England tour NZ early next year
Afp, London
England will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches on their two-month tour of New Zealand in early 2008, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday.England will arrive in New Zealand on January 28 and play the first of two one-day warm-up games five days later. They will then face their hosts in seven limited-overs contests, starting with the Twenty20 games, over the following three weeks before preparing for the Test series. England will play one two-day match and one three-day first-class game before the first Test at Hamilton on March 5. The tour will end on March 26 after further Tests in Wellington and Napier. ITINERARY
Jan 28, 2008: England arrive Feb 02: One-day warm-up game v Canterbury, QE II Park, Christchurch Feb 03: One-day warm-up game v Canterbury, QE II Park Christchurch Feb 05: 1st Twenty20 International (floodlit), Lancaster Park, Christchurch Feb 07: 2nd Twenty20 International (floodlit), Eden Park, Auckland Feb 09: 1ST ODI (day/night), Westpac Stadium, Wellington Feb 12: 2ND ODI (day/night), Seddon Park, Hamilton Feb 15: 3RD ODI (day/night), Eden Park, Auckland Feb 20: 4TH ODI, McLean Park, Napier Feb 23: 5TH ODI (day/night), Lancaster Park, Christchurch Feb 25-26: Practice match v Otago, University Oval, Dunedin Feb 28-Mar 01: First-class match v Otago, University Oval, Dunedin Mar 05-09: 1ST TEST, Seddon Park, Hamilton Mar 13-17: 2ND TEST, Basin Reserve, Wellington Mar 22-26: 3RD TEST, McLean Park, Napier
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