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New Zealand pre-season training camp to begin on September 19
By CricketCountry Staff
Ahead of the Zimbabwe and Australia tours, New Zealand cricketers, except those playing in the upcoming Champions League T20 in India will take part in a pre-season training camp at Lincoln.
Published: Sep 14, 2011, 04:18 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 14, 2011, 04:18 PM (IST)
A few players including Martin Guptill (L) will join the camp later if Auckland Aces doesn’t go past the qualifying round of CLT20 © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Wellington: Sep 14, 2011
Ahead of the Zimbabwe and Australia tours, New Zealand cricketers, except those playing in the upcoming Champions League T20 in India will take part in a pre-season training camp at Lincoln.
All cricketers with central contract including top 14 domestic players will take part in the camp, which will run from September 19 to 30th, and will cover all areas of preparation on and off the field.
New Zealand Cricket’s director of cricket John Buchanan said, “It been a long time since the BLACKCAPS played international cricket and the fact we have a number of new support staff make it a very important camp.”
“Preparation for the tour of Zimbabwe will be the main focus but a range of benefits come from bringing together a large group of players. There will be a variety of conditioning and cricket activities including a number of limited over practice matches.”
“Players will also get the opportunity to work with specialists to help get them physically and mentally fit as they gear up for the summer ahead,” he added.
Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Bruce Martin and Kyle Mills will join the camp if the Auckland Aces don’t go past the CLT20 qualifying matches held on September 19-21.
A few days ago, New Zealand Cricket announced the dates of the Zimbabwe and Australia tours to complete the overseas tour schedule for 2011.
Led by Ross Taylor, New Zealand will play two Twenty20 Internationals, three One Day Internationals and a Test match between October 15 and November 5 in Zimbabwe.
The Twenty20 series and first two ODI’s will be contested in Harare with the final ODI and Test match scheduled for Bulawayo. A two-day warm-up match just prior to the Test will be played in Bulawayo on October 28.
In addition to the two-match Test series announced earlier, the Kiwis will play warm-up matches in Sydney and Brisbane ahead of the Australia series. The first will be a three-day fixture against a New South Wales XI on November 18 with a four-day match against Australia A starting on November 24.
The first Test match starts in Brisbane on December 1 and the second match getting underway in Hobart on December 9.
Players to attend the camp:
Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, Todd Astle, Hamish Bennett, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie, Derek de Boorder, Grant Elliott, Daniel Flynn, Peter Fulton, Tarun Nethula, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Andy McKay – Wellington Firebird, Tim McIntosh, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Kruger van Wyk, BJ Watling, Sam Wells, Kane Williamson, Brad Wilson, Luke Woodcock, Reece Young.