Cricket Season 2011-2012 Schedule: Future cricket Series

Future cricket series schedules:

Test Series Schedule

Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India  vs Australia, Dec 2011 – Jan 2012 in Australia

Pakistan v England Test Series, Jan-Feb 2012, in United Arab Emirates

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand Test Series, Jan 2012 in New Zealand

South Africa vs New Zealand Test Series, Mar 2011, in New Zealand

England vs Srilanka Test Series Mar-Apr 2012, in Sri Lanka

The Frank Worrell Trophy, Australia vs West Indies, Apr 2012, in West Indies

One Day International Series Schedule

Sri Lanka vs South Africa ODI Series, Jan 2012, in South Africa

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand ODI Series, Feb 2012, in New Zealand

Commonwealth Bank Series, Feb-Mar 2012 (Australia, India, Sri Lanka) in Australia

Pakistan v Afghanistan ODI Match, Feb 2012, in United Arab Emirates

Pakistan v England ODI Series, Feb 2012, in United Arab Emirates

South Africa vs New Zealand ODI Series, Feb-Mar 2012 in New Zealand

Asia Cup, Mar 2012 (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) in Bangladesh

Australia vs West Indies ODI Series, Mar 2012, in West Indies

T20 Series Schedule

India vs Australia T20I Series, Feb 2012, in Australia

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand T20I Series, Feb 2012 in New Zealand

South Africa vs New Zealand T20I Series, Feb 2012 New Zealand

Ireland vs Kenya T20I Series, Feb 2012 in Kenya

Pakistan vs England T20I Series, Feb 2012, in United Arab Emirates

Australia vs West Indies T20I Series, Mar 2012, in West Indies

One day international cricket records: New Zealand vs Australia

The first ever ODI played between the Australian cricket team and the New Zealand cricket team was at Dunedin on March 30 1973. It was 35 overs match where Australia won by seven wickets.

• The Australian cricket team is famously known as the Aussies. The Kiwis is the nick name for the New Zealand cricket players in the world of cricket.
• IM Chappel was the captain of the Australian cricket team while the Aussies played their first ODI against the Kiwis. The kiwis were being captained by BE Congdon at that time.
• EW Dempster and LHG Harmer were the umpires during the first ODI match played between these two cricket teams.
• On the grounds of Carisbrooke, Dunedin, the Aussies won their first ODI Match played against the famous Kiwis.
• RT Ponting, ME Waugh and DC Boon from the Australian cricket team have been seen to perform really well against the New Zealand players.  GD McGarth and Bret Lee have also been bowling marvelously taking the maximum number of wickets in the ODI matches against the New Zealand cricket team.
• Famous New Zealand cricket players Stephen Flemming, JG Wright and MD Crowe are the eminent players of the New Zealand cricket team who have been batting spectacularly. On the bowling side, EJ Chatfield, DL Vettori and RJ Hadlee are the important players who have been performing pretty well against the Aussies.
• Up till today, a total of 124 ODIs have been played between the Australian cricket team and the New Zealand cricket team. Out of these 124, 85 matches have been won by the Aussies and the rest 34 were in the favor of the great Kiwis.
• The highest ODI total record has been made by the New Zealand cricket team against the Australian players which was a score of 350 in 49.3 overs at the cost of 9 wickets. This ODI was in year 2007 played on the grounds of Hamilton.
• The individual highest score in the ODIs between the Australian cricket team and the New Zealand cricket team has been made by an Aussie player, ML Hayden. He scored 181 runs on 166 balls on 20 feb 2007 on the fields of Hamilton.
• GD McGarth, the famous Australian player has the record of holding most number of wickets against the New Zealand cricket team where as SE Bond, one of the Kiwis has the best bowling figures against the Australian cricket team.
• Coming towards the wicket keeping records, AC Gilchrist has the most number of dismissals (62) record against the New Zealand cricket team.
• Up to date, the last ODI played between these two cricket teams was at Vidarbha cricket association stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur. It was the eight match of the tournament played on 25^th February 2011.

 

T20 cricket records: Australian cricket team vs New Zealand cricket team

New Zealand cricket team and Australian cricket team played its first T20 match on 17^th February on the fields of Auckland in the year 2005.

