Pre-tour training camp starts Monday

With less than a month until the BLACKCAPS board the plane for Zimbabwe New Zealand Cricket’s High Performance team will hold a pre-tour camp at Lincoln.

The camp will run from Monday 19 September to Friday 30 September and cover all areas of preparation - both on and off the field.

With the exception of the cricketers involved in the Champions League tournament in India all BLACKCAPS contracted players plus another 14 top domestic players will take part in the ten day camp.

NZC Director of Cricket John Buchanan said: “It been a long time since the BLACKCAPS played international cricket and the fact we have a number of new support staff make it a very important camp.

“Preparation for the tour of Zimbabwe will be the main focus but a range of benefits come from bringing together a large group of players.

“There will be a variety of conditioning and cricket activities including a number of limited over practice matches.

“Players will also get the opportunity to work with specialists to help get them physically and mentally fit as they gear up for the summer ahead.”

Player attending the camp:

Graeme Aldridge – Northern Knights
Brent Arnel – Northern Knights
Todd Astle – Canterbury Wizards
Hamish Bennett – Canterbury Wizards
Trent Boult – Northern Knights
Doug Bracewell – Central Stags
Neil Broom – Otago Volts
Dean Brownlie – Canterbury Wizards
Derek de Boorder – Otago Volts
Grant Elliott – Wellington Firebirds
Daniel Flynn – Northern Knights
Peter Fulton – Canterbury Wizards
Tarun Nethula – Central Stags
Rob Nicol – Canterbury Wizards
Brendon McCullum – Otago Volts
Nathan McCullum – Otago Volts
Andy McKay – Wellington Firebirds
Tim McIntosh – Auckland Aces
Jacob Oram – Central Stags
Jeetan Patel – Wellington Firebirds
Jesse Ryder – Wellington Firebirds
Ross Taylor – Central Stags
Kruger van Wyk – Central Stags
BJ Watling – Northern Knights
Sam Wells – Otago Volts
Kane Williamson – Northern Knights
Brad Wilson – Northern Knights
Luke Woodcock – Wellington Firebirds
Reece Young – Canterbury Wizards

* Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Bruce Martin and Kyle Mills will join the training camp if the Auckland Aces don’t advance past the Champions League qualifying matches held on 19-21 September.