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Zimbabwe XI 351 (Ervine 177, Bhatti 6-98) beat Canada 129 (Cheema 46, Chatara 3-21) and 149 (Tariq 39, Chatara 3-18, Masakadza 5-58) by an innings and 73 runs
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Canada were no match for the Zimbabweans as they dished out yet another disappointing batting performance to crash to an innings defeat at the Maple Leaf North-West ground. Shingirai Masakadza was the main wicket-taker with a five-wicket haul and he was supported by Tendai Chatara, who took three wickets.Resuming at 49 for 3, Canada lost Trevin Bastiampillai for the addition of 24 runs. Masakadza then claimed the other overnight batsman, Hemnarine Chattergoon before Chatara took out Usman Limbada. When the captain Rizwan Cheema fell soon after, Canada had lost three wickets for no runs. Masakadza claimed Henry Osinde to finish with 5 for 58, before Hamza Tariq’s run-out, for 39, brought the match to a conclusion early on the final day.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer’s four-wicket haul in the first innings at Lord’s has led pace legend Wasim Akram to comment that Aamer “is much cleverer than I was at 18″. Aamer, a left-arm seamer like Akram has impressed since he burst on the Test scene in 2009 leading to comparisons between the two. Akram’s endorsement comes as a confidence booster for the young seamer who is part of Pakistan’s talented pace attack for the England tour.”It was exciting to watch Aamer bowl so well at Lord’s,” Akram told after Aamer finished with four wickets in the first innings. “He is a special talent and has pace, nip and can swing the ball both ways which is ideal for a paceman, and augurs well for his future.”Aamer’s spell, supported by Mohammad Asif, helped Pakistan bowl Australia out for 253. Given the inexperience in their batting line-up, a lot is expected from the Pakistan seam attack, and Akram was pleased with Aamer’s development.”Aamer has got a head start and is a quick learner, so I see no reason why he can’t go on to become a leading fast bowler. He is already spearheading the Pakistan pace attack and watching him bowl, everything pitched up, banging in every delivery and testing the best batsmen in the world excited me no end,” Akram said.Akram however had some technical advice for the youngster. “What I noticed at Lord’s and in the series in Australia is that he bowls wide of the crease. That may help the ball to come in, but on slower tracks it won’t work, so he needs to bowl closer to the stumps,” Akram said.Akram also dismissed concerns that Aamer may struggle with injuries due to wiry build. “Some people say his physique is not that of a fast bowler, but he is only 18. He can strengthen his muscles with time and I am sure he will spend more time in the gym,” Akram said.

Ian Bell has been officially ruled out of England’s Test series against Pakistan after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his left foot while fielding during the second ODI against Bangladesh.”Ian underwent a routine operation last night on the fractured metatarsal in his left foot,” said the ECB’s chief medical officer, Nick Peirce. “He will now undergo a course of rehabilitation that will see him ruled out of the upcoming Pakistan Test series.”We expect Ian to make a full recovery but his participation in the NatWest Series against Pakistan in September will be reviewed in due course once he has made significant progress with his rehabilitation programme.”Bell suffered the injury when he dived for an attempted catch in the 10th over of Bangladesh’s innings. He limped off the field at the end of the over and was taken to hospital in an ambulance for assessment before returning to the ground on crutches.”I went up for a catch and felt pain as soon as I landed,” Bell said. “I knew straight away I’d done something serious. This is obviously extremely disappointing for me. I had worked very hard to get back into the England squad and had felt in good touch.”As a professional sportsman I accept injuries happen and it is now up to me to work closely with the ECB medical staff and Warwickshire on a rehab programme that will get me back playing as soon as possible.”Injuries never come at a good time, but for Bell this is an especially cruel blow after he had managed to establish his Test credentials over the last six months. He bounced back from the brink of being dropped against South Africa with a century at Durban and a match-saving 78 at Cape Town.He has since continued his liking of Bangladesh bowling with a century in the second Test at Dhaka in March and another at Old Trafford earlier this season. On his recall to the one-day side at Trent Bridge two days prior to the injury, he struck a Man-of-the-Match 84 not out to guide England to a six-wicket victory.Bell’s absence from the Test side could mean another opportunity for Eoin Morgan who was expected to make way after his two games against Bangladesh with Paul Collingwood set to slot back into the middle order. The other option for the selectors would be to considering experimenting with a five-man bowling attack with a strong feeling that England will need that balance at some point during the Ashes.