• The New Zealand cricket team is also famously known as the Kiwis and the Australians are known as the Aussies.
• SP Flemming was the caption of the New Zealand cricket team in their first T20 match. Ricky Ponting was the caption of the Australian cricket team at that time.
• BF Bowden and AL Hill were the umpires of the first T20 match played between the Kiwis and the Aussies.
• The Australian Cricket team won the first match played against the Kiwis by 44 runs and RT Ponting was declared the man of the match.
• A total of five T20 matches have been played between the two teams up till today.
• A Symonds, RT Ponting and Michael Clarke have performed splendidly on the batting side against the New Zealand cricket team. On the bowling side, SW Tait and MG Jhonsons have done a superb job.
• SE Bonds and KD Mills effectively bowled against the Aussies and on the batting side, BB McCullum, Jacob Oram and SB Styris performed marvelously.
• Out of five matches, the Aussies have won four of them and one of the matches was a tie between the two cricket teams.
• A score of 214 has been recorded to be the highest score up to date made by the Australian cricket team against the Kiwis on the grounds of Auckland in the year 2005.
• The highest individual T20 score so far has been made by BB McCullum of the New Zealand Cricket team.
• Most number of wickets was taken by SW Tait, the Aussie bowler i.e 6 wickets in 3 matches.
• The best bowling figure record between the two teams is held by MS Kasprowicz of the Australian team.
• AC Gilchrist and BJ Haddin, the two Australian cricket players hold the record of the most dismissals in T20 matches played between the Aussies and the Kiwis so far.
• The last up to date match played between the two teams was in the year 2010 on 28^th February at Christchurch.

 

Test cricket records: New Zealand cricket team vs Australian cricket team

The Aussies started playing test cricket in 1877 and made their debut against the English cricket team where as New Zealand commenced their test career in 1930. Despite making the debut in 1930 the New Zealand cricket team made their first encounter against the Australian cricket team in 1946.

• Australian cricket squad are known as the Aussies where as the New Zealanders are known as the Kiwis.
• WA Brown was the Australian cricket team’s captain when the two teams made their first encounter where as WA Hadlee captained the New Zealand cricket side.
• The first test match between the two islanders was played at Wellington where the Aussies won easily against the Kiwis.
• HW Gourlay and MF Pengelly umpired the first test match.
• The key players for the Aussies were AR Border, AC Gilchrist, Glen McGrath, DR Martyn and KD Walters. Whereas for the kiwis JG Wright, MD Crowe, CL Cairns, AH Jones, NJ Astle and RJ Hadlee have been the eminent performers.
• In total the two teams have battled 50 times on the test match field.
• 26 matches have been won by the Australian cricket team and only 7 matches were won by the New Zealanders.
• 17 matches resulted in a draw which has caused the winning ratios as so. (Australia: 52% and NZ: 14%)
• Highest test cricket total in an innings by Australian cricket team were 607/6 (declared)
• The highest test cricket total made by the New Zealanders was 553/7(declared).
• In aggregate the highest runs were made by AR Border i.e. 1500 runs, and as for the highest runs in an innings were by KD Walters (250) and the highest runs in an innings by the kiwis side were 188 by MD Crowe (188).
• RJ Hadlee, the New Zealander bowler took 9 wickets in 1985, and he also happens to be the leading aggregate wicket taker with 130 wickets. The maximum number of wickets was also taken by him in a match (15 wickets). The records make it pretty evident that he was one of the key bowlers of the New Zealand bowling squad.
• And it is a world record up till date that no one else has ever been able to achieve the three titles to his name. (Highest wickets in an innings, match and in aggregate against a side).
• The last match played by the Australian cricket team against the Kiwis was in 2010 (March 27-31) at Hamilton.

 

Greatest West Indian cricket player: Courtney Andrew Walsh

Andrew Walsh is a former fast bowler of the West Indian cricket team who played at International level from 1984-2001 while he performed as a captain for the team in a total of 22 Test matches. Today, Walsh is most recognized for his brilliant opening bowling alliance with Curtly Ambrose. Not just this, he is also popular for making the record of maximum number of Test wickets from 2000.

Walsh made his first step into the world of fame in 1979 when he bagged 10 wickets in an innings performed in school cricket while it was only three years later that he made his first-class playing debut. In his Test debut against Australia in 1984, Walsh took 2 wickets for 43 runs. Later in the same season, he made his debut for ODI against Sri Lanka while in 2000, he played his last ODI against New Zealand cricket team. Walsh was bequeathed with the honor of being one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1987. Having been appointed as a captain for the West Indian cricket team for the tours of New Zealand and India in 1994, he bagged 62 Test wickets at an average of 21.75 runs per wicket in 1995. This feat was better enhanced in 2000 when the then performed at an average of 18.69 while securing 66 Test wickets. This included 34 wickets in the Test series that Walsh played against the English team at an average of 12.82 runs per wickets.

Today, Courtney Andrew Walsh is a regular feature of the Lashing World XI and owns a restaurant by the name of Cuddyz in Jamaica.

 

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