New Zealand tour of Australia, 2011/12 news from Cricinfo.com

Bracewell has 'done some special things' - Wright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The New Zealand coach John Wright has challenged Doug Bracewell to keep aiming high after he bowled his side to victory over Australia in Hobart

Cricket Australia backs down on Man of the Match

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Doug Bracewell's snubbing as Man of the Match in Hobart has forced Cricket Australia to back down on its controversial viewer-voting system

Mickey Arthur backs Ponting, Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey still have plenty to offer the Australian middle order and will play in the Boxing Day Test against India, according to coach Mickey Arthur

It was just massive relief - Guptill

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Guptill, the New Zealand opener, has said the fight and heart his team showed on the fourth day of the Hobart Test will give them confidence for the future

Warner silences his Test doubters

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner's career is only two Tests old but already he has achieved something that eluded Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer: he has carried his bat through an innings

Taylor 'stoked' with Bracewell burst

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A seven-run win ended 18 years of hidings and draws; a generation of young New Zealand players and fans now know what it's like to beat Australia, it can be done

Hughes has to find runs - Clarke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Clarke has conceded that Phillip Hughes may need to go back to state cricket to regain his form after another failure in the second innings of Australia's loss to New Zealand in Hobart

'We showed a lot of ticker today' - Taylor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A seven-run win ended 18 years of hidings and draws; a generation of young New Zealand players and fans now know what it's like to beat Australia, it can be done

'Confidence will carry a long way' - Fleming

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's former captain Stephen Fleming spoke for a generation of cricketers from his homeland when he rejoiced in a remarkable seven-run victory over Australia

Bracewell delivers extraordinary victory for NZ

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

An extraordinary spell from Doug Bracewell and a horrific batting disintegration by Australia handed New Zealand a dramatic and momentous seven-run Test victory in Hobart

Morning session will be crucial - Damien Wright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Damien Wright, the New Zealand bowling coach, has said that New Zealand have to bowl really well on the fourth morning if they are to have a chance of winning the Test

Hughes, Warner ride luck in chase

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A fortunate Phillip Hughes and an enterprising David Warner guided Australia to 0 for 72 in pursuit of 241 to defeat New Zealand in the second Test

A day for the bowlers - Martin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chris Martin believes Phillip Hughes will be under serious pressure when it comes time for Australia to begin their chase at Bellerive Oval

New Zealand in unexpected command

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand find themselves in an unexpectedly commanding position following an eventful second day of the second Test

Dean Brownlie matches New Zealand legends

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It is hard to believe, watching Dean Brownlie handle the Australian bowlers comfortably, that he could not find a place in Western Australia's side during his years of playing club cricket in Perth

We're quite happy with 150 - Brownlie

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rarely in Test cricket is a first-innings score of 150 enough. New Zealand have never won a Test having scored so few batting first

Vettori out till new year with hamstring injury

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Vettori could miss nearly a month due to the injury to his left hamstring that ruled him out of the second Test against Australia in Hobart

Pattinson five-for puts Australia in control

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Phillip Hughes was caught Martin Guptill, bowled Chris Martin yet again, after Australia's quicks made the most of a verdant Hobart pitch to rout New Zealand for a meagre 150

Mental toughness key for New Zealand batsmen - Taylor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ross Taylor has said New Zealand will aim to bat with more discipline in the second Test in Hobart

Australia name unchanged side for Hobart

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Christian will have to put on hold his dreams of a baggy green after Australia named an unchanged side for the second Test in Hobart

Hosts confident as lively pitch beckons

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Hobart

New Zealand bank on local knowledge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand bowling coach, Damien Wright, has had success during his playing days in Hobart, and his charges are looking to learn from him

Pattinson debut exposes coaching disparity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Pattinson's astonishing debut has exposed the often vast differences between state and national coaching philosophies in Australia

Arthur calls for 'mature' rotation response

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's cricketers must be mature enough to accept changes to the team for reasons of balance or rotation will become more frequent under the new team performance regime

Australian export Brownlie thriving for New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dean Brownlie spent the first 25 years of his life in Australia. Now he is trying to thwart them in Test cricket.

