Pre-tour training camp starts Monday

With less than a month until New Zealand boards 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.