Australia tour of New Zealand, 2004/05 news from Cricinfo.com

Beige days are here again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A couple of years ago the Beige Brigade sent $100 to New Zealand Cricket with a note saying that they were keen to get the New Zealand team back wearing their former brown and tan one-day playing strip

Bond hoping to be bowling again by November

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Aims to return against Australia at home

Beige makes a comeback

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Beige Brigade will be in raptures with the news that New Zealand will again wear the one-day strip from the 1980s when they take on Australia in a Twenty20 international at Eden Park in February

Test cricket is 'not sport'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rodney Hogg, the former fast bowler, has branded Test cricket "not sport" after a string of one-sided matches involving Australia and New Zealand

Daniel Vettori - New Zealand's wizard of spin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At the post-match presentations in New Zealand Stephen Fleming was invariably asked the same two questions

The great and the not-so-good

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rain caused Australia the most discomfort in New Zealand, but it couldn't wash away a string of brilliant performances by Gilchrist, McGrath, Warne and Ponting

Ponting rushes Australia to 2-0 series win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia can think safely of the Ashes after they survived a nervous fright to seal a 2-0 series victory

Fleming's strangulation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In society strangulation is a crime but, as Stephen Fleming showed today, in cricket it can be an artform

Australia storming despite Franklin's six

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Franklin persevered through a third Adam Gilchrist explosion to claim a career-best six wickets, but Australia were thundering through the final Test

Ponting's punishment

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's hopes of tying the Test series rested on a counter attack from the lower-order batsmen on the second morning

Warne faces text-message investigation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Warne is under investigation by Cricket Australia for another text-message affair after a New Zealand newspaper reportedly had a source willing to sell the story for $30,000

Ponting's change of pace upsets New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting blazed a thrilling hundred as the series-deciding Test roared to life at Auckland, and Australia trailed New Zealand's first innings by 73

New Zealand v Australia, 3rd Test, Auckland

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Match home

Captaincy conundrums

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Verdict

NZ slip late on day of hard climbing

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stephen Fleming worked his way back into form with a gutsy half-century, but New Zealand were battling at 199 for 5 to keep pace with Australia on an absorbing day

Australia unchanged for series finale

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia have chosen the same line-up for the third consecutive Test against New Zealand in the series decider at Auckland tomorrow

Ponting advises Clarke on slump

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has counselled Michael Clarke about the pressures of maintaining youthful batting form as Australia's golden child suffers his first Test slump

David Shepherd prepares to bow out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Shepherd, for so long part of the furniture of international cricket, is preparing to call it a day

McGrath tops Australia's ranking list

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath is predicted to become Australia's most valuable player less than a year after considering retirement

James Marshall called into Kiwi squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

James Marshall, the twin brother of Hamish, has been called up into the New Zealand squad for the final Test against Australia, starting at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday

'We've done everything we possibly could' - Ponting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The rain was the major discussion point at the post-match presentation, where Adam Gilchrist was named Man of the Match for his 162 from 146 balls

Wet weather helps New Zealand survive

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath delivered Australia the perfect start but rain spoiled their attempt at sealing the series, and New Zealand were 48 for 3 when the Test was abandoned

Kasprowicz inspires revival as NZ rely on the rain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's hunt for victory was stalled by rain as play was abandoned at tea

Lee may still get county deal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee could still appear in county cricket this summer, ahead of the Ashes series, despite John Buchanan's call for all his players to have a break before the trip to England

The crisis at the top

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Verdict

Gilchrist and Martyn crack New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Adam Gilchrist ruined New Zealand for the second time in two Tests with a brilliant, brutal 162 and Australia's bowlers were almost as cruel as they bullied four wickets from a wilting top order

New Zealand v Australia, 2nd Test, Wellington

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Martyn's stunning century drowns New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Damien Martyn's delightful century directed a third-session flood as Australia swamped New Zealand with 337 for 5 at the Basin Reserve

Buchanan orders rest before the Ashes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

