New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Match Summary

New Zealand A v England A - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

Pitch: 70

Toss: England

An entertaining match, featuring a number of excellent performances, finished in a draw, though the crowd were mostly entertained by what they saw.
Some good middle order batting allowed New Zealand A from the loss of both openers for ducks in their 1st innings, while a century to Mike Atherton set up an England declaration.
Some good spin bowling by veteran John Emburey was the feature of the New Zealand A 2nd innings, before a declaration saw England set 200 off 43 overs to win on a wearing pitch.
England easily batted out time to leave the match drawn.
Man of the Match was Mike Atherton, his first innings century being the best batting of a match in which the bowlers generally had a good time of it.

Match  Drawn

Man of the Match: M.A.Atherton

New Zealand A 287 all out (109.1 overs)
(M.J.Greatbatch 44, K.R.Rutherford 59, R.T.Latham 37, S.A.Thomson 79*, M.L.Sua 49
; D.E.Malcolm 3-41, D.V.Lawrence 2-58, J.E.Emburey 2-77, G.A.Gooch 3-13)

England 211/5 declared (68 overs)
(M.A.Atherton 103*, A.J.Lamb 72; W.Watson 4-40)

New Zealand A 123/6 declared (45.3 overs)
(T.J.Franklin 41, K.R.Rutherford 31; I.T.Botham 2-24, J.E.Emburey 4-29)

England 144/3 (43 overs)
(G.A.Gooch 52, M.A.Atherton 20, G.A.Hick 20, I.T.Botham 40*)

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - England 2nd Innings

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

England never really looked like attempting a target of 200 in 43 overs, and the loss of a couple of wickets forced them merely to bat out time.
Most of the batsmen found form, with Gooch making a solid half century, and the others all getting starts.
Botham entertained the crowd for a while in an unbeaten 40* as England rejigged their batting order, but it was too little too late and the match was drawn.
It was a disappointing end to what was an entertaining match featuring a number of excellent performances.
Mike Atherton was named Man of the Match for his first innings century, an innings that gives him the inside running for a Test spot later in the tour.

Match Drawn

Man of the Match: M.A.Atherton

England 2nd Innings 144/3 Closed (Overs 43)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	lbw	b RT Latham	52	123	101	6	0
MA Atherton	c KR Rutherford	b W Watson	20	40	37	1	0
GA Hick	c BR Hartland	b MR Haslam	20	88	63	0	0
NH Fairbrother	not out		10	39	27	2	0
IT Botham	not out		40	32	32	4	2
AJ Lamb	dnb
RC Russell+	dnb
JE Emburey	dnb
PW Jarvis	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
DE Malcolm	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w2 nb0)	2
TOTAL		3 wickets for	144

FOW
1-26(MA Atherton) 2-94(GA Gooch) 3-94(GA Hick)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ML Sua	10	3	31	0
W Watson	11	1	29	1
GR Larsen	4	1	5	0
MR Haslam	11	2	52	1
SA Thomson	4	0	25	0
RT Latham	3	2	2	1

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - New Zealand 2nd Innings

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

With opener Franklin making 41, and captain Rutherford again batting well for 31, New Zealand scratched together enough runs for a declaration despite the regular loss of wickets.
Emburey bowled superbly on a pitch now assisting the spinners to claim 4-29, while Ian Botham returned to form with a couple of wickets.
England were set 200 to win in roughly 43 overs, giving both sides an outside chance of victory.

New Zealand A 2nd Innings 123/6 Declared (Overs 45.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	c DV Lawrence	b JE Emburey	41	96	61	4	0
BR Hartland	c RC Russell	b IT Botham	3	17	10	0	0
MJ Greatbatch	c GA Hick	b IT Botham	0	8	3	0	0
KR Rutherford*		b JE Emburey	31	97	72	3	0
RT Latham		b JE Emburey	18	84	72	2	0
SA Thomson		b JE Emburey	11	23	29	1	0
AC Parore+	not out		14	35	27	2	0
GR Larsen	not out		0	2	3	0	0
ML Sua	dnb
W Watson	dnb
MR Haslam	dnb
extras		(b1 lb0 w2 nb2)	5
TOTAL		6 wickets for	123

