Test Cricket Tours - England to South Africa 2009-10

Test Cricket Tours - England to South Africa 2009-10

Tour of South Africa 2009-10              Captain : Andrew Strauss

England’s 97th Test tour (November 2009 -
                 January 2010)

19th Test-playing tour by England to South Africa
   (previous tour 2004-05)

Because of fixture congestion and the constraints of the Future Tours Programme, the English and South African cricket authorities agreed to play four Tests instead of the traditional five. Hugh Morris, ECB director of cricket, described it as "a well-balanced tour". There were 5 one-day internationals and six other preceding matches, providing practice at the start of the tour.
The one-day series was won 2-1 by England, although spoiled by heavy rain causing two matches to be washed out.
The Test series was shared one-all despite South Africa’s obvious superiority. England were fortunate to gain a draw in both the first and third matches through Onions and Collingwood resolutely holding out as England were nine wickets down and on the point of defeat. However, England roared back to take the second Test, Swann and Broad bowling the South Africans to an innings defeat. South Africa then hit back with their own innings victory in the final Test at Johannesburg.

Other England tours

Previous tour
To West Indies 2009

Next tour
To Bangladesh 2009-10

Next tour of South Africa
2015-16

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 3)

Opening batsmen:   Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook
Middle-order batsmen Ian Bell, Jonatahan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood + Michael Carberry (reinforcement)
Wicket-keeper: Matt Prior, Steven Davies
All-rounder: Luke Wright
Slow bowlers: Adil Rashid, Graeme Swann + James Tredwell (reinforcement)
Fast bowlers: James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graham Onions, Ryan Sidebottom, Liam Plunkett, + Mark Davies (reinforcement)

⋄ ECB central contracts 2009-10:

Seven players were awarded England increment 2009-10 contracts: Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Andrew Flintoff, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Jonathan Trott and Luke Wright. Also Eoin Morgan (3 March 2010) and Steven Finn (4 June 2010).

J M Anderson
La    ⋄
27
RFM
ODI

I R Bell
Wk    ⋄
27
RHB

S C J Broad
Nt    ⋄
23
LHB   RFM
ODI

P D Collingwood
Du    ⋄
33
RHB   RM
ODI

A N Cook
Ex    ⋄
24
LHB opener     vice-captain
ODI

S M Davies
Wo
23
LHB         second WK

G Onions
Du    ⋄
27
RFM
ODI

K P Pietersen
Ha    ⋄
29
RHB
ODI

L E Plunkett
Du
24
RFM
ODI added

M J Prior
Sx    ⋄
27
RHB          WK
ODI

A U Rashid
Yo
21
RHB         LBG
ODI

R Sidebottom
Nt    ⋄
31
LFM

A J Strauss
Mx    ⋄
32
LHB opener      captain
ODI

G P Swann
Nt    ⋄
30
OB
ODI

I J L Trott
Wk
28
RHB
ODI

L J Wright
Sx
24
RHB           RM
ODI

Participating in ODI series but not
T T Bresnan (Y)
ODI
in the Test matches:
J L Denly (Kt)
ODI

Sajid I Mahmood(La)
ODI

E J G Morgan (Mx)
ODI


County representation:

Du - Durham (3)
Ex - Essex (1)
Ha - Hampshire (1)
La - Lancashire (1)
Mx - Middlesex (1)
Nt - Nottinghamshire (3)
Sx - Sussex (2)
Wk - Warwickshire (2)
Wo - Worcestershire (1)
Yo - Yorkshire (1)



Average age of team at time of first Test match
(16 December 2009) :
      27 yrs 6 months.

ODI : member of the one-day international squad

⋄ central contracts 2009-10:

Test Appearances made before the tour

Strauss 67, Pietersen 54, Collingwood 53, Bell 49, Cook 48, Anderson 42, Prior 23, Broad 22, Sidebottom 21, Swann 12, Plunkett 9, Onions 5, Trott 1, S Davies 0, Rashid 0, Wright 0; Carberry 0, M Davies 0, Tredwell 0.

Tour Officials

Phil Neale
Team Manager
Andy Flower
Head coach
Ottis Gibson
Bowling coach
Graham Gooch
Batting coach
Andrew Walpole
Media relations

Graham Gooch was recruited to the coaching staff on a temporary basis on 28 November.

Selectors

Geoff Miller (national selector), Ashley Giles, James Whitaker, Andy Flower (coach)

Selection

Not considered:
Tour Party Announced: 8 October 2009.
Surgery on Pietersen's achilles heel had yet to completely heal so he would likely miss some parts of the tour.

Not selected : Steve Harmison, Ravi Bopara, Monty Panesar, Owais Shah (for ODIs)
The Daily Telegraph wrote Harmison “… talked himself out of a spot on the tour, both by asking to be guaranteed a place in the England first XI, and by warning the selectors that he was not interested in touring Australia next winter.”

Time between selection and departure from England
   23 days
(8 October - 31 October)

Travel
London    Q   Johannesburg

England departed for Johannesburg from London Heathrow at 1750 on Saturday 31 October 2009, six days earlier than originally scheduled, in order to play two extra warm-up matches. They arrived on 1 November, and were taken on to Bloemfontein.

