Ready for another exciting series
- 31 Jan 08, 12:16 PM
England's first international match on their two month tour of New Zealand is in the city known as "Tamaki-Makau-Rau" or the "maiden with 100 suitors".
Tamaki-Makau-Rau is the Maori name for the North Island city of Auckland where England play the first of two Twenty20 matches against New Zealand on Tuesday 5 February.
It earned its rather romantic name because it was reportedly a region coveted by many Maori tribes thanks to its temperate climate and dramatic landscape dominated by volcanoes.
The opening match is being played at what is considered by many as the country's leading sports stadium the 50,000-seat Eden Park Stadium.
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