NZ blast through to semi’s at Indoor Cricket Cup

Media Release 15th October 2004

NZ blast through to semi’s at Indoor Cricket World Cup

The round robin is over at the Indoor Cricket World Cup 2004 at Colombo, Sri Lanka and the New Zealand Men’s Indoor Cricket team have qualified in second place behind Australia. The Women’s team came in at third place, also getting through to the semi-finals.

Despite a shaky start, losing their first two games, the men’s team won all of their remaining round-robin matches to qualify ahead of host team Sri Lanka.

The men’s team meet Australia in semi-final A, the loser of which then plays the winner of Sri Lanka vs. South Africa (semi-final B) for a place in the final.

The women’s team meet host team Sri Lanka in a must-win game in order to proceed to the final.

Both finals will be played on Saturday 16th October. The men’s final commences at 5.30pm New Zealand time, the women’s final at 10.30pm New Zealand time.

Men’s team Captain Graham Murray said “I’m delighted we have got to the semi’s. We have a pretty young team, but full of passion and enthusiasm and to end the round robin in second place is testament to that. We’re expecting a hard game against Australia tonight, but are focused on the challenge and ready for anything.”

Men’s Points Table

Team
Played
For
Against
%
Skins
Wins
Points

Australia
6
758
132
574.2
21
6
39

New Zealand
6
623
307
202.9
17
4
29

Sri Lanka
6
555
303
183.2
13
5
28

South Africa
6
545
330
165.2
13
3
22

England
6
343
411
83.5
13
2
19

U. A. E.
6
321
704
45.6
7
1
10

India
6
-75
883
-8.5
0
0
0

Women’s Points Table

Team
Played
For
Against
%
Skins
Wins
Points

Australia
5
876
68
1288.2
17
5
32

South Africa
5
754
329
229.2
15
4
27

New Zealand
5
523
383
136.6
11
3
20

Sri Lanka
5
430
334
128.7
12
2
18

England
5
299
613
48.8
5
1
8

India
5
-139
1016
-13.7
0
0
0

The New Zealand Teams are:
Men’s
Graham Murray (Captain) - Central, Andrew Richardson - Southern, Craig Stevens - Southern, Nigel Collins - Northern, Paul Hermon - Northern, Brandon Hini - Southern, Craig Foster - Central, Sunnie Chan - Central, Matt Henderson - Southern, Bryce Fellows - Central, Jayson Davis - Central, Lindsay Rea (Manager) - Northern, Brian Stevens (assistant) ; Mark Cini (Coach) - Southern.
Women’s
Sarah White (Captain) - Northern, Angela Mckee (Vice - Capt.) - Northern, Jess Little - Southern, Kim Minogue - Southern, Shannon Davidson - Northern, Jess Ramage - Northern, Carolyn Tooby - Southern, Natalie Glubb - Southern, Rochelle Ebrey - Northern, Aimee Williams - Northern, Miranda Walker - Southern, Gaylene Reisima - Northern, Amanda Ormandy (Manager) - Southern, Paul Knight (Coach) - Northern.

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