Time spent in South Africa
   80 days
(1 November - 19 January)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Liam Plunkett flew out to join the one-day side on Wednesday 18 November as injuries to Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Graeme Swann mounted. Bowling coach Ottis Gibson had to field in the match at Potchefstroom.

J C Tredwell
Kt
27
OB

A M Davies
Dur
29
RFM

M A Carberry
Ha
29
LHB opener

Three players who were already in South Africa with the England Performance Squad were called into the Test squad as cover for injured players: firstly, Mark Davies for James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom ; then James Tredwell came in as cover for Graeme Swann, firstly into the one-day squad and then on 14 December to the Test party; on 30 December Michael Carberry was called up from the Performance Squad as cover for Paul Collingwood, who had dislocated his finger.

Fixtures/Results

a
† Bloemfontein
Eagles (Free State)
Won 185 r
b
† Kimberley
Warriors (Eastern Cape)
Won 8 w
c
† Bloemfontein
South Africa 'A'
Lost 4 w
d
Å Johannesburg
South Africa (20/20)
Won 1 r
e
Å Centurion
South Africa (20/20)
Lost 84 r
f
† Potchefstroom
South Afica 'A'
Won 4 w
g
§ Johannesburg
South Africa (1st ODI)
Abandoned
h
§ Centurion
South Africa (2nd ODI)
Won 7 w
i
§ Cape Town
South Africa (3rd ODI)
Lost 112 r
j
§ Port Elizabeth
South Africa (4th ODI)
Won 7 w
k
§ Durban
South Africa (5th ODI)
Abandoned
l
† East London (2-day)
SA Airways Challenge XI
Drawn
m
† East London (2-day)
SA Airways Challenge XI
Drawn
n
CENTURION
SOUTH AFRICA First Test
DRAWN
o
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA Second Test
WON inns 98 r
p
CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICA Third Test
DRAWN
q
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA Fourth Test
LOST inns 74 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international
Å T20 international

Time spent in South Africa before First Test:
   46 days
(1 November - 16 December)

Test appearances on tour
(v South Africa 2009-10)

4 -   Anderson, Bell, Broad, Collingwood, Cook, {Pietersen, Prior, Strauss, Swann, Trott.
3 -    Onions
1 -   Sidebottom
0 -   S M Davies, Plunkett, Rashid, Wright.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international

W won L lost D drawn
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result

Carberry, S Davies, Plunkett and Tredwell did not play a match

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
J M Anderson
x
x

⊕
⊕

o
o
o

x
T
T
T
T
I R Bell

x
x
T
T
T
T
T T Bresnan

x
x
⊕
⊕
x

o
o
o

S C J Broad
x

o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
M A Carberry

P D Collingwood
x
x
x
⊕

o
o
o

x

T
T
T
T
A N Cook

x
x
⊕
⊕

x
x
T
T
T
T
A M Davies

x

S M Davies

J L Denly
x
x
x
⊕
⊕
x

S I Mahmood
x
x
x
⊕
⊕
x

o

E J G Morgan
x
x
x
⊕
⊕
x

o
o
o

G Onions

x

x

T
T
T

K P Pietersen

⊕
x

o
o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
L E Plunkett

M J Prior
x
x
x
⊕
⊕
x

o
o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
A U Rashid

x
x

⊕
x

o

R Sidebottom

x

T
A J Strauss
x
x

x

o
o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
G P Swann
x
x
x
⊕

o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
J C Tredwell

I J L Trott
x

x
⊕
⊕
x

o
o
o

x
x
T
T
T
T
L J Wright
x

x
⊕
⊕
x

o
o
o

x

R E S U L T S
W
W
L
W
L
W
A
W
L
W
A
D
D
D
W
D
L

Highlights

• T
•
•
•

Tour Summary

  F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
4
1
1
2
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
ϯ Minor matches
6
3
1
2
-
§ One-day internationals
5
2
1
0
2
⊕ Twenty 20 internationals
2
1
1
0
-
All Matches
17
7
4
4
2

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost   D Drawn   T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to England
Johannesburg Q London

The squad departed from Johannesburg for home on 19 January 2010.

Time away from England
  81 days
(31 October - 20 January)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript

Other Test tours in 2009-10

Acknowledgements
To general reading of The Times newspaper digital archive (Gale Group); Jamaica Gleanor archive; National Library of Australia Trove; Papers Past NZ.
From former British Newspaper Library, Colindale and online: The Age, Melbourne Argus, Bangladesh Daily Star, Barbados Advocate, Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Eastern Daily Press, The Hindu, The Independent (Dhaka), Indian Express, The Island (Lanka), Lahore Times, New Nation, New Zealand Auckland Herald, Sri Lanka Daily News, Stabroek News, Straits Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Times of India , The Tribune Chandigarh, Trinidad Guardian, The West Australian.
cricketweb.net; ESPN cricinfo; cricket archive; www.cricketcountry; www.coverpoint
Magazines/periodicals including Australian Cricket, B & H West Indies Annual, The Cricketer International, Cricketer Quarterly, Indian Cricket, Indian Cricket Field Annual, Playfair Cricket Monthly, Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack.
Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley)
Biography and tour books (own collection and at the M.C.C. Library at Lord’s Ground)                     ALL CONTENTS OF THE TEST-CRICKET-TOURS.CO.UK WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHT