New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches in the 2005–06 season. Owing to South Africa's busy schedule, the tour was split into two legs, one to be played in October 2005 with the six limited overs matches (one Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals), and the second leg to be played in April and May 2006, including three Test matches. Before the limited overs series began, New Zealand were ranked third on the ICC ODI Championship table, two places ahead of their hosts South Africa ^[1]. However, New Zealand had never won an ODI series in South Africa before this tour ^[2], and they were not to do it this summer either. In fact, New Zealand did not win a single one of the five matches, and only the rain – which sent the fourth match into a no-result – prevented the Kiwis from going down 0–5. The test series was similarly disappointing for New Zealand, with South Africa claiming it 2-0. After two series losses to Australia it was a satisfying result for the South Africans.

Squads

• New Zealand ODI and Twenty20: ^[3] Stephen Fleming (c), Brendon McCullum (wk), Andre Adams, Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, James Franklin, Hamish Marshall, James Marshall, Craig McMillan, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Scott Styris, Lou Vincent
• South Africa ODI and Twenty20:^[4] Graeme Smith (c), Mark Boucher (wk), Nicky Boje, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince

Albie Morkel was also in the squad for the Twenty20 International. Dippenaar was diagnosed with a wrist injury after the first ODI ^[5] and was replaced by Andrew Puttick as an emergency ^[6]. AB de Villiers also joined the squad from the second match, as a replacement for Andrew Hall, as the selectors wanted to rotate their players "in order for them to get more time in the middle" as selector Haroon Lorgat put it ^[7]. Hall and Puttick were left out of the squad for the third ODI, with Jacques Rudolph coming in as replacement, and after Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje announced that they would not take part of the tour of India in November, they were replaced by Hall and Morkel for the fourth and fifth match ^[8].

Limited Overs Matches

Tour Match: New Zealand v South Africa A (14 October 2005)

New Zealanders won by 19 runs (D/L method)^[9]

Tour Match: New Zealand v South Africa A (16 October 2005)

New Zealanders won by 103 runs^[10]

Twenty20 International (21 October 2005)

First ODI (23 October 2005)

Second ODI (28 October 2005)

Third ODI (30 October 2005)

Fourth ODI (4 November 2005)

No result ^[15]

Fifth ODI (6 November 2005)

Test Matches

First Test (15-19 April 2006)

At the aptly titled Centurion Cricket Ground, three players made their hundredth Test appearance: Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis of the opposing side, the latter also featuring in the ICC World XI, and Stephen Fleming, for New Zealand . The South African victory is the teams 100th Test win.

Second Test (27 April-1 May 2006)

Third Test (5-7 May 2006)

References

1. ^ ICC One-day international cricket, retrieved 14 December 2005
2. ^ Cricket: Injuries worry Fleming for first one-dayer by Richard Boock, The New Zealand Herald, published 22 October 2005
3. ^ New Zealand Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 14 December 2005
4. ^ South Africa Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 14 December 2005
5. ^ Dippenaar to miss India tour, published 28 October 2005 by Cricinfo
6. ^ Rudolph added to South Africa squad, published 29 October 2005 by Cricinfo
7. ^ Hall out in South Africa rotation, published 26 October 2005 by BBC Sport
8. ^ Gibbs and Boje dropped from one-day squad, published 1 November 2005 by Cricinfo
9. ^ Tour Match: South Africa A v New Zealanders at Benoni, 14 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
10. ^ Tour Match: South Africa A v New Zealanders at Potchefstroom, 16 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
11. ^ Twenty20 International: South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, 21 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
12. ^ 1st ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Bloemfontein, 23 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
13. ^ 2nd ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, 28 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
14. ^ 3rd ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, 30 October 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
15. ^ 4th ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, 4 November 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
16. ^ 5th ODI: South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, 6 November 2005, scorecard from Cricinfo
17. ^ First Test scorecard, retrieved from Cricinfo
18. ^ Second Test scorecard, retrieved from Cricinfo
19. ^ Third Test scorecard, retrieved from Cricinfo