Batsmen 'on notice' - John Wright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

John Wright, the New Zealand coach, has slammed his side's batting performance at the Gabba, but said there would not be any changes to the top order for the second Test in Hobart

'I'm on top of my game' - Christian

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Christian has been dreaming of a baggy green since he was a child, but he didn't think it would happen this summer

Batsman-rotation plan irks Michael Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey is uncomfortable with the possibility of batsmen being rotated out of the Australian Test team

Christian included for Hobart

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Christian has formally replaced Ben Cutting in the only change to the Australia squad for the second Test against New Zealand in Hobart

Pattinson picks up simple mantra

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In his own words, James Pattinson has been "smashing" a full length at every opportunity for the past four months. Given the chance to make his debut, he duly used that length to smash New Zealand

New Zealand 'would love' Hughes retention

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Phillip Hughes may be the best thing going for a battling New Zealand outfit right now

Pattinson sets up Australia's nine-wicket win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Pattinson achieved in Brisbane what Nathan Lyon managed in Galle and Pat Cummins accomplished in Johannesburg: a five-wicket haul on Test debut to help Australia to victory

Christian has strong chance to debut

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Christian has a chance of making his debut in the Hobart Test as insurance against the risk of overextending the hosts' youthful bowling attack

Bracewell needs to work on no-balls - Martin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Doug Bracewell must use the error of dismissing Australia captain Michael Clarke with a no-ball as a spur to ensure it does not happen again, Chris Martin has said

Clarke wants clarity on bad light

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's captain Michael Clarke believes a clearer distinction must be drawn between light that is potentially harmful to players and light that is merely difficult

Australia take charge through Clarke and Haddin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After two hard-fought days at the Gabba, Australia tightened their grip on the Test on the third

Vettori impressed by Lyon's aggression

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nathan Lyon and Daniel Vettori bowl with opposite hands and could not be further apart in the volume of their Test match experience. Yet their intelligence and application were at a similarly high level on day two in Brisbane

Sutherland questions bad light call

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has questioned the bad light call that ended day two of the first Test against New Zealand

Ponting half-century steers Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After nearly two years without a Test hundred, Ricky Ponting gave himself every chance of completing one on home soil with an assured half-century that provided a solid platform for Australia at the Gabba

McCullum rues poor shot selection

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's batsmen are rightly cursing their shot-selection after giving up the first five wickets of the innings with a flurry of poor choices

Starc searches for consistency

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mitchell Starc's debut day for Australia began with a pep-talk from Richie Benaud. It ended with two wickets and an enhanced reputation

Australia on top on truncated day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The first day of Australia's home Test summer ended in gloom, only 51 overs bowled as bad light and rain closed in on the Gabba late in the second session. But for Australia's fans, the darkness overhead was of less consequence than the several bright spo

Clarke's chance to prove himself at home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

This series is the first chance at home for Michael Clarke's XI to prove themselves worthy to the Australian fans

Bracewell can become great - Taylor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand captain Ross Taylor expects great things of Doug Bracewell, declaring the young allrounder capable of growing into one of the best in the world

New-look Australia remain favourites

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabba

Hussey hopes youngsters gel into team

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Though Australia's XI for the first Test against New Zealand is flushed with youth, Michael Hussey has admitted it lacks the familiarity and closeness of past teams.

What Sehwag saw in Warner

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag saw the Test batsman in David Warner before he realised it himself

'We can adjust to Gabba bounce' - John Wright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's batsmen can make a callow Australian attack sweat in the first Test, so long as they successfully manage the awkward adjustment from the easy surface of Allan Border Field to the more steepling bounce of the Gabba

Mickey Arthur wants Steve Rixon back

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Rixon was conspicuous by his absence at Allan Border Field as Australia's Test team reconvened to face New Zealand. Out of contract after his short-term Cricket Australia deal ended with the South Africa tour, Rixon continues to deliberate on hi

Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon thrust into leadership

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the same day he anointed Peter Siddle spearhead of Australia's least seasoned bowling attack for 23 years, the head coach Mickey Arthur has stressed the spinner Nathan Lyon must also be prepared to play the role of a leader in the first Test against Ne

'No fear of Australia at all' - Bracewell

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand seamer Doug Bracewell has said his team has the "mongrel" to topple Australia on their own turf, ahead of the two-Test series that gets underway at the Gabba from December 1

Johnson considers surgery on foot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mitchell Johnson, the Australia fast bowler, may have surgery on his injured left foot, which could rule him out of the whole of Australia's home season