As was widely expected, the PCB has reduced or written off the punishments of four players who the board had only recently found guilty of various misdemeanours in the aftermath of an ill-fated, winless Australian tour over the turn of this year. The indefinite ban on former captain Younis Khan was lifted, the Rs 3 million fine on captain Shahid Afridi, for ball-tampering, was revoked entirely, while the fines on the Akmal brothers for acts of indiscipline were reduced.Ever since Shoaib Malik’s one-year ban was removed last week, the PCB had indicated that the punishments for other players would also be lifted. At a press conference to announce Pakistan’s Asia Cup squad two days ago, board chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that he had already recommended these measures to the independent arbitrator overlooking the appeals of the players. Butt staunchly defended the overturning, telling Cricinfo it wasn’t a u-turn, just the following of “a constitutional process.”The decisions were announced by retired judge Irfan Qadir after the latest set of hearings on Saturday morning. Afridi, he explained, had already been punished by the ICC, which had banned him for two Twenty20 internationals, so the question of a second punishment was not on. “The ICC has written a letter to the PCB indicating that the second punishment is wrong,” Qadir told reporters after the hearings in Lahore. “I must appreciate that Afridi accepted his wrongdoing. He accepted that he should not have done it but since he realised it himself I thought that was good and so removed the order on him.”Much the same reasoning was applied to the Akmal brothers, whose fines have been reduced to Rs1 million. The brothers accepted their mistakes. “They were candid in accepting their disciplinary issues. The PCB wanted to halve the fines [Kamran was fined Rs3 million] but I felt all players should now be treated on a par and so brought it down to Rs1 million.”Younis’ case was expected to go on longer as his lawyer Ahmed Qayyum had insisted he would seek no compromised relief and fight to clear his name fully. Qayyum’s persistence, Qadir indicated, won out. “There were many applications from the lawyer but there was no delay from my end. I asked Talib Rizvi [PCB’s legal advisor] what the main allegation was against him. He said it was an open-ended ban and he should not be part of a Pakistan squad. Now that he has been considered for a squad, it means the PCB has reconsidered him so I have simply set aside the order.”The orders leave undecided for now the fate of only two from the seven originally punished. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is likely to get the same relief at his next hearing on June 19, while the door has also been left open for Mohammad Yousuf – who retired in protest at the punishment – to come back should he wish to.Butt insisted that this wasn’t a u-turn, only the outcome of following the procedures laid down in the board’s constitution. “We only followed the process as it exists in the PCB constitution. There is an allowance in the constitution for punished players to appeal and they did and this is the result,” he told Cricinfo.However, he admitted that other factors came into play. “There were many appeals from many quarters which asked us to reconsider the punishments. For example the national assembly committee on sports met and the chairman asked me, after detailed discussions with a number of people, to review the decisions. I said there is an appeals process already in place and it is on and we are looking at it as we should and that we will review them. The independent arbitrator was appointed and he took into account many things before coming to this. A process has been followed.”Butt argued that the decisions would not send the wrong kind of message – that acts of indiscipline would go unchecked by the board – to the players. “Not at all. A loud and clear message has been conveyed to the players. On the Asia Cup and England tours I have left the entire responsibility of discipline in the hands of the captain and manager. If there is a single act of indiscipline, they have my backing to send the player back without even consulting me or anyone in the board. Already in the West Indies [for the World T20], the players were better and performed better.”