John Buchanan wants Australia's players - including Brett Lee - to rest before the Ashes in preparation for a gruelling 11-month touring schedule

McMillan faces stern test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Craig McMillan will face an acid test in the forthcoming days as he struggles to keep his place in the New Zealand Test side

Umpires call off first day of rain and fog

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rain washed out the first day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand without a ball being bowled at Wellington's Basin Reserve

Staying afloat in the Basin Reserve

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's series could be sucked from Wellington's Basin Reserve in the second Test starting on Friday unless they have recovered from the demoralising shift of power at Christchurch

Lee misses Test XI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting wants Brett Lee, who has missed Australia's starting XI again, to play in the Pura Cup final, but he will not release him until the second Test starts at Wellington tomorrow

Hayden 'sharp and hungry' for Wellington

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A shoulder injury, a run drought and a bout of pleurisy have given Matthew Hayden a wretched summer, but entering the second Test tomorrow he feels as hungry as when he was pushing his way back into the Australia side five years ago

Lee will not play in Pura Cup final

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee will not now play for New South Wales in the Pura Cup final, after the possibility of a last-minute dash from Wellington to Brisbane was ruled out

Australia drop the ball over skills training

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's skills training is neglected on tour and is one of the reasons for a spate of dropped catches, according to the coach John Buchanan

Lee could fly home for final

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee might miss out on a place for the second Test which starts on Friday, but there are suggestions he might rush home in time to appear for New South Wales against Queensland in the Pura Cup final which starts at Brisbane on the same day

Vetting Vettori and Gilchrist's greatness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The quality of Daniel Vettori's bowling has been a constant worry for Australia this summer, and in the first innings of the first Test he was again the major threat to every batsman - except Adam Gilchrist

Big Merv and Funky straighten Dizzy's spin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A piece of technical advice from two of Australia's most zany Test bowlers revived Jason Gillespie's first Test and helped him repel the threat of Brett Lee

Warne now calls England home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England can finally claim a world-champion legspinner after Shane Warne announced he would base himself there when not playing in Australia

Oram and Styris ruled out of Australia series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Following their thumping nine-wicket defeat at Christchurch, New Zealand's shellshocked cricketers received further bad news after the match, when it was revealed that their pivotal allrounders, Jacob Oram and Scott Styris, will have to sit out the

The relentless baggygreen bowling machine

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jason Gillespie was supposedly out-of-form and leaving Brett Lee out looked to be a mistake

The importance of being Gilchrist

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Had he been a cricket writer, Oscar Wilde's novel The Importance of Being Earnest might have been renamed The Importance of Being Gilchrist

Honours even after Gilchrist and Vettori heroics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Adam Gilchrist catapulted Australia from the brief possibility of following on to trailing by 10 runs at the end of a swinging and absorbing day at Christchurch

A McGrath special marshalls Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the few times New Zealand have challenged Australia this season, Hamish Marshall has been a mighty contributor

Lillee urges Lee to play county cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dennis Lillee has expressed his disappointment over Brett Lee's omission from the first Test against New Zealand, and has recommended he play county cricket ahead of the Ashes

Kiwis storming despite six McGrath blows

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath pulled Australia out of their self-induced bowling misery with a mesmerising six-wicket spell, but they were still experiencing extreme pressure and were behind by 292 runs

New Zealand v Australia, 1st Test, Christchurch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Preview - When good neighbours become foes Team news - Kasprowicz edges out Lee for opening battle

Marshall's ton puts New Zealand in control

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hamish Marshall proved he was a big-game batsman with a fabulous century as New Zealand produced a wildly successful start to the Test series

Kasprowicz edges out Lee for opening battle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Kasprowicz has been preferred to Brett Lee for the first Test against New Zealand, starting at Christchurch tomorrow (March 10)

Vincent recalled to NZ team for Australia Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Iain O'Brien and Craig Cumming will make their debut tomorrow at Jade Stadium in Christchurch

