England came
back from being one-nil down, to gain a first series victory abroad since South Africa
in 2004-05.
New Zealand won the
one-day series, helping put their players in the ‘shop window’ for the
inaugural Indian premier League (for which England’s players were not
available because of playing commitments). They then won the first Test match
at Hamilton after which England held
a frank team meeting about the lacklustre performance, and captain Michael
Vaughan put old hands Hoggard and Harmison out of the team for lack of
preparation and vitality. Anderson (7-130 at Wellington) and Broad (5-132) gave much stronger
support to Sidebottom, the untiring new leader of the bowling attack.
Controversially, James Anderson was allowed to appear for Auckland and play
himself back into form before the second Test. In the third Andrew Strauss
batted on and on making a huge century (177) that won the match also saved
his England
career
Middle-order batsmenIan Bell, Keven
Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Andrew Strauss
Wicket-keepers: Tim Ambrose, Phil Mustard
All-rounders:Andrew Flintoff
Slow bowlers: Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar
Fast
bowlers: Stuart
Broad, James Anderson, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Ryan Sidebottom
On 10 September 2007 the ECB awarded central contracts to: Anderson, Bell, Collingwood, Cook,
Flintoff, Harmison, Hoggard, Panesar, Pietersen, Sidebottom, Strauss and Vaughan.
Ashley Giles, Simon Jones and Marcus Trescothick were dropped from the list
of contracted players.
T R
Ambrose
Wk
25
WK
ODI
Scored an excellent century under pressure at Hamilton but fluffed a
vital stumping chance, too
J M Anderson
⋄La
25
RFM
ODI
I R Bell
⋄Wk
25
RHB
ODI
S C J
Broad
Nt
21
RFM
ODI
Deceptively sharp, he extracted life from a flat pitch in a
long spell at Napier
P D
Collingwood
⋄Du
31
RHBRMODI captain
ODI
A N
Cook
⋄Ex
23
LHB opener
ODI
S J
Harmison
⋄Du
29
RFM
After underperforming at Hamilton was dropped in favour of Broad
who brought more energy
M J
Hoggard
⋄Yo
31
RFM
Looked like the end of the line for the once dependable fast
bowler, who was dropped after the defeat at Hamilton
P
Mustard
Du
25
reserve WK
ODI
M S Panesar
⋄Nth
25
SLA
K P
Pietersen
⋄Ha
27
RHB(OB)
ODI
O A
Shah
Mx
29
RHB
ODI
R J
Sidebottom
⋄Nt
30
LFM
ODI
Showed his stamina and accuracy, bowling consistently on the
spot and achieving swing through long spells
A J
Strauss
⋄Mx
31
LHB opener
G P
Swann
Nt
28
OB
ODI
M P Vaughan
⋄Yo
34
RHBcaptain
Selected for ODI series only
R S Bopara(Ex)
ODI
A D
Mascarenhas (Ha)
ODI
J C Tredwell(Kt)
ODI
C T
Tremlett(Ha)
ODI
L J Wright(Sx)
ODI
County representation:
Du - Durham (3)
Ex-Essex (1)
Ha - Hampshire (1)
La - Lancashire
(1)
Mx - Middlesex (3)
Nth - Northamptonshire (1)
Nt - Nottinghamshire (3)
Wk - Warwickshire (2)
Yo - Yorkshire
(2)
Average age ofteam at time of first Test match
(5 March 2008):
2 yrs2 months.
ODI :member of
one-day international and T20 squad
It was the last tour party picked by Graveney who was in this
eleventh year as chairman of selectors
Selection
Not considered:Andrew Flintoff
Tour Party Announced : 4
January 2008
Not selected:Matt Prior
Time between selection and departure from England
22 days
(4 January - 26 January)
Travel
LondonQChristchurch
The one-day side departed from London
on Saturday 26 January and arrived in Christchurch
Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan joined the tour
from England
as did Steve Harmison but he was allowed to delay his journey to be present
at the birth of his child. Andrew Strauss
has been playing for Northern Districts
Monty Panesar flew in from India where he was part of the
England Lions squad
Time spent in New Zealand
60 days
(27
January -27 March)
On-tour
selection panel
Reinforcements
Chris Tremlett was kept on after the
one-day internationals to cover for Steve Harmison's whose date of arrival was
delayed by the birth of his child but Tremlett got a side strain on his only
appearance, and flew home afterwards.
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