New Zealand A cricket team

New Zealand 'A'
Personnel
Captain BJ Watling[1]
Coach Bob Carter[2]
Team information
Founded 1997
Home ground Bert Sutcliffe Oval
Capacity n/a
History
First-class debut England XI
in 30 January 1997
at Victoria Park, Whanganui
Official website: Official Website

The New Zealand A cricket team is a cricket team representing New Zealand, and is the "second tier" of international New Zealand cricket below the full New Zealand cricket team. The team played its first game, against an England XI, in 1996/97.

New Zealand A have played fewer games in their history than most other A sides, partly because of a three-year gap between 2000/01 and 2003/04 in which they played no matches at all.

BJ Watling is the current captain of the team for England and Scotland tour which starts in August 2014.

In April 2014, Bob Carter who was New Zealand's assistant coach left his role with the national side to take up the position of high-performance coach. Carter is responsible for developing the U-19s and A team sides.

Season-by-season results summary

First-Class Matches

New Zealand A matches First-class v A team
Year Opposition Venue Win Lost Drawn NR
1997 England XI New Zealand 1 - - -
1997 Sri Lankans New Zealand - - - 1
1998 Zimbabweans New Zealand 1 - - -
1998 Pakistan A New Zealand 1[3] - - -
1998 South Africans New Zealand - - 1 -
1999 England Lions New Zealand - - 1 -
1999 West Indians New Zealand - - 1 -
1999 England Lions New Zealand - 1 - -
2000 Lancashire England - - 1 -
2000 West Indians England - - 1 -
2000 Sussex England 1 - - -
2000 First-Class Counties Select XI England - - 1 -
2000 Hampshire England 1 - - -
2000 MCC England - 1 - -
2001 Pakistanis New Zealand 1 - - -
2004 Sri Lanka A New Zealand 3 - - -
2004 South Africa A South Africa - 1 2 -
2005 Sri Lanka A Sri Lanka 1 - 2 -
2008 India A India 1 1 - -
2009 England Lions New Zealand - - 2 -
2010 Zimbabwe A Zimbabwe 2 - 1 -
2012 India A New Zealand - - 2 -
2013 India A India - - 2 -
2013 Sri Lanka A Sri Lanka - 1 - -
2014 Kent England - - - 1
2014 Surrey England - - - -
2017 India A India - 2 - -
2018 Pakistan A cricket team Dubai TBD TBD TBD TBD

Current squad

This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand A team or who went to India and Pakistan (Dubai) for the 2017 and 2018 A tours.

Name Age
Corey Anderson 27
Todd Astle 32
Tom Blundell 28
Tom Bruce 27
Mark Chapman 24
Lockie Ferguson 27
Kyle Jamieson 23
Scott Kuggeleijn 26
Ajaz Patel 29
Glen Phillips 21
Jeet Raval 20
Rachin Ravindra 20
Tim Seifert 23
Blair Tickner 24
Logan van Beek 28
George Worker 29
Will Young 25
Neil Wagner 32
BJ. Watling 33

References

  1. ↑ Watling to lead NZ A in England
  2. ↑ Carter to take up high-performance role
  3. ↑ Scorecards


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