Forming a successful Test team can take years of work, but sometimes a couple of crucial building blocks slot in almost out of nowhere. Six months ago neither Tim Bresnan or Steven Finn were at the head of the pack for pace-bowling slots, yet both will now line-up against Bangladesh at Lord’s with the aim of pushing their claims for a more permanent place.As is often the case, ill-luck to others presented their opportunities. Ryan Sidebottom and Graham Onions both went lame before the first Test in Bangladesh during March – and the latter is now ruled out for at least another three months – leaving the England selectors searching for replacements. Bresnan’s consistent one-day form meant his was a logical progression, while Finn was summoned to the squad having impressed for the Lions in UAE.Both slotted straight into the line-up in the searing heat of Chittagong and Dhaka on pitches devoid of any life. But it was the tough conditions which allowed the pair to enhance their reputations. Bresnan showed the knack of breaking partnerships with reverse swing and suggested he could handle the No. 7 spot, while Finn, even on deathly slow pitches, found troublesome bounce with useful pace.However, while both emerged during the same series that’s where the similarities end. With Bresnan you have the stocky, northern allrounder who has had to fight hard to get himself in shape, then there is the beanpole, 6’7” frame of Finn who has battled to add the bulk needed to be a fast bowler.”I did myself a lot of favours in Bangladesh with the way I bowled, but especially the way I batted,” Bresnan said. “I grabbed the chance with both hands which is what you need to do to force you way into a team.”But I realised I needed a good start in county cricket so decided to play as much as I could for Yorkshire and I realised I’d be difficult to leave out if I had a successful start to the season.”Bresnan has just returned from playing a key role in England’s World Twenty20 triumph where his all-round reputation was further boosted, but Finn has spent the last six weeks in the more humble surrounds of Division Two Championship action for Middlesex. He started the season with an almighty bang by claiming 14 wickets in the match against Worcestershire and has 29 scalps at 18.68 for the season.There is already a feeling that the England management see him as an Ashes weapon with his height a potentially crucial factor on hard Australian pitches, but the 21-year-old is trying to keep himself firmly focussed on the week ahead.”Even six months ago I wasn’t expecting an international debut in 2010,” Finn said. “I’m just taking each game as it comes and that’s all I can do and it will stand me in good stead.”Bangladesh was a great experience, playing on wickets like that which I have never played on before. You don’t experience decks that flat here, and it’s nice to bowl a green seamer in April after slugging it out on those wickets. I’ve started the season well and taken a few wickets but each game is a new day.”Steven Finn’s early-season form has built on the positive impressive he made in Bangladesh and he is now tipped for an Ashes berth•Getty Images

If England’s plans continue to take shape as expected, two of England’s pace attack in Australia will be James Anderson and the currently resting Stuart Broad. Then it depends on whether it’s a five-man or four-man attack as to how many berths are vacant. Onions is losing ground with his untimely injury so both Bresnan and Finn could jump ahead during the summer, although there is no such thing as too many quick bowlers to chose from.”The way it’s happened over the last couple of years means we have a crop of seamers that can do a job in Test cricket,” Bresnan said. “Anyone who has played has been quite successful and long may that continue because one seamer isn’t going to play every game, it isn’t humanly possible.”This is how it’s got to be know because we play so much cricket. Test cricket is very intense, a lot more so than county cricket, and you can’t get away with 75% and be successful. As long as you have quality guys playing all the time, which we have, we should be able to maintain the standards.”The balance of the England side is a key question which needs answering this season and Bresnan will be central to the debate of four bowlers or five. Andy Flower is a huge supporter and Bresnan’s 91 in Dhaka hinted that No. 7 isn’t out of his reach at Test level.”In the last six to eight months I’ve gone the other way and spent a lot more time working on my batting,” he said. “My bowling is at a stage where it just needs fine-tuning, I feel I have the skill and accuracy. It’s not that I don’t work on it, but it takes a backburner at practice because we bowl so much anyway.”I’ve always know I could score runs at Test level it’s just about the application. I can play in Test cricket, no problem, as an allrounder,” he said. “It’s nice for the captain and coach when there is someone down the order who can get big runs.”Finn’s role is more one-dimensional but his development could be even more vital to England’s chances. They are craving a tall, quick bowler to replace Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff with Finn being the closest available on the domestic scene. Finn will hope that Andrew Strauss gives him the Pavilion End at Lord’s when his turn comes with the ball, which is the end from which his role model was at his best.”I have my idols like Glenn McGrath, in my opinion the best bowler to play the game, and it’s nice to play in the environment he was in a few years ago and see what I can do,” he said. “I’m still learning about my game. I’ve spoken a lot to Gus [Angus Fraser, the Middlesex director of cricket] about this and I don’t want to be like anyone else. I want to bowl how I can with my style but it’s hard to put my finger on what that is.”But will a strike or stock role be Finn’s route? “It would be great to combine the two. It would be nice to have a lot of pace and be able to control it – that’s the ideal fast bowler – and everyone who plays cricket should try and make themselves as good as they can. At the moment I’m somewhere between the two but no way am I the finished article.”There is still a chance that neither Finn or Bresnan will feature in Brisbane come November 25, but the fact both are now in the mix shows how far they have developed in a short space of time.