FOW
1-11(BR Hartland) 2-15(MJ Greatbatch) 3-70(TJ Franklin) 4-78(KR Rutherford)
5-102(SA Thomson) 6-119(RT Latham)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	5.3	0	25	0
DV Lawrence	5	0	27	0
PW Jarvis	6	2	11	0
IT Botham	8	1	24	2
JE Emburey	13	4	29	4
GA Gooch	4	3	1	0
GA Hick	4	2	5	0

Veteran offspinner John Emburey claimed 4-29 in the New Zealand A 2nd Innings

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - England 1st Innings

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

England lost a couple of early wickets in their reply, but an unbeaten century to young opener Atherton on his 1st tour, and 72 to the experienced Allan Lamb restored order.
England declared as soon as Atherton scored his century, hoping a declaration could set up an exciting finish.
Seamer Willy Watson claimed 4-40 in an excellent display of seam bowling, but received little support.
New Zealand A took a lead of 76 into the 2nd innings, hoping for quick runs to set up a declaration on a wearing pitch.

England 1st Innings 211/5 Declared (Overs 68)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
GA Gooch*	lbw	b W Watson	16	31	25	2	0
MA Atherton	not out		103	263	211	8	0
GA Hick		b W Watson	8	34	27	2	0
AJ Lamb		b MR Haslam	72	144	121	10	0
NH Fairbrother		b W Watson	5	32	24	0	0
IT Botham	c AC Parore	b W Watson	0	11	5	0	0
RC Russell+	not out		0	4	1	0	0
JE Emburey	dnb
PW Jarvis	dnb
DV Lawrence	dnb
DE Malcolm	dnb
extras		(b1 lb0 w4 nb2)	7
TOTAL		5 wickets for	211

FOW
1-24(GA Gooch) 2-38(GA Hick) 3-181(AJ Lamb) 4-201(NH Fairbrother) 5-210(IT Botham)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
ML Sua	10	2	36	0
W Watson	18	7	40	4
GR Larsen	16	2	42	0
MR Haslam	10	1	41	1
SA Thomson	9	2	33	0
RT Latham	5	0	18	0

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - New Zealand A 1st Innings

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

Toss: England

England won the toss, and with bounce expected to be Uneven for at least the 1st session, elected to bowl first.
It immediately paid dividends, with opening bowlers Malcolm and Lawrence dismissing the openers for ducks.
Greatbatch 40 and Rutherford dug in for a while, the captain steadying the innings with a solid 59.
Thomson 79* took over upon his dismissal, adding important runs with Sua 49 to take New Zealand A to a solid first innings total.
Gooch picked up 3-13, but the opening bowlers and offspinner Emburey did most of the work in dismissing the home team for a moderate score.
Having chewed up a lot of time with their innings after wanting to make the most of decent batting conditions on a pitch which flattened out, New Zealand A probably require a monumental England collapse to obtain victory.

New Zealand A 1st Innings 287/10 All Out (Overs 109.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	c GA Hick	b DE Malcolm	0	1	1	0	0
BR Hartland		b DV Lawrence	0	8	2	0	0
MJ Greatbatch	c JE Emburey	b DE Malcolm	44	119	102	3	1
KR Rutherford*		b GA Gooch	59	194	132	4	0
RT Latham	c RC Russell	b DV Lawrence	37	61	46	4	1
SA Thomson	not out		79	296	196	6	0
AC Parore+	st RC Russell	b JE Emburey	3	15	12	0	0
GR Larsen	lbw	b GA Gooch	4	5	6	1	0
ML Sua	c GA Hick	b DE Malcolm	49	178	135	2	0
W Watson		b JE Emburey	3	23	19	0	0
MR Haslam	c GA Hick	b GA Gooch	4	18	8	1	0
extras		(b1 lb0 w0 nb4)	5
TOTAL		10 wickets for	287

FOW
1-0(TJ Franklin) 2-4(BR Hartland) 3-81(MJ Greatbatch) 4-139(RT Latham)
5-148(KR Rutherford) 6-160(AC Parore) 7-166(GR Larsen) 8-264(ML Sua)
9-276(W Watson) 10-287(MR Haslam)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DE Malcolm	18	4	41	3
DV Lawrence	17	1	58	2
PW Jarvis	14	3	30	0
IT Botham	14	2	52	0
JE Emburey	31	9	77	2
GA Gooch	10.1	4	13	3
GA Hick	5	0	15	0

Shane Thomson contributed a solid unbeaten 79* to New Zealand A's 1st innings of 287

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Match Preview

New Zealand A v England - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Dunedin

Pitch: 70

Day 1 Pitch: 7 - Uneven bounce - assists all bowlers

Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

England named a close to Test strength XI for their opening warmup game versus a competent but not overly talented New Zealand A side.
Interestingly England have played both genuine Fast bowlers, with genuine pace a weapon New Zealand seem to lack going into the series ahead.
It should be a good hitout for the England players, with conditions expected to be much the same for the Test series later in the tour..