Thomson fumes over Lee Test talk

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jeff Thomson has angrily rejected calls for Brett Lee's promotion to the Test side against New Zealand at Christchurch

When good neighbours become foes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There are a couple of hurdles that make the three-Test series between Australia and New Zealand, starting at Christchurch on Thursday, a stop-off rather than the destination

Hayden cleared for Christchurch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden will play in the first Test against New Zealand on Thursday after recovering from a shoulder injury suffered two weeks ago at Christchurch

'Thomson is still the quickest I have seen' - Lloyd

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain, has said that the current Australian fast-bowling quartet doesn't possess the 'intimidation factor' that bowlers of the 1970s and 1980s had

New twist in Tuffey scandal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daryl Tuffey, whose poor form ruled him out of Test contention, faced a New Zealand Cricket inquiry into alleged misconduct

Bracewell excuses are 'ridiculous' - Warne

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Warne has attacked John Bracewell on his return to the Australia team by saying he has 'no idea' and some of the best excuses

McGrath shoots for 600 wickets

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath has lifted his sights to 600 Test wickets as he prepares to become the first Australia bowler to play a Test aged 35 since Ray Lindwall

Gillespie faces a push from Lee

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath is the only fast-bowling certainty as Australia try to fit four into three for the opening Test against New Zealand starting on Thursday

Gilchrist warns against too much change

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Adam Gilchrist has warned the Australian selectors against altering the balance of the side ahead of the 1st Test against New Zealand at Christchurch, starting on Thursday.

Fast pitch favours Lee

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Comments from Chris Lewis, the curator at Christchurch, that the pitch for Thursday's first Test between New Zealand and Australia will favour fast bowlers will boost Brett Lee's chances of playing

Brett Lee unleashes his fastest delivery

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee unleashed his fastest-ever delivery by clocking 160.8kmh in the first over of New Zealand's innings at Napier

Ponting delivers the whitewash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia sealed a 5-0 series victory over New Zealand with a massive 347 for 5 and a frightening early bowling display that earned them a 122-run win

Hussey called as cover for Hayden

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden's slow-healing right shoulder has forced Australia to extend Mike Hussey's stay to provide cover for the first Test against New Zealand starting on Thursday

Vettori fit for final one-dayer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand received some rare good injury news when Daniel Vettori was cleared to play in the final one-day match against Australia at Napier tomorrow

McCullum accepts Lee beamer apology

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It has taken almost a week, but Brendon McCullum has finally cleared the air over the Brett Lee beamer furore and told how he accepted his apology

Hayden shoulders Test concern

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden's shoulder injury, which has forced him out of tomorrow's one-day game at Napier, is becoming a worry for the first Test starting on Thursday

Cairns says no to Test comeback

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chris Cairns has rejected a plea from John Bracewell to return to Test cricket and help out a side debilitated by injury for the series against Australia

Mature Katich ready to replace Lehmann

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Simon Katich, the favourite for the No

Bowling brothers support Lee

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee's pace teammates may be fighting to keep him out of the Test side, but the incumbent trio is united in defending him in the beamers controversy

Selection reveals the need for clean slate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Whether John Bracewell is willing to admit it or not, today's selection of the New Zealand team for the first Test against Australia is a direct reflection of the insurmountable mental edge that Ricky Ponting's men have over their counterparts

Sore New Zealand rely on rookies

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New Zealand's desperate selectors, who had seven contenders unavailable with injury, have rustled up two uncapped players for the first Test against Australia at Christchurch next week

Waugh backs Lee in beamer debate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Waugh believes Brett Lee's action has caused his tendency to spray beamers at opposition batsmen

Hodge seals New Zealand berth

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A strong Pura Cup season has won Brad Hodge a spot in the streamlined 13-man squad for the three-Test series against New Zealand

Hodge in line for Australian call-up

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brad Hodge's prolific domestic form for Victoria looks likely to earn him a place in the Australian squad for the Test leg of their New Zealand tour

