New Zealand Cricket round up
New Zealand Cricket has included the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775 fast bowler Hamish Bennett to its one-day squad for the next month’s tour of Bangladesh. 23-year-old Bennett has said that he was surprised by his call-up to the one-day squad for the coming tour of Bangladesh. The fast bowler has been a steady domestic performer with 24 one-day scalps at an average of 37.29.
The 15-man group announced by the NZC does not include injured Scott Styris and Martin Guptill, while the rest of the players who visited http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
Mark Greatbatch, the coach of Kiwis has praised his tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 with New Zealand A during the winter, though Bennett failed to pick a single wicket in any of his two one-day and two T20 games. Despite his lack of success during the tour, he has been part of the New Zealand Emerging Players side for the last four years. Bennett, who is in line for an international debut, is the only uncapped player in the 15-man group that will play five One Day Internationals in Bangladesh next month.
After enjoying a highly prolific county season with Gloucestershire James Franklin has not given up his fight for a spot in the 2011 World Cup squad of New Zealand. Franklin, who lost his national contract with NZC during the off-season will have an opportunity to impress the selectors, when he will be leading New Zealand A in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 next month whilst the national side testing their nerves against Bengali tigers in Bangladesh.
Franklin has topped Gloucestershire’s one-day run tally by logging 511 runs at an average of 73.00, scoring two centuries. He was also a top-scorer of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785’s T20 list compiling 470 runs at an average of 39.16. The impressive county figures earned him New Zealand selector’s nod to captain A team.
New Zealand will tour India later this year to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals. First test of the three-match series kicks off in on November 4th in Ahmadabad, while the second Test was scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens from 12th November. The Cricket Association of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Uttar-Pradesh-c858 Cricket Association but the UPCA management has also expressed its incapability to host the match.
Chairman of CAB stadium committee Chitrak Mitra said that if CAB accepts BCCI's proposal to host the second Test the renovation work would have to be bunged up for some time. He further added that this is not viable, as the arena has to be ready to stage 2011 World Cup matches, just months away. Eden Gardens is scheduled to host four World Cup matches: England vs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391.
ICC's chief pitch consultant, Andy Atkinson, and his deputy David Eugene visited the stadium last week and recommended the CAB to accelerate the renovation work. An ICC team will visit Eden Gardens on 8th December for the final assessment.
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