Australia crashed out in the first round of last year’s ICC World Twenty20 but they have a strong enough squad to win it this year, according to the batsman David Hussey. The selectors reacted to the 2009 failure by choosing a group featuring more short-format specialists, with five changes from last year’s 15-man outfit.Hussey and nine other men who went to England less than 12 months ago retained their spots, while Ricky Ponting, Nathan Bracken, James Hopes, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle are gone from that squad. The new group under Michael Clarke features several newer faces who have performed well in the Big Bash including Dirk Nannes, Steven Smith, Daniel Christian and Tim Paine.”I think last year was a failure,” Hussey told AAP in St Lucia. “We didn’t even make the Super Eights. This year if we all do our job, we can make the Super Eights and hopefully do some damage. I truly believe we’ve got the squad to go a long way and hopefully make the final and come away with the silverware.”The Australians begin with a warm-up match against Zimbabwe in St Lucia on Tuesday before another practice game on Thursday against Windward Islands. Their tournament proper starts on Sunday against Pakistan and they play Bangladesh three days later, needing at least one win from those two games to progress past the pool stage.First they must decide on the make-up of their side and several men will be desperate to impress during the two warm-ups including Brett Lee, who has not played for his country since October. An elbow injury sidelined Lee for the Australian summer and early in his IPL return he broke his right thumb.Lee’s form for the Kings XI Punjab had not been ideal; he had figures of 0 for 149 at an economy rate of 10.27 in four games. However, Lee is confident he can be part of Australia’s best XI despite the presence of the fast men Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Nannes, and the likelihood that their opener against Pakistan will be played on a slow surface.”I’m not here to carry the drinks, I’m here to play cricket,” Lee said. “We’ve got four guys who can bowl over 150kph, which is a bit like the 1980s West Indies set-up. We’re hoping to use that to our advantage. Even being stopped in the street now, hearing the locals saying that you’ve got four blokes who can bowl over 150 clicks. The word’s travelling about: ‘look at this cartel of fast bowlers.'”I was happy with the way the pace was coming through, late 140s [in the IPL]. Unfortunately I broke my thumb which put me out for about eight days.”If the quick quartet can have an impact it will go a long way to improving Australia’s record at the ICC World Twenty20, after they lost a semi-final in the inaugural tournament in 2007. Their performances since last year’s disappointment have been strong, with four victories, one tie and two matches abandoned.

Dinesh Karthik, who contributed a crucial 38-ball 69 in Delhi Daredevils’ victory against Rajasthan Royals, is pleased with his batting form and believes he is ready to take over the role of finisher in the India’s limited-overs teams.”I can proudly say that I can be a good finisher. I would take that role of a finisher any day, it’s a high-pressure job; MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh have been doing it for sometime now and I want to take over that job,” Karthik told the . “I have been able to finish a few games for Delhi Daredevils and I want to do the same for the Indian team as well.”Karthik is second only to Virender Sehwag in the list of run-getters for Delhi so far in IPL 2010, with 210 runs at an average of 30.00, and a strike-rate of 140.93. His form in the middle order, in addition to his wicketkeeping skills, has been crucial to Delhi’s cause in the tournament.”I do feel that I have been batting very well recently. It’s tough for me to compare how I was batting before and now, but I am obviously very happy with the way my batting is shaping up and with the way I’m hitting the ball.”For me, it has never been about being flashy, or about telling people how many shots I have in my kitty. When I am playing those shots I am just reacting to what the team requirements are. Over the years you learn and it comes through sheer experience. I also spend a lot of time at the nets – in fact, I have been working a lot with my coach Jayaram [former Kerala captain] but I think some of the decisions to play the shots come with my mental strength,” Karthik said.Karthik has had a tough time at the highest level, where he faced reasonable success as a Test opener before MS Dhoni displaced him, first behind the stumps and later from the starting eleven. Since then, he has cemented his place as India’s second-choice keeper, and in recent times, forced his way back as a specialist batsman. Karthik attributed his comeback to his ability to take stock of things and improve on his weaknesses.”When you get dropped, you do sit down and try and reassess. After I was dropped two years back after the Sri Lanka series, I had a serious rethink on my game, and the way I was going. When you are down or you get out cheaply, people talk about you, one needs to make a note and sit down patiently and assess the merits and demerits.”I realised that there was a problem with my mindset – I used to get worked up very easily and I needed to improve my keeping. I made a conscious attempt to rectify those mistakes and I can confidently say that I have improved drastically since then,” Karthik said.Karthik was not too concerned that his wicketkeeping was not required by the national side. “I don’t think too much about keeping when I am with the Indian team. Obviously I am only there as a back-up for Dhoni and I concentrate on my batting. When I get back to the domestic circuit, it does take a while to adjust back, because I haven’t kept for a while. But that’s a bargain I am willing to take to play for India,” Karthik said.

