | Venue | Win | Lost | Drawn | NR |
1997 | England XI | New Zealand | 1 | - | - | - |
1997 | Sri Lankans | New Zealand | - | - | - | 1 |
1998 | Zimbabweans | New Zealand | 1 | - | - | - |
1998 | Pakistan A | New Zealand | 1[3] | - | - | - |
1998 | South Africans | New Zealand | - | - | 1 | - |
1999 | England Lions | New Zealand | - | - | 1 | - |
1999 | West Indians | New Zealand | - | - | 1 | - |
1999 | England Lions | New Zealand | - | 1 | - | - |
2000 | Lancashire | England | - | - | 1 | - |
2000 | West Indians | England | - | - | 1 | - |
2000 | Sussex | England | 1 | - | - | - |
2000 | First-Class Counties Select XI | England | - | - | 1 | - |
2000 | Hampshire | England | 1 | - | - | - |
2000 | MCC | England | - | 1 | - | - |
2001 | Pakistanis | New Zealand | 1 | - | - | - |
2004 | Sri Lanka A | New Zealand | 3 | - | - | - |
2004 | South Africa A | South Africa | - | 1 | 2 | - |
2005 | Sri Lanka A | Sri Lanka | 1 | - | 2 | - |
2008 | India A | India | 1 | 1 | - | - |
2009 | England Lions | New Zealand | - | - | 2 | - |
2010 | Zimbabwe A | Zimbabwe | 2 | - | 1 | - |
2012 | India A | New Zealand | - | - | 2 | - |
2013 | India A | India | - | - | 2 | - |
2013 | Sri Lanka A | Sri Lanka | - | 1 | - | - |
2014 | Kent | England | - | - | - | 1 |
2014 | Surrey | England | - | - | - | - |
Current squad
This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand A team who went to England and Scotland in August 2014.
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | S/N | |
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Captain | |||||||
BJ Watling | 31 | Right-handed | n/a | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 47 | |
Middle-Order Batsmen | |||||||
Dean Brownlie | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury | Test, Twenty20 | ||
Daryl Mitchell | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury | |||
Colin Munro | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Auckland | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Hamish Rutherford | 27 | Left-handed | n/a | Otago | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
Michael Bracewell | 25 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Otago | |||
Tom Latham | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | ||
All-rounders | |||||||
Todd Astle | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm Off break | Canterbury | Test | ||
Anton Devcich | 31 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Northern Districts | ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Grant Elliott | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wellington | ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Colin de Grandhomme | -17850 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Auckland | ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Scott Kuggeleijn | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wellington | |||
Pace Bowlers | |||||||
Hamish Bennett | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast–medium | Canterbury | ODI | 52 | |
Doug Bracewell | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Central Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | ||
Matt Henry | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Canterbury | ODI | 21 | |
Adam Milne | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Central Districts | ODI, Twenty20 | 2 | |
Spin Bowlers | |||||||
Mark Craig | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm Off break | Otago | Test | ||
Ish Sodhi | 24 | Right-handed | Leg break | Northern Districts | Test, Twenty20 | ||