Cricket: Three returning New Zealand players added to cricket squads

WELLINGTON - The three members of the New Zealand cricket squad returning home from India have been added to the North Island and South Island teams to play the touring England A side next month.

Medium-fast bowler Andrew Penn, opening batsman Matthew Bell and offspinner Paul Wiseman, who were not required for the one-day international series against India, are late additions to the two sides.

Penn will replace Scott Styris, who has joined the New Zealand squad for the one-dayers in India, in the North Island team.

Bell has taken James Marshall's place in the North Island team, while Wiseman has replaced Mark Jefferson in the South Island team.

Otago batsman Chris Gaffaney is another late addition to South Island, replacing Gary Stead, who has also joined the New Zealand team as a replacement for the injured Craig McMillan.

Otago's Robert Lawson will captain the South Island in the absence of Stead.

Mike Shrimpton and Denis Aberhart were named yesterday as coaches of North Island and South Island respectively.

Shrimpton, a former test player, coached the New Zealand women's team to a Shell Rosebowl one-day series win over Australia last season.

Aberhart had regular success with Canterbury, coaching them to three Shell Cup wins and two Shell Trophy wins in the mid 1990s.

England A have made one change to their original squad, with Sussex quick bowler James Kirtley called up after Durham's Steve Harmison was ruled out with a knee injury.

Kirtley was his county's leading strike bowler last season,with 65 wickets at an average of 23.13.

The team will be captained by former England player Mark Alleyne, coached by Martyn Moxon and managed by Mike Gatting, two former England test players.

The tri-series of four-day matches starts on November 8 with a game between North Island and South Island at Christchurch's Hagley Oval.

North Island: Blair Pocock (capt, Auckland), Matthew Bell (Wellington), Mathew Sinclair (Central Districts), Lou Vincent (Auckland), Jacob Oram (Central), Andrew Penn (Central), Chris Nevin (Wellington), Brooke Walker (Auckland), Matthew Hart (Northern Districts), Kerry Walmsley (Auckland), Michael Mason (Central), Daryl Tuffey (Northern). Coach: Mike Shrimpton.

South Island: Robbie Lawson (capt, Otago), Craig Cumming (Canterbury), Chris Gaffaney (Otago), Jarrod Englefield (Central), Mark Richardson (Otago), Aaron Redmond (Western Australia), Mark Jefferson (Wellington), Martyn Croy (Otago), Carl Bulfin (Wellington), David Sewell (Otago), Chris Martin (Canterbury), Warren Wisneski (Canterbury). Coach: Denis Aberhart.

England A: Mark Alleyne (capt, Gloucestershire), Rob Turner (Somerset), Michael Davies (Northamptonshire), Paul Franks (Nottinghamshire), Michael Gough (Durham), James Kirtley (Sussex), Aftab Habib (Leicestershire), Ronnie Irani (Essex), David Sales (Northamptonshire), Chris Schofield (Lancashire), Alamgir Sheriyar (Worcestershire), Chris Silverwood (Yorkshire), Vikram Solanki (Worcestershire), Marcus Trescothick (Somerset), Ian Ward (Surrey). Coach: Martyn Moxon. Manager: Mike Gatting.

- NZPA