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Saturday, November 21, 2009
WELLINGTON: John Wright, a prominent name doing the rounds for New Zealand’s next coach, will work with the national side briefly ahead of the first Test against Pakistan.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan said that Wright, currently with the Invitation XI playing the touring Pakistanis in Queenstown, would pop in to be with the side.
“But there is nothing more to be read into it than that,” Vaughan was quoted as saying by the Press. “He will be there helping out and before the game begins he will be heading off to continue his elite coaching work.” Wright had done a similar stint with New Zealand last year when West Indies played in Dunedin.
Vaughan said that NZC had spoken to the internationals to have returned from the limited-overs fixtures against Pakistan in the UAE ahead of zeroing in on a coach. “What was gratifying was that the feedback from the tour was resoundingly positive, which gave me a sense of assurance that we did not need to rush our decision,” he said.
Vaughan was hopeful of deciding on a replacement by February, when Bangladesh visit ahead of Australia. “It is a matter of looking twofold, assessing what the team’s needs are under the current environment and also what is sustainable into the future,” he said.
Scoreboard
New Zealand Invitation XI won toss
New Zealand Invitation XI 1st innings 234
Pakistanis 1st innings 286
New Zealand Invitation XI 2nd innings
†C D Cumming c Sarfraz Ahmed b Abdur Rauf 16
T G McIntosh not out 131
D R Flynn c Sarfraz Ahmed b Fawad Alam 56
*G D Elliott not out 22
Extras (b1, lb2, nb3) 6
Total (2 wickets, 71 overs) 231
Did not bat: B J Watling, J E C Franklin, †R A Young, T S Nethula, D R Tuffey, T G Southee, I E O’Brien, B J Arnel
Fall: 1-17, 2-154
Bowling: Mohammad Asif 11-3-35-0 (1nb); Abdur Rauf 6-2-11-1; Danish Kaneria 22-4-52-0; Yasir Arafat 9-1-23-0 (1nb); Fawad Alam 12-0-46-1; Salman Butt 4-0-18-0; Umar Akmal 1-0-6-0; Khurram Manzoor 1-0-14-0; Imran Farhat 5-0-23-0 (1nb)
Players per side: 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Result: Match drawn
Umpires: G A V Baxter and C B Gaffaney
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