| Tour of New Zealand 2004-05 Captain: Ricky Ponting | |
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| Australia’s 77th Test tour (February - March 2005) Ninth Test-playing tour
of New
Zealand by Australia (previous tour in 2000) | The Australians protested about
lax security arrangements after play was held up when they were pelted with
plastic bottles during the first one-dayer at the WestPac Stadium. The Australians clinched the limited-overs
series with five straight wins. Similarly in the Test matches, Australia were strong winners, though it
needed some spectacular power-hitting from Adam Gilchrist to bring Australia
into a winning position in each Test. The New Zealanders protested
about Brett Lee’s bowling but the Australians argued that his action led him
to the occasional beamer and that it was not intentional. Match referee Clive
Lloyd did not take any action: he agreed that Lee’s pace (160.8 kph at
Napier) was quick, but said the Australian attack was not as intimidating as
it had been in the mid-1970s. | Other
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| Members
of the Test tour party (13) Opening batsmen Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer. Middle-order batsmen: Damien
Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Simon Katich. Wicket-keeper:Adam
Gilchrist Spin bowlers: Shane Warne Fast bowlers:Jason
Gillespie, Brett Lee, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath. ⋄ Contracted players | M J Clarke | NSW ⋄ | 23 | RHB SLA | ODI | | A C Gilchrist | WA ⋄ | 33 | WK LHB | ODI | | J N
Gillespie | SA ⋄ | 29 | RFM | ODI | | M L Hayden | Qld ⋄ | 33 | LHB opener | ODI | | B J Hodge | Vic ⋄ | 30 | RHB (OB) | | | M S Kasprowicz | Qld ⋄ | 33 | RFM | ODI | | S M
Katich | NSW ⋄ | 29 | LHB (SLA) | ODI | | J L Langer | WA ⋄ | 34 | LHB opener | | | B Lee | NSW | 28 | RF | ODI | | G D McGrath | NSW ⋄ | 35 | RFM | ODI | | D R Martyn | WA ⋄ | 33 | RHB | ODI | | R T Ponting | Tas ⋄ | 30 | RHB captain | ODI | | S K Warne | Vic ⋄ | 35 | LBG | | | Required
only for the one-day matches | G B
Hogg (WA ⋄) | ODI | | J R
Hopes (Qld) | | | M E K
Hussey (WA ⋄) | ODI | | A
Symonds (Qld ⋄ | ODI |
| State
representation Pura Cup teams NSW New
South Wales (4) Qld Queensland
(2) S A South
Australia (1) Tas Tasmania
(1) Vic Victoria (2) WA Western
Australia (3) Average age of team at time of first Test match (10 March 2005): 31 yrs
9 months ODI | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Warne 120, McGrath
106, Langer 85, Ponting 85,
Gilchrist 65, Hayden 64, Gillespie 63, Martyn 53,
Lee 37, Kasprowicz 30, Katich 13,
Clarke 9, Hodge 0. | | |
| Tour
Officials | Steve Bernard | Manager | John Buchanan | Coach | Errol Alcott | Physiotherapist | Jock Campbell | Fitness adviser | | Computer Analyst |
| | |
| Selectors | Trevor Hohns (chairman of
selectors), Allan Border, David Boon and Andrew
Hilditch. | | |
| Selection | Unavailable: Shane
Watson (side strain) ; Darren Lehmann
(operation on shoulder). Limited-overs party announced: 10 February
2005. Andrew Symonds (achilles
tendon) and James Hopes (hamstring) passed fitness tests to take part in the
one-day tour. Test tour party
announced: 2 March 2005. Hohns said he did not see the purpose of choosing a squad larger
than thirteen with “the option of flying players in”. Not selected: Stuart MacGill, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey. | Time between selection and departure from Australia 6 days (10 - 16 February) | |
| Travel Sydney Q Auckland | The team flew from Sydney
to Auckland
early 16 February 2005. Hayden, who had
been in bed suffering from pleurisy, was able to fly with the team. | Time spent in New
Zealand 44 days (16 February - 1 April) | |
| On-tour
selection | Ricky Ponting (captain), John Buchanan (coach) and the national selectors. | | |
| Reinforcements | None. Matthew Hayden
injured his shoulder during the one-day series and Mike Hussey was asked to remain
with the team at the end of the one-day series. | | |
| Fixtures/Results Hamilton lost
its one-day international fixture after complaints about the pitch in a World
