Story New Zealand's Road To The Top [CK7]

[H0wZ4T!]

New Zealand are in a slump. 7th in the Test rankings and 3rd in the ODI ranks have seen performances drop, heads drop and ultimately, their fans drop.

This story will follow the Blackcaps on the road for two years, starting in South Africa for the first ever Twenty20 championship, and ending in Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy.

The schedule for the year is as follows:

- Twenty20 Championship (AWAY, South Africa)
- Australia (AWAY)
- South Africa (AWAY)
- England (HOME)
- England and Scotland (AWAY)
- ICC Champions Trophy (AWAY, Pakistan)

With the players at home just once in the next two years, it is going to be tough. But with key players like Bond, Vettori, McCullum, and new prospects like Ross Taylor and Lou Vincent, this is going to be one heck of a ride.

Credits:

Surendar and gamerkid - Without their amazing stories, I would never have got my inspiration!! Keep going, guys!

zain1612 - Thanks for the awesome sig that you see below! Cheers!

 

[surendar]

Go Kiwis!!!! :happy They are one of my fav teams.... Gud luck with this story Jay! :cool:

 

[kookaburra69]

Good start mate,hope the kiwis can perform!

 

[H0wZ4T!]

New Zealand arrive in Cape Town

The Blackcaps have touched down on South African soil ahead of the first ICC Twenty20 Championship. The tournament, which will feature 12 teams in four groups is underway in just under a week, and the Kiwis arrived bright and early on Saturday morning.

Bond and McCullum in Cape Town Airport, 4:00 am

Preparations Begin, Squad Confirmed

Later that day, the team begun their first training session at the beautiful Centurion Park.

Brendon McCullum returns a throw in training

The last event of the day was the confirmation of the fifteen man squad and the new ODI captain, following Fleming's resignation. Scott Styris takes the reins of a pretty predictable team:

1. Scott Styris [C]
2. Stephen Fleming
3. Daniel Vettori
4. Hamish Marshall
5. Shane Bond
6. Jeetan Patel
7. Lou Vincent
8. James Franklin
9. Ross Taylor
10. Peter Fulton
11. Daryl Tuffey
12. Andre Adams
13. Jacob Oram
14. Brendon McCullum [WK]
15. Craig McMillan

 

[surendar]

Have to see how Fleming plays as a nonskipper. Interesting job for Styris now.. Hope they have a good start under new captain!

 

[Pakistani Army]

Escellent satrt to your story mate....great works keep it up howzat!

 

[Roofrom50]

Great start to the story, looks good

 

[Xuzuno]

Great start. I'm looking forward to this story . Good luck.

 

[Highlander999]

Very nice pres. Good luck

 

[King Pietersen]

Nice start dude, good idea also, Styris ftw .

 

[H0wZ4T!]

New Zealand Prepare For Warm Up

New Zealand have trained for the last time as their warm up match against Bangladesh approaches. The game will be held at Centurion Park, Cape Town, which is also the Kiwi's HQ.


Jacob Oram finetunes his bowling in a nets session.

Other Teams Ready, Thursday The Day

New Zealand won't be the only team in warm-ups on Thursday. Australia face a determined India, England face off again the hosts, South Africa, Pakistan clash with the Windies and Zimbabwe take on Sri Lanka.

Warm Up Matches:

NEW ZEALAND vs Bangladesh - Cape Town
England vs South Africa - Johannesburg
Australia vs India - Durban
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka - Port Elizabeth

Can Kevin inspire the English on Protea soil?

 

[surendar]

NZ should dominate in warm-up matches to show promising signs for the start of this series... Lets go Kiwis :happy

 

[Pakistani Army]

Yeah but we haven't seen Bangla in action in 20-20's Suren bhai..........Anways will be a tight contest....Amazing pres howzat. Keep it up mate. Looking forward to all of your matches

 

[H0wZ4T!]

Yeah but we haven't seen Bangla in action in 20-20's Suren bhai..........Anways will be a tight contest....Amazing pres howzat. Keep it up mate. Looking forward to all of your matches

The match should be interesting. Coming up next, the pitch, toss and THE MATCH!

 

[Roofrom50]

cant wait for this to start, i am tipping the Kiwis tho