New Zealand A XI:

T.J.Franklin
B.R.Hartland
M.J.Greatbath
K.R.Rutherford (c)
R.T.Latham RM
S.A.Thomson OB
A.C.Parore (wk)
G.R.Larsen RM
M.L.Sua LFM
W.Watson RFM
M.R.Haslam SLA

England XI:

G.A.Gooch (c) RM
M.A.Atherton
G.A.Hick OB
A.J.Lamb
N.H.Fairbrother
I.T.Botham RFM
R.C.Russell (wk)
J.E.Emburey OB
P.W.Jarvis RFM
D.V.Lawrence RF
D.E.Malcolm RF

A sunny Dunedin hosts the first 3 day match of England's tour of New Zealand in 1991/2

England tour of New Zealand 1991/2 - Tour Preview

England tour of New Zealand 1991/2 - Tour Preview

England tour New Zealand in 1991/2 for a full Test, ODI, and T20 tour, featuring a number of warmup games.
England have named a strong squad, with veteran opener Graeme Gooch still at the peak of his powers, and youngsters like Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart in position to establish themselves.
New Zealand look more solid in batting than bowling, with their allrounders giving the team depth, though the retirement of Richard Hadlee has left them short of an attack leader.
It should be a close series, with New Zealand always strong in home conditions, though England's bowling probably gives them the edge.

England squad:

G.A.Gooch (c) RM
M.A.Atherton
A.J.Stewart (wk)

G.A.Hick OB
A.J.Lamb
N.H.Fairbrother
M.R.Ramprakash OB
N.Hussain

I.T.Botham RFM
C.C.Lewis RFM

R.C.Russell (wk)

J.E.Emburey OB
R.K.Illingworth SLA

D.E.Malcolm RF
D.V.Lawrence RF
P.W.Jarvis RFM
M.P.Bicknell RFM
D.G.Cork RFM

NEW ZEALAND
There are plenty of runs to be had at Basin Reserve, Wellington, the quick bowlers may find a little help on the first   morning and the spinners, perhaps, on the fourth and fifth days. It’s a similar story at Eden Park Auckland, early help for the fast bowlers but generally a good    batting track. Spinners are less catered for here, although the wicket has been known to    crumble in the later stages. At Christchurch again the seamers may enjoy the opening session but the wicket is slower paced and batting that much easier. The wicket does help the spinners late on. Bowlers generally have better  prospects on the final day than earlier in the match. Dunedin is a happy hunting ground for batsmen, very little in it for the bowlers unlike Hamilton which often favours the seamers early on and the spinners from day 3 onwards. Usually Napier pitches are a little lively on the first morning, good batting tracks thereafter until the final day when the spinners begin to turn the ball. Just occasionally the wicket produced is a shocker with help for the spinners right from the start and very difficult conditions for the batsmen.

Graeme Gooch leads a strong England squad on tour of New Zealand in 1991/2

South Africa A v Pakistan - T20 match 1991/2 - Match Report

South Africa A v Pakistan - T20 match 1991/2 - Pretoria

Pitch: 4 - Normal

Weather: 1 - Hot and humid - some assistance for swing bowlers

Toss: South Africa A

South Africa A won the toss, and mindful of the humid conditions, elected to bowl.
It backfired as a powerful innings of 80* from Inzamam-ul-Haq, promoted to number 3, propelled them to 174/6 from their 50 overs, probably a match winning score in these conditions.
Inzamam reached his 50 off 25 balls, and at one stage might have had thoughts of a hundred, but lost the strike a little in later overs.
With captain Imran contibuting 30, and a few others getting starts, Pakistan were never pressured.
None of the South Africa A bowlers stood out in a below par performance.
When South Africa A batted they were immediately in trouble, losing 4 early wickets to Wasim and Imran.
Cullinan threatened at late charge in making an entertaining half century, but with McMillan bogged down at the other end, the Pakistanis were never challenged.
Man of the Match was Inzamam-ul-Haq, his innings having set up a match winning total.