XI match in January | a | Å Auckland | New Zealand (T20) | Won 44 r | b | § Wellington | New Zealand (1st ODI) | Won 10 r | c | § Christchurch | New Zealand (2nd ODI) | Won 106 r | d | § Auckland | New Zealand (3rd ODI) | Won 86 r | e | § Wellington | New Zealand (4th ODI) | Won 7 w | f | § Napier | New Zealand (5th ODI) | Won 122 r | g | CHRISTCHURCH | NEW ZEALAND First Test | WON 9 w | h | WELLINGTON | NEW ZEALAND Second Test | DRAWN | i | AUCKLAND | NEW ZEALAND Third Test | WON 9 W |
| † not first-class Å T20 international § one-day international Time
spent in New Zealand
before First Test: 22 days (16 February - 10 March) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 3 - Clarke, Gilchrist,
Gillespie, Hayden, Kasprowicz,
Katich, Langer, McGrath,
Martyn, Ponting, Warne. 0 - Hodge,
Lee. | | |
| Match
appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match ⊕ T/20 international ∙ played for opposition W won L lost D drawn N no
result A abandoned u unknown
result | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | M J Clarke | Å | o | o | o | o | o | T | T | T | A C Gilchrist | Å | o | o | o | o | o | T | T | T | J N Gillespie | | | o | o | o | | T | T | T | M L Hayden | | o | o | | | | T | T | T | B J Hodge | | | | | | | | | | M Kasprowicz | Å | o | | o | o | o | T | T | T | S M Katich | Å | o | | o | o | o | T | T | T | J L Langer | | | | | | | T | T | T | B Lee | Å | o | o | o | o | o | | | | G D McGrath | Å | o | o | | o | o | T | T | T | D R Martyn | Å | o | o | o | o | o | T | T | T | R T Ponting | Å | o | o | o | | o | T | T | T | S K Warne | | | | | | | T | T | T | G B Hogg | | o | o | o | | o | | | | J R Hopes | Å | | | | o | | | | | M E K Hussey | Å | | o | o | o | o | | | | A Symonds | Å | o | o | o | o | o | | | | RESULTS
| W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Australia’s six previous Test tour results: in India 2004-05 (4 Tests) - won 2-1 in Sri Lanka 2003-04 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in West Indies 2003 (4 Tests) - won 3-1 in UAE v Pakistan 2002 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in South Africa 2001-02 (3 Tests) - won 2-1 in England 2001 (5 Tests) - won 4-1 | |
| Highlights | • Simon Katich and Adam Gilchrist rescued Australia at Christchurch with a stand of 212 for the
7th wicket. It helped Australia
come within 1 run of New
Zealand’s total of 433 after being 6 for
201. • Shane Warne (5-39) then dismissed New Zealand for
a paltry total of 131. • Damien Martyn scored 165 at Wellington, and Gilchrist another century (162)
adding a record 256 runs for the sixth wicket together. Gilchrist struck five
sixes and 22 fours. • Ricky Ponting was Player of the Match in the
victory at Auckland
for scoring 105 and 86 not out | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | ϯ Minor matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | § One-day internationals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | Å T20 Internationals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | All Matches | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - |
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| Return
to Australia Auckland Q Sydney | Brett Lee could have flown from Wellington
to Brisbane to take part in the Pura Cup final
bewteen New South Wales and Queensland but was not
selected for the final and he remained with the Test team. Return on 1 April. | Time away from Australia 44
days (16 February to 1 April) | |
| Finances | ….. | | |
| Postscript | Adam Gilchrist was Man of the Series. His batting destroyed New Zealand
every time they reached an advantageous position. Rarely had such consistently destructive
power been seen in Test cricket and England’s strategy of containing
him was crucial to winning the upcoming Ashes series. ⋆ Gilchrist
hit 121 in 126 balls (with six sixes)
at Christchurch, setting a sixth wicket record ; 162 in 145 balls (five
sixes) at Wellington setting a 7th wicket record ; and 60 not out in 62 balls
(two sixes) at Auckland setting a ninth wicket record against New Zealand. | | |