Seddon Park Tosses.

I have analysed the past 10 tests at Seddon Park.  The figures below speak for themselves.

Team	Year	Tosses Won By	Chose to	Game result
Bangladesh	Feb-10	Bangladesh	Field	Blackcaps
Australia	Mar-10	Australia	Bat	Australia
Pakistan	Jan-11	Pakistan	Field	Blackcaps
South Africa	Mar-12	South Africa	Field	South Africa
West Indies	Dec-13	New Zealand	Field	Blackcaps
Sri Lanka	Dec-15	New Zealand	Field	Blackcaps
Pakistan	Nov-16	Pakistan	Field	Blackcaps
South Africa	Mar-11	South Africa	Bat	Drawn
West Indies	Dec-17	West Indies	Field	Blackcaps
Bangladesh	Mar-19	New Zealand	Field	Blackcaps
England	Dec-19	England	Field	Drawn
Last 11 Test Matches		Tosses Won by Blackcaps
		3
		Choices - Bat
		2
		Choices Field
		8
		Matches Results wins by Blackcaps
		7

Blackcaps versus Bangladesh at Seddon Park recap

Our Blackcaps have played two tests against Bangladesh at Seddon Park, in December 2001 and again in February 2010. Suffice to say we won both handsomely (2001 by an Innings and 52 runs, 2010 by 121  runs).

Notable stats from those tests

2001

Mark Richardson - 143
Craig McMillan  106
Shane Bond 4/47
Chris Cairns  7/53

2010

Martin Guptill  189
Brendon McCullum  185
Bowling stats shared, no stand outs.

So for Test Three there between the two teams?

Judging by this Bangladesh team it's going to be another whitewash.  We have batting potential right down to 7 and a very well balanced bowling attack.  I think the Deshies need a bit of luck with the toss but Kane has been on the money lately.  I think Kane will use his side and back himself to bat first and bat themselves into a great position.

Then again the sporting Gods can turn the tables.

Seddon Park - Hamiltron - Tosses from 1991

Wondered about toss details in Hamilton?  Test Match Cricket started there in 1991 versus Sri Lanka.  The the ensuing years there have been 23 tests and the 24th is about to unfold with the West Indies rolling the arm over tomorrow.

Below is a spreadsheet I have manufactured showing all the matches and toss details and match results.  Very interesting mixed results thoroughout.

23 matches where NZ have win 8 tosses, electing to bat twice and field 6 times.

All teams have selected to Field 17 times and Bat 6 times.  The results aren't clear cut on toss selections.

Those results for Us are 10 wins overall, 7 Draws and 6 losses.  Recent results have reversed record trends and our W/L ratio is getting healthy again.

The stats.

Teams	Toss won by	Elected	Match Result	Match Score (NZ Only)	Years
Sri Lanka	SL	Field	Drawn	N/A	1991
Pakistan	NZ	Field	NZ Loss		1992/3
India	NZ	Field	Drawn	N/A	1993
Zimbabwe	Zim	Field	Drawn	N/A	1996
Sri Lanka	NZ	Bat	Win NZ	120 runs	1997
India	Ind	Field	Drawn	N/A	1999
West Indies	WI	Bat	Win NZ	9 Wickets	1999
Australia	Aus	Field	NZ Loss		2000
Pakistan	NZ	Field	Win NZ	Innings and 185 runs.	2001
Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Field	Win NZ	Innings and 52 runs	2001
India	NZ	Field	Win NZ	4 wickets	2002/3
Pakistan	Pak	Field	Drawn	N/A	2003/4
South Africa	SA	Bat	Drawn	N/A	2004
England	NZ	Bat	Win NZ	189 runs	2008
India	Ind	Field	NZ Loss		2009
Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Field	Win NZ	121 runs	2010
Australia	Aus	Bat	NZ Loss	N/A	2010
Pakistan	Pak	Field	NZ Loss	N/A	2011
South Africa	SA	Field	NZ Loss	N/A	2012
West Indies	NZ	Field	Win NZ	8 Wickets	2013
Sri Lanka	NZ	Field	Win NZ	5 Wickets	2015/16
Pakistan	Pak	Field	Win NZ	5 Wickets	2016/17
South Africa	SA	Bat	Drawn	N/A	2017

Seddon Park Hamilton - 21 tests stats.

Some Seddon Park stats.  21 tests since becoming a test cricket venue with 9 matches won by New Zealand Blackcaps, 6 drawn and 6 lost.

There have been no matches played before 16th December so it's fair to say stats are inconsequential when highlighting previous records.

Below are the 9 matches won by Blackcaps and once again the stats don't seem to indicate any patterns which would be seasonal due to players in and out.


1  NZ vs  SL  Mar
NZ 222
SL 70
NZ 273
SL 205

2  NZ vs WI  Dec
WI 365
NZ 393
WI 97
NZ 70/2

3  NZ vs Pak  Mar
Pak 104
NZ 407
Pak 118

4  NZ vs Bang  Dec
NZ 365/9
Bang 205
Bang 108

5  NZ vs Ind  Dec
Ind 99
NZ 94
Ind 154
NZ 160/6

6 NZ vs Eng  Mar
NZ 470
Eng 348
NZ 177/9
Eng 110

7  NZ Vs Bang   Feb
NZ  553/7
Bang 408
NZ 258/5
Bang 282

8 NZ vs WI  Dec
WI 367
NZ  349
WI 103
NZ124/2

9 NZ vs SL  Dec
SL 292
NZ 237
SL 133
NZ 189/5