Pakistan won by 33 runs

Man of the Match: Inzamam-ul-Haq

Pakistan 1st Innings 174/6 Closed (Overs 20)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Saeed Anwar	c PL Symcox	b BN Schultz	10	10	8	1	1
Shoaib Mohammad	lbw	b WJ Cronje	19	25	15	4	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq	not out		80	81	51	12	1
Imran Khan*	c AC Hudson	b T Bosch	30	23	24	4	2
Ijaz Ahmed		b BM McMillan	0	1	1	0	0
Saleem Malik	c DJ Richardson	b C Eksteen	2	7	6	0	0
Moin Khan+	c DJ Richardson	b BN Schultz	19	23	14	1	1
Wasim Akram	not out		8	5	3	2	0
Abdul Qadir	dnb
Waqar Younus	dnb
Aaqib Javed	dnb
extras		(b4 lb0 w2 nb0)	6
TOTAL		6 wickets for	174

FOW
1-13(Saeed Anwar) 2-44(Shoaib Mohammad) 3-109(Imran Khan) 4-109(Ijaz Ahmed)
5-116(Saleem Malik) 6-165(Moin Khan)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
T Bosch	3	0	32	1
BN Schultz	4	0	31	2
BM McMillan	4	0	32	1
WJ Cronje	2	0	19	1
PL Symcox	3	0	23	0
C Eksteen	4	0	33	1

South Africa A 1st Innings 141/5 Closed (Overs 20)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
MW Rushmere	c Inzamam-ul-Haq	b Wasim Akram	22	24	16	3	1
AC Hudson		b Imran Khan	8	16	8	2	0
WJ Cronje*	c Ijaz Ahmed	b Wasim Akram	2	11	6	0	0
DJ Cullinan	c Saleem Malik	b Ijaz Ahmed	68	64	46	7	3
JN Rhodes	c Saleem Malik	b Imran Khan	0	1	1	0	0
BM McMillan	not out		35	64	40	5	1
DJ Richardson+	not out		5	5	4	1	0
PL Symcox	dnb
C Eksteen	dnb
BN Schultz	dnb
T Bosch	dnb
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb1)	1
TOTAL		5 wickets for	141

FOW
1-28(AC Hudson) 2-32(MW Rushmere) 3-32(WJ Cronje) 4-32(JN Rhodes)
5-129(DJ Cullinan)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Wasim Akram	4	0	22	2
Aaqib Javed	3	0	27	0
Waqar Younus	3	0	30	0
Imran Khan	4	0	22	2
Abdul Qadir	4	0	26	0
Saleem Malik	1	0	9	0
Ijaz Ahmed	1	0	5	1

Inzamam-ul-Haq enjoyed his promotion to number 3, making a powerful 80*

South Africa A v Pakistan - T20 match 1991/2 - Match Preview

South Africa A v Pakistan - T20 match 1991/2 - Pretoria

Pitch: 4 - Normal

Weather: 1 - Hot and humid - assistance for swing bowlers

South Africa A XI:

M.W.Rushmere
A.C.Hudson
W.J.Cronje (c) RM
D.J.Cullinan
J.N.Rhodes
B.M.McMillan RFM
D.J.Richardson (wk)
P.L.Symcox OB
C.E.Eksteen SLA
B.N.Schultz LF
T.Bosch RF

Pakistan XI:

Saeed Anwar
Shoaib Mohammad
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Imran Khan (c) RF
Ijaz Ahmed LM
Saleem Malik LBG
Moin Khan (wk)
Wasim Akram LF
Abdul Qadir LBG
Waqar Younus RF
Aaqib Javed RFM

South Africa A named an unchanged XI for the T20 match at Pretoria, while Pakistan made a few changes to the batting lineup due to injuries.
Javed Miandad, Rameez Raja, Tauseef Ahmed, and the still unfit Aamer Sohail were all unavailable for selection for this game.
This is expected to make the result closer than the previous two games, with South Africa A possessing a number of class players.
The Humid conditions are expected to favour the seamers, but otherwise conditions should be good for batting.