Canning to replace Astle at Napier

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The New Zealand selectors have called up Tama Canning, the Auckland allrounder, to replace Nathan Astle for the final one-dayer against Australia in Napier on Saturday

Tuffey vows to fight back

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daryl Tuffey, the New Zealand fast bowler, is confident of fighting back in the squad after being dropped for the last two one-dayers against Australia

A flogging in the dead rubber

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Verdict

Lloyd defends Lee's beamer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Clive Lloyd, the match referee in the ongoing one-day series between Australia and New Zealand, has defended Brett Lee's beam-balls as `unintentional'

Gilchrist blasts Australia to stunning victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's rampant batsmen completed the most lopsided match of an already tilted series with an amazing 15.4 overs to spare at Wellington's Basin Reserve

Early exits for Tuffey and Papps

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daryl Tuffey's involvement in the one-day series against Australia is over after a shocking performance in the third ODI at Auckland on Saturday

New Zealand lose Vettori for Wellington

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Vettori will rest his delicate back for the Test series after he was named 12th man for the fourth one-day match against Australia at Wellington's Basin Reserve

Beamers are not intentional - Ponting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Accusations that Brett Lee is delivering intentional bean balls are 'rubbish', according to Ricky Ponting

Lee creates selection headache

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brett Lee's intimidating one-day form is leading Australia to another seriously difficult decision when the Test series against New Zealand begins next week

Could Brett Lee be sued if beamers continue?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

John Bracewell, the New Zealand coach, has warned that Brett Lee could face legal action if he delivered a beamer on Australian soil

New Zealand ring the changes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The New Zealand squad has been changed for the last two one-dayers against Australia, with the injured Michael Papps and the out-of-form Daryl Tuffey replaced by Craig Cumming and Lance Hamilton, who has yet to play an international game

A fortress no more

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The night before the third one-day international at Auckland, I told a colleague of mine in the UK that the expected slow wicket at Eden Park gave New Zealand a decent winning chance

Dominant Australia wrap up the series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia sealed the five-match series against New Zealand with two games to play thanks to another strong all-round performance at Auckland

Dominant Australia wrap up the series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia sealed the five-match series against New Zealand with two games to play thanks to another strong all-round performance at Auckland

Adams ruled out with illness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

An illness that restricted Andre Adams' domestic season has struck again and he will miss the third one-day match against Australia at Auckland

Sack three selectors and save money - Smith

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Snedden, the New Zealand Cricket chief executive, has dismissed Ian Smith's suggestion to save money by sacking three selectors who 'don't appear to do anything'

Symonds craves another Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Symonds loves playing for Australia but believes his heavy one-day load threatens his chances of another Test call-up

Katich wins opening berth

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Clarke's stunning success as Australia's VB Series opener has been overlooked in favour of giving Simon Katich a chance alongside Adam Gilchrist at Auckland tomorrow

Top order seeks out psychologist

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia have subjected New Zealand's batsmen to so much mental pressure that some of them used a day off to see the team's psychologist

Clarke ready for promotion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Clarke is ready to step back in as Australia's opener if Matthew Hayden fails to recover from a shoulder injury for Saturday's third one-day match against New Zealand

Papps replaces struggling Sinclair

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mathew Sinclair has been dropped for New Zealand's next two one-day matches against Australia and sent back to the State Championship to re-find his form

Papps replaces struggling Sinclair

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mathew Sinclair has been dropped for New Zealand's next two one-day matches against Australia and sent back to the State Championship to re-find his form

Hayden in doubt for Auckland

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden is in danger of missing the third one-day match against New Zealand with a shoulder injury after re-sealing his spot with a satisfying hundred at Christchurch last night

Distinctly second-best

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The little matter of 314 runs batting first, a blazing century to Matthew Hayden, boundaries as common as singles: a typical Jade Stadium deck, you would think

Hayden powers Australia to a big win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden's return-to-form hundred and Adam Gilchrist's hands secured Australia a 2-0 series lead with a crushing victory at Christchurch