Figures outline job ahead of Bracewell
As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer
Lynn McConnell
04-Jul-2003
As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer.
Extending from the International Cricket Council's Champions Trophy tournament through until the completion of the Sri Lankan tour, and success in the Bank Alfalah Cup tri-series, the figures are revealing.
It must be acknowledged that the Test season was an unusual one this year, based on the fact that only two home Tests were played, and two away Tests. However, it is significant that two batsmen, Stephen Fleming and Mark Richardson, the two most mature players called on during the season were far
out in front of other players in the side.
Building New Zealand's Test run-scoring potential has to be a priority for the demanding season that lies ahead. It is an indictment of the summer that the only century scored was that by Fleming in his 274 not out against Sri Lanka.
Similarly, in a season when 22 one-day internationals were played, only three centuries were scored. That number needs to be lifted significantly each season if New Zealand are to improve their success rate. Fleming again highlighted the success of his season by easily heading the list for most runs scored with his 642. But apart from him, and Scott Styris who scored 505 runs, the next highest run scorer was Chris Cairns with 359 runs.
That is insufficient for a team attempting to be competitive.
The Test bowling figures show the value Daryl Tuffey, Jacob Oram and Shane Bond enjoyed during the Indian series were conditions were made to suit. Tuffey and Oram took 15 wickets each, with their averages being 15.33 and 15.86 respectively.
It is amazing to think that in four Test matches Daniel Vettori only bowled 39 overs, and took but three wickets.
It was encouraging in the one-day sphere to see that of the bowlers who bowled more than 100 overs in ODIs during the year that Vettori (3.33), Tuffey (3.80), Oram (3.85), Kyle Mills (3.86) and Bond (3.98) were each below the economy rate mark of four runs per over while the only other bowler with more than 100 overs, Styris had an economy rate of 4.11.
That has to be a good starting point from which to push on in the future.
The statistics were:
Tests:
Batting Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St SP Fleming 4 7 2 454 274* 90.80 44.50 1 1 7 - MH Richardson 4 8 2 345 89 57.50 35.56 - 4 2 - JDP Oram 4 7 1 171 74 28.50 45.96 - 1 3 - PJ Wiseman 2 3 1 52 29 26.00 36.36 - - - - SB Styris 4 7 0 142 63 20.28 39.44 - 1 4 - MJ Horne 2 4 0 74 42 18.50 36.27 - - - - NJ Astle 2 3 0 55 41 18.33 57.89 - - 2 - DL Vettori 4 5 0 89 55 17.80 67.93 - 1 - - L Vincent 2 4 1 45 21* 15.00 31.03 - - 2 - SE Bond 4 4 3 13 10* 13.00 44.82 - - - - DR Tuffey 4 4 1 38 15 12.66 50.66 - - 4 - RG Hart 4 7 1 72 31 12.00 25.99 - - 10 - CD McMillan 2 3 0 31 18 10.33 48.43 - - 2 - MS Sinclair 2 4 0 21 17 5.25 24.70 - - 1 -
Bowling Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
DR Tuffey 4 96 33 230 15 15.33 4-12 - - 38.4 2.39
JDP Oram 4 98.5 25 238 15 15.86 4-41 - - 39.5 2.40
SE Bond 4 115.1 29 390 17 22.94 4-33 - - 40.6 3.38
NJ Astle 2 11 4 27 1 27.00 1-13 - - 66.0 2.45
SB Styris 4 16 0 90 3 30.00 3-28 - - 32.0 5.62
DL Vettori 4 39 9 105 3 35.00 3-94 - - 78.0 2.69
PJ Wiseman 2 82.3 21 251 6 41.83 4-104 - - 82.5 3.04
One-Day Internationals:
Batting Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St SB Styris 19 18 3 505 141 33.66 76.51 1 1 11 - SP Fleming 22 22 2 642 134* 32.10 66.39 1 2 18 - MS Sinclair 10 9 1 234 78 29.25 53.66 - 2 2 - NJ Astle 14 14 2 341 102* 28.41 80.42 1 2 5 - CL Cairns 16 15 2 359 54 27.61 79.07 - 1 5 - CZ Harris 16 14 5 215 38* 23.88 59.88 - - 5 - CJ Nevin 5 5 0 93 28 18.60 54.38 - - 1 - L Vincent 16 15 3 222 53* 18.50 49.11 - 1 8 - AR Adams 12 8 1 128 36 18.28 113.27 - - 1 - SE Bond 14 7 3 70 31* 17.50 100.00 - - 4 - JDP Oram 17 10 2 139 30 17.37 56.96 - - 4 - BB McCullum 19 13 4 152 47* 16.88 56.50 - - 38 1 CD McMillan 10 10 0 156 75 15.60 67.53 - 1 3 - KD Mills 13 8 2 86 23* 14.33 50.29 - - 4 - DL Vettori 20 10 3 97 16* 13.85 59.87 - - 6 - DR Tuffey 15 8 1 29 11 4.14 63.04 - - 2 - PJ Wiseman 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 66.66 - - - - PA Hitchcock 3 2 2 4 2* - 200.00 - - 1 -
Bowling Mat O M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ
PA Hitchcock 3 16 0 68 4 17.00 3-30 - - 24.0 4.25
JDP Oram 17 150.2 21 579 34 17.02 5-26 1 1 26.5 3.85
SE Bond 14 121 15 482 28 17.21 6-23 1 1 25.9 3.98
AR Adams 12 97.2 7 492 25 19.68 5-22 2 1 23.3 5.05
DR Tuffey 15 131.5 18 500 23 21.73 3-32 - - 34.3 3.79
NJ Astle 14 21 1 94 4 23.50 3-34 - - 31.5 4.47
SB Styris 19 100.3 11 413 16 25.81 2-23 - - 37.6 4.10
CL Cairns 16 8 0 54 2 27.00 2-16 - - 24.0 6.75
PJ Wiseman 1 6 0 27 1 27.00 1-27 - - 36.0 4.50
DL Vettori 20 148.3 14 494 18 27.44 4-14 1 - 49.5 3.32
KD Mills 13 108.4 10 419 15 27.93 3-45 - - 43.4 3.85
CZ Harris 16 80 5 302 5 60.40 1-6 - - 96.0 3.77
CD McMillan 10 2 1 4 0 - - - - - 2.00