Pretoria hosts the first T20 game of the tour between South Africa A and Pakistan

Indian Board XI v West Indies A - T20 match 1991/2 - Match Report

Indian Board XI v West Indies A - T20 match 1991/2 - Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

Pitch: 5 - Normal

Weather: 3 - Some cloud about

Toss: Indian Board XI

Indian Board XI won the toss, and despite some good hitting by Dighe and Joshi, were struggling at 104/9 before an unbroken last wicket partnership of 20* gave them something to bowl at.
The West Indies A generally bowled well, with their spinners in particular enjoying the format.
West Indies A looked good in reply, reaching 59/1 close to the halfway stage, and with wickets in hand should have won it from that point.
Gopal Sharma 4-15  sparked a collapse, and Paris Mhambrey backed up his 4 wicket haul in the 50 over game with another 3 cheap wickets, and the visitors fell short.
Williams and Holder had batted well, but after them only some hitting from Drakes threatened.
Gopal Sharma was named Man of the Match in a 14 run win for the home side.

Indian Board XI won by 14 runs

Man of the Match; Gopal Sharma

Indian Board XI 1st Innings 124/9 Closed (Overs 20)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
WV Raman*	c KLT Arthurton	b OD Gibson	15	21	14	3	0
D Gandhi	c S Chanderpaul	b OD Gibson	3	26	13	0	0
PK Amre	c S Chanderpaul	b R Dhanraj	11	15	9	1	1
Gursharan Singh	c S Ragoonath	b IA Allen	6	4	4	1	0
RV Bharadwaj		b R Dhanraj	9	13	8	2	0
SS Dighe+	lbw	b IA Allen	24	21	22	2	1
SB Joshi		b R Dhanraj	18	29	11	2	1
SV Bahutule		b KLT Arthurton	10	9	7	1	0
Gopal Sharma	not out		12	24	19	1	0
PL Mhambrey	c FL Reifer	b KLT Arthurton	3	4	3	0	0
V Razdan	not out		12	15	11	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb1)	1
TOTAL		9 wickets for	124

FOW
1-18(WV Raman) 2-19(D Gandhi) 3-25(Gursharan Singh) 4-35(PK Amre)
5-51(RV Bharadwaj) 6-77(SS Dighe) 7-97(SV Bahutule) 8-101(SB Joshi)
9-104(PL Mhambrey)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
V Drakes	3	0	22	0
OD Gibson	4	0	27	2
IA Allen	4	1	22	2
R Dhanraj	4	0	27	3
KLT Arthurton	4	0	18	2
S Chanderpaul	1	0	8	0

West Indies A 1st Innings 110/10 All Out (Overs 19.4)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
SC Williams	c V Razdan	b PL Mhambrey	32	36	27	5	1
S Ragoonath	c SS Dighe	b PL Mhambrey	0	8	5	0	0
RIC Holder*		b WV Raman	27	23	20	6	0
KLT Arthurton	c D Gandhi	b WV Raman	8	11	10	2	0
FL Reifer		b Gopal Sharma	7	22	7	1	0
S Chanderpaul	c Gursharan Singh	b Gopal Sharma	0	3	3	0	0
RD Jacobs+	c WV Raman	b Gopal Sharma	4	3	3	1	0
V Drakes	c Gursharan Singh	b PL Mhambrey	25	19	16	5	0
OD Gibson	c RV Bharadwaj	b Gopal Sharma	3	7	6	0	0
R Dhanraj	c SV Bahutule	b SB Joshi	1	15	14	0	0
IA Allen	not out		2	10	7	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w0 nb1)	1
TOTAL		10 wickets for	110

FOW
1-10(S Ragoonath) 2-59(RIC Holder) 3-59(SC Williams) 4-74(KLT Arthurton)
5-74(S Chanderpaul) 6-78(RD Jacobs) 7-88(FL Reifer) 8-106(OD Gibson)
9-106(V Drakes) 10-110(R Dhanraj)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
V Razdan	3	0	21	0
PL Mhambrey	4	1	21	3
Gopal Sharma	4	1	15	4
SB Joshi	2.4	0	11	1
SV Bahutule	2	0	11	0
RV Bharadwaj	1	0	8	0
WV Raman	3	0	23	2

Offspinner Gopal Sharma took 4-15 to hand the Indian Board XI a 14 run victory