New Zealand has reasonably good record at Cricket world cup tournaments but its form in one day matches is not giving enough confidence. But, team has very good one day players but Kiwis are struggling to play like a unit. New Zealand and arch rival Australia are placed in the same group. 2011 Cricket world cup – New Zealand team analysis: Current ICC one day Ranking: 7 Coach: Bowling coach: Allan Donald (South Africa) Captain: Daniel Vettori Crucial players: Daniel Vettori, Jacob Oram, Ross Taylor & Dangerous McCullum. Missing players: Daryl Tuffey, Andy McKay, Peter McGlashan & Grant Elliott Group A: New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya & Canada Qualification: Directly qualified basing on ICC one day team ranking. World cup history: New Zealand never reached finals in the World Cup. Best performance was at home in 1991-92 world cup (Can you forget Martin Crowe batting & Mark Greatbatch hitting?) New Zealand team for 2011 Cricket World Cup: S.NoCricketer NameAgeICC RankState Batsmen: 1.Jesse Ryder 85 2.Martin Guptill 52 3.Ross Taylor 24 4.Scott Styris 34 All-rounders: 1.Jacob Oram 69 & 11 2.Daniel Vettori 99 & 1 3. James Franklin 153&106 Wellington 4. Luke Woodcock 28 - Wellington Wicket-Keepers: 1.Brendon McCullum 29 2. Jamie How 94 Central Districts Bowlers: 1.Kyle Mills 16 2.Tim Southee 54 3.Nathan McCullum 111 Otago 4.Hamish Bennett 247 Canterbury 5.Kane Williamson 228 Schedule of New Zealand world cup matches: 1. February 20: Vs Kenya at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai 2. Febraury 25: Vs Australia at VCA stadium in Nagpur 3. March 4: Vs Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad 4. March 8: Vs Pakistan in Kandy 5. March 13: Vs Canada at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai 6. March 18: Vs Sri Lanka in Mumbai Strengths: One day specialists & World class all-rounders -Daniel Vettori & Jacob Oram Weaknesses: Poor form & lack of consistency Our rating for New Zealand team: 6.5/10 Our prediction for New Zealand in 2011 World Cup: Due to format of this world cup, New Zealand may reach quarter-finals. Unless dangerous players like McCullum will come out with special innings, New Zealand will lose to India/South Africa/England in the quarter-finals. If one-day specialists regain form, New Zealand can surprise opponents by reaching semi-finals. Please share your views on New Zealand cricket team. … [Read more...]
Preview: England-New Zealand World cup match
This is a match between two teams of similar style of play. Both teams have high hopes in this world cup as they trounced World champions Australia in recent matches. Both teams are headed by astute captains. England won a tournament in Australia after a long time while New Zealand white washed Australia in the recent series. But, New Zealand was defeated by Bangladesh in the warm up match due to slow nature of West Indies pitches. England was convincingly thrashed by Australia in the warm up match. England cricket team: Pros: 1. Collingwood is in superb form. 2. Presence of world class all rounder Andrew Flintoff. 3. Michael Vaughan Captaincy. 4. Kevin Pietersen big hitting is very useful on small West Indies grounds. Cons: 1. Inexperienced team. 2. Inconsistent team. 3. Absence of Marcus Trescothick New Zealand cricket team: Pros: 1. Captaincy of Stephen Fleming. 2. Emergence of Ross Taylor and Peter Fulton. 3. Brendum McCullum is in scintillating form. 4. Jacob Oram’s all round abilities. 5. Presence of world class off spinner Daniel Vettori. 6. Shane Bond bowling. Cons: 1. Failure to play spinners. Crucial contests that will decide the outcome of this match: 1. Jacob Oram × Andrew Flintoff. 2. Daniel Vettori × Monty Panesar 3. Michael Vaughan × Stephen Fleming 4. Paul Collingwood × Ross Taylor 5. Kevin Pietersen × Peter Fulton, Brendum McCullum New Zealand is starting as favourite team to win this match despite their failure to beat Bangladesh. … [Read more...]
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