Thursday, January 15, 2009

India Tour of New Zealand

India will an expanded three-test series in New Zealand in March and April in a bid to fill some of the void following its cancelled tour to Pakistan. First Test has been scheduled to play at Wellington (March 18-22), the second Test at Napier (March 26-30) and last Test at Hamilton (April 3-7). The second Test has been included after approaches from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

They will alsoplay 2 Twenty20 international matches along with 5 limited-overs match.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan said his organisation to enlarge the India Tour.

"India is probably the most exciting side in the world at present, packed full of super-star players and the chance to see six more days of high quality international competition will be welcomed by all New Zealand cricket fans," Vaughan said.