The financial might of the IPL was on display again on Sunday when Pune and Kochi became the league’s two new franchises, being sold for a value in excess of the original eight franchises combined.The Sahara group, the biggest patron of sports in the country, became owners of the Pune franchise after offering a staggering US$370m. The other new franchisee is a consortium of five companies called Rendezvous Sports World, which bid US$333.33m for Kochi. There were three other qualified bidders, including Adani Enterprises and VC digital solutions Pvt Ltd (Videocon), who were in the fray to become part of the IPL, which will be heartening for any existing franchise owners looking to offload their stake.”It only shows there is no recession for the IPL and it is on the upswing,” Lalit Modi, the league’s commissioner, said after announcing the new franchises in Chennai.Sahara, who have been sponsoring Indian cricket for the past 15 years, had bid for the same amount for three cities, but ultimately chose Pune over Ahmedabad and Nagpur. “When we considered the cities, in terms of infrastructure and logistics, Pune came first,” Abhijit Sarkar, the head of Sahara’s corporate communications, said. “Ït is also close to Mumbai – the commercial capital of India – and Aamby Valley (an upmarket township owned by the Sahara group).”Ajay Shirke, president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) and a prominent businessmen from Pune, said he was obviously happy about Pune being rated as the most popular venue at the auction with three out of the five bidders preferring Pune as their home base over the rest of the 11 cities. Puneites have been hungry for top-quality cricket for nearly half a decade now. The last international match played in Pune was in the 2005 ODI series between India and Sri Lanka.”MCA has always maintained that we will support all bids that are made for Pune,” Shirke, who was present at the auction venue in Chennai, told Cricinfo. “That only increases Pune’s association with cricket manifold.”What they [the bidders] would have kept in mind was the market of Mumbai and Pune are nearby. Then there are private cities like Lavasa and Aamby Valley, which are about 20 kilometres from the ground.”According to Shirke, the Sahara franchise would have its home ground situated on the outskirts of Pune city, in Gahunje, which is on the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The ground construction is already underway with Shapoorji Pallonji being the main contractors.He was confident that the ground would be ready in time for the IPL’s fourth season when Sahara would unveil its team. “The construction work has already started and it should be ready by March 2011,” Shirke said.While Sahara have a long history of sports sponsorship and are a high-profile corporate group, little is known about the winners of the Kochi franchise. It is a consortium with five partners – the Rendezvous group, Parini developers, Anand Shah Estate, Anchor Earth Private Limited and Film Waves. Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor was involved in bringing the group together, but has no stake in the franchise.In fact, Tharoor clarified to Cricinfo that he had no stake in the Kochi franchise and that his role was limited to encouraging the consortium that bagged the team. “My role consisted only of encouraging and blessing the venture, and steering it to Kerala,” he told Cricinfo.”Tharoor was involved in facilitating and trying to get a team for the state,” Modi confirmed. “He is an ardent fan of cricket and he has been trying to get people from Kochi to bid for it. I think his involvement ends there.”Modi said the tournament’s organsiers would provide the Kochi franchise a home ground till the Kerala Cricket Association completes construction of its new stadium. “Kerala Cricket Association is in the process of building the infrastructure and as when the stadium is ready teams will play there,” he said. “But till the structures are ready, the IPL will provide them with an alternate venue.”Speaking to reporters, Shailendra Gaikwad of Rendezvous World Sport said, “We have closely been following every development within the IPL, right from the inaugural year. Today, I am very happy for our consortium of Rendezvous World Sport and the people of Kochi as we finally have a team to call our own in this amazing city-based sports franchise”While the huge money offered by the new franchisees shows the health of the IPL, Modi said there were no plans in the near future to further increase the number of teams involved. “We also have no plans to expand further immediately. In fact I don’t foresee an expansion in many, many years to come but then you never know.”The IPL will now feature 10 teams and – if the current format is retained – a total of 94 games, from the existing 60. After the first season in 2008, the league has already expanded its reach to other centres such as Cuttack, Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Dharamsala.The franchise auction process was to have been completed on March 7 but was postponed by two weeks after the bidders and the BCCI objected to stiff financial clauses.