Explosive Ryder livens draw

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The tour match may have ended in a draw, but there was no shortage of entertainment as Jesse Ryder equalled a first-class record for the most sixes in an innings - 16 - on his way to 175 at the Allan Border Field

Tourists build lead after Cowan century

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ed Cowan and Matthew Wade fashioned innings of substance to help Australia A get within 28 runs of the New Zealand tourists' first innings in the tour match in Brisbane

Howard, selectors test depth at their disposal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia have turned injury crisis into selection opportunity by naming four potential debutants in the squad for the first Test against New Zealand, and they are unlikely to be the last this summer

Starc, Pattinson, Siddle, Cutting to set pace for Gabba

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ben Cutting have been named as the Australian pace quartet for the first Test against New Zealand

Bracewell excels for tourists

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's young fast bowler Doug Bracewell excelled with the bat then the ball as the tourists enjoyed another decent day against Australia A in the tour match in Brisbane

Ponting confronts his cricket mortality

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has conceded he does not have much time left in the game, saying he will quit as soon as he considers himself incapable of improvement

Five Australia players ruled out of first NZ Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Johnson and Pat Cummins will all miss Australia's first Test against New Zealand, scheduled to start from December 1 in Brisbane

Nice to play with that sort of freedom - McCullum

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brendon McCullum has said he was trying to place Australia A's bowlers, who were aspiring for a place in the national XI, under pressure

McCullum batters Test aspirant attack

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brendon McCullum's blazing 146 from a mere 115 balls pushed the New Zealand tourists to a firm 4 for 290 against Australia A after a rain and bad light-shortened first day

Ailing Watson puts Copeland in the frame

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Trent Copeland agrees a bleak injury prognosis for Shane Watson has greatly enhanced his chances of taking part in the first Test against New Zealand

Cummins' heel adds to Australian injury troubles

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pat Cummins has added to Australia's myriad injury troubles by revealing he has carried a tender left heel home from his momentous debut in South Africa

Taylor wants three Tests against Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's motivation for the forthcoming series against Australia includes the desire to again be afforded the chance to play three Tests against the hosts

Arthur arrival has captain's jigsaw falling into place

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Having guided Australia through the turbulent first eight months of his captaincy, Michael Clarke is decidedly relieved to have a settled support staff

Clarke concedes quartet in doubt

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has conceded he may be without Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, and Mitchell Johnson for the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane

Chance to put Australia under pressure - Martin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chris Martin, the New Zealand fast bowler, has said that Australia's underwhelming recent form in Tests provides an opening for his team to exert pressure on a side under intense scrutiny at home

'We're going to have to show aggression'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Guptill, the New Zealand opener, has said his team will have to "show some aggression" in the two-Test series against Australia

Mickey Arthur chosen as Australia's coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mickey Arthur, the former South Africa coach, has been appointed the new coach of Australia

Watson in doubt for first Test against New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson has conceded that he is in doubt for the first Test against New Zealand and even if he does play, he will be unable to bowl

Trent Boult ready for Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Trent Boult has said playing in the first two rounds of the Plunket Shield has helped his preparation ahead of New Zealand's two-Test series in Australia in December

Pace quartet to duel for Australia A

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Ben Cutting will duel for the Test spot likely to be left open by the injured Ryan Harris when Australia A face New Zealand in Brisbane

Wright follows England example

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand will follow the England blue-print for defeating Australia in the two Test matches to be played in December, the coach John Wright has said

Ryder, Southee back to face Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand have recalled the batsman Jesse Ryder and the swing bowler Tim Southee from injuries in the 13-man squad to tour Australia for two Tests in December

We can beat this Australian team - Taylor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ross Taylor, New Zealand's captain, has said his side has the ability to upset Australia at home in December

NZ to tour Zimbabwe in October

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand will play two Twenty20s, three ODIs and one Test when they tour Zimbabwe in October

Don't forget Hauritz - Vettori

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Vettori believes Nathan Hauritz should not be far from the national selectors' thoughts when the Australian summer commences with a Test series against New Zealand in November

Tri-series returns to Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India's visit to Australia in 2011-12 has ushered the return of the limited overs tri-series and the reinstatement of the Australia Day Test match at Adelaide Oval.