New Zealand A cricket team

New Zealand 'A'
Captain:	BJ Watling^[1]
Coach:	Bob Carter^[2]
Founded:	1997
Home ground:	Bert Sutcliffe Oval
Capacity:	n/a
First-class debut:	England XI in January 30, 1997 at Victoria Park, Wanganui
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	-	-	-	-

Current squad

This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand A team who went to England and Scotland in August 2014.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	S/N
Captain
BJ Watling	31	Right-handed	n/a	Northern Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	47
Middle-Order Batsmen
Dean Brownlie	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Canterbury	Test, Twenty20
Daryl Mitchell	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Canterbury
Colin Munro	29	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20
Hamish Rutherford	27	Left-handed	n/a	Otago	Test, ODI, Twenty20
Wicket-keepers
Michael Bracewell	25	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Otago
Tom Latham	24	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Canterbury	Test, ODI, Twenty20
All-rounders
Todd Astle	30	Right-handed	Right-arm Off break	Canterbury	Test
Anton Devcich	31	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Northern Districts	ODI, Twenty20
Grant Elliott	37	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Wellington	ODI, Twenty20
Colin de Grandhomme	-17850	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Auckland	ODI, Twenty20
Scott Kuggeleijn	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Wellington
Pace Bowlers
Hamish Bennett	29	Left-handed	Right-arm fast–medium	Canterbury	ODI	52
Doug Bracewell	26	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20
Matt Henry	25	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Canterbury	ODI	21
Adam Milne	24	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Central Districts	ODI, Twenty20	2
Spin Bowlers
Mark Craig	29	Left-handed	Right-arm Off break	Otago	Test
Ish Sodhi	24	Right-handed	Leg break	Northern Districts	Test, Twenty20

References

Cricket in New Zealand

Governing body	New Zealand Cricket

National Teams	New Zealand Women U-19 New Zealand A

Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington

Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze

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List A	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17

Twenty20	15–16 16–17

Women's one day	State League

Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Auckland Canterbury Otago Wellington

Records	Test ODI T20I

Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans Tasman Trophy)

History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01

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