ScorecardClint McKay’s 3 for 50 hurt Queensland•Getty Images

Victoria are closing in on hosting the Sheffield Shield final after taking a 151-run lead over Queensland on the second day in Brisbane. The Bulls were dismissed for 170 in reply to Victoria’s 316 and the visitors lost Chris Rogers as they finished on 1 for 5.Pitches at the Gabba usually get better as the game goes on but the Bushrangers, who moved into the final with the first-innings points, already have a significant advantage in the top-of-the-table clash. The Bulls were never allowed to get going in their chase and were relieved when Chris Hartley, the No.6, compiled 47 as they scraped past the follow-on figure of 166.Clint McKay was a key man with 3 for 50, removing Ryan Broad, Wade Townsend and Craig Philipson. Damien Wright was also important with 3 for 41 and Darren Pattinson claimed the valuable double of James Hopes (16) and Chris Simpson (4) to prevent a local recovery.Hopes had taken five wickets early in the day as Victoria resumed on 6 for 265 and added 51. John Hastings was caught behind in the opening over and Hopes then picked up McKay for 6 to finish with 5 for 66.Michael Hill was 32 not out while Pattinson (17) was the last man out, giving Luke Feldman his second wicket. Feldman struck again in the final over of the day to remove Rogers with a yorker to give his side some hope of a comeback.

Nathan Hauritz has been given the chance to cement his spot before the World Twenty20 after being added to Australia’s 15-man squad for the two games in New Zealand next week. Hauritz has become the No. 1 slow bowler in Tests and ODIs but has not been picked for any of the short-form encounters at home.The selectors were keen to see how the legspinner Steven Smith would perform against Pakistan and Hauritz has been rested from the contests against West Indies on Sunday and Tuesday. “With the important role spin plays in Twenty20 cricket, Nathan deserves the chance to try and establish himself in Australia’s Twenty20 side ahead of the World Twenty20,” Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said.While Hauritz can fine-tune for the tournament in the West Indies in April and May, Michael Hussey’s international Twenty20 career in the format appears over after he was left out. His brother David is in the squad along with Cameron White, Travis Birt and Smith, who doubles as a hard-hitting batsman and could be competing with Hauritz for the spinner’s role at the World Twenty20.”I’ve got the next two Twenty20s coming up against West Indies and the two Twenty20s in New Zealand,” Smith said. “I’m going to be looking to put the best performances up possible and if I get a chance to be part of the World Twenty20 tournament that would be outstanding.”The one-day side will play five games next month before the two-Test series and the selectors have been loyal to the squad that has been so successful over the past 10 months. There are no surprises in the 14-man outfit that will be led by Ricky Ponting.Twenty20 squad David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, David Hussey, Travis Birt, Brad Haddin (wk), Steven Smith, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ryan Harris, Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait.ODI squad Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Adam Voges, Brad Haddin (wk), James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ryan Harris, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger.Tour schedule
26 February, 1st T20, Wellington
28 February, 2nd T20, Christchurch
3 March, 1st ODI, Napier
6 March, 2nd ODI, Auckland
9 March, 3rd ODI, Hamilton
11 March, 4th ODI, Wellington
13 March, 5th ODI, Wellington
19 – 23 March, 1st Test, Wellington
27 – 31 March, 2nd Test, Hamilton