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Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to England 1983

 

 

Tour of England 1983                     Captain : Geoff Howarth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sixteenth official Test tour.

 

Ninth Test-playing  tour of England by New Zealand

       

 

 

 (May - September 1983)

 

Having won a one-day series for the first time, beating England by six matches to two in the ODIs the previous winter, the New Zealanders now finally managed to win a Test match on English soil.

 

 

F U R T H E R   D E T A I L S   I N   P R E P A R A T I O N

 

All New Zealand tours

 

Previous tour

Australia 1980-81

 

Next tour

Sri Lanka 1983-84

 

 

Next tour of England

1986

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (15)

 

 

Opening batsmen: Bruce Edgar, Trevor Franklin, John Wright

Middle-order batsmen: Jeremy Coney, Jeff Crowe, Martin Crowe, Geoff Howarth.

Wicket-keepers: Warren Lees, Ian Smith.

Spin bowlers:John Bracewell, Evan Gray.

All-rounder   Richard Hadlee

Fast bowlers:  Lance Cairns, Ewan Chatfield, Martin Snedden, Sean Tracy (reinforcement)

 

 

J G Bracewell

O

25

OB

ODI

 

B L Cairns

ND

33

RHB       RM

ODI

 

E J Chatfield

W

32

RFM

ODI

 

J V Coney

W

30

RHB     RM

ODI

 

J J Crowe

A

24

RHB

ODI

 

M D Crowe

A

20

RHB

ODI

 

B A Edgar

W

26

RHB   opener

ODI

 

T J Franklin

A

21

RHB

 

 

E J Gray

W

28

SLA

 

 

R J Hadlee

C

31

RFM

ODI

 

G P Howarth

ND

32

RHB   opener     captain

ODI

 

W K Lees

O

31

WK

ODI

 

I D S Smith

CD

26

reserve WK

ODI

 

M C Snedden

A

24

RFM

ODI

 

J G Wright

ND

28

LHB opener    vice-captain

ODI

 

World Cup ODI matches only:

G M Turner (O) 35       

ODI

 

 

 

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Representation of provincial teams

 

A - Auckland (4)

C - Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (1)

ND - Northern Districts (3)

O - Otago (2)

W - Wellington (4)  

  

 

 

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(14 July 1983) :  27 yrs  9 months.

 

 

 

 

ODI played in Prudential World Cup one-day international squad

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

R J Hadlee 40,  Howarth 30,  Cairns 28,  Wright 22,  Coney 20,  Edgar 20,  Lees 19,  Snedden 8,   Chatfield 7,  Smith 7,  Bracewell 4,  MD Crowe 3,  J J Crowe 2,   Franklin 0,   Gray 0,    Tracy 0   [Turner 42].

 

 

 

 

 

Team Officials

 

Sir Allan Wright

Manager

 

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Frank Cameron  (convenor),   John Guy,   Don Neely.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable  : Glenn Turner (apart from the 1983 World Cup matches).  He was Sports Director at Otago University.

Tour Party Announced  : 25 March 1983

Not selected: 

Franklin and Gray were not required for the Prudential World Cup matches.

 

 

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  60 days

(25 March to 24 May)

 

 

 

 

Travel

 

The team took off from Mangere Airport, Auckland, on 24 May 1983 for Heathrow Airport, London.

 

Time spent in England

   x days

(arrival - 10 September)

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Geoff Howarth,  John Wright,  Richard Hadlee.

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

S R Tracy

A

20

RFM

 

Sean Tracy was on a cricket scholarship.  He was an under-19 New Zealand representative who was called up from English league cricket when Howarth underwent minor abdominal surgery and Snedden had a leg strain.

John Wright broke a toe batting against Leicestershire on 22 August and Smith fractured a finger the next day.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

† Moseley

Zimbabwe  (28 May)

abandoned

† Cobham

Avorians (30 May)

  ?

† Leicester

Leicestershire (1 June

abandoned

† Watford

Indians

 ?

† Arundel

Australians (2-day)

Drawn

† Arundel

Australians

abandoned

† Kennington Oval

Australians

Won 3 w

§ Kennington Oval

England (World Cup ODI)

Lost 106 r

§ Edgbaston

Pakistan (World Cup ODI)

Won 52 r

§ Bristol

Sri Lanka (World Cup ODI)

Won 5 w

§ Edgbaston

England (World Cup ODI)

Won 2 w

§ Derby

Sri Lanka (World Cup ODI)

Lost 3 w

§ Trent Bridge

Pakistan (World Cup ODI)

Lost 11 r

 

 

 

† Portsmouth

Combined Services (2-day)

Drawn

Taunton

Somerset

Drawn

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Drawn

Lord's

Middlesex

Drawn

KENNINGTON OVAL

ENGLAND   First Test

LOST 189 r

Worcester

Worcestershire

Won 100 r

Birmingham

Warwickshire

Won 172 r

HEADINGLEY

ENGLAND   Second Test

WON 5 w

† Kennington Oval

Surrey  (60 overs)

Won 156 r

Bournemouth

Hampshire

Won 9 w

LORD'S

ENGLAND   Third Test

LOST 127 r

Chelmsford

Essex

Won 48 r

Leicester

Leicestershire

Won 8 w

TRENT BRIDGE 

ENGLAND   Fourth Test

LOST 165 r

Scarborough

D B Close's XI

Won 119 r

 

 

 

 

† not first-class

§  one-day internationals

 

 

 

Time spent in England before First Test: 

x days

(arrival - 14 July)

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

4  -   Bracewell,  Cairns,  Coney,  M D Crowe,  Edgar,  Hadlee,  Howarth

3  -   Wright,  Chatfield

2  -   J J Crowe,  Gray,  Lees,  Smith

1  -   Franklin,  Snedden.

0  -    Tracy.

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

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• 

• 

• 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

 W

 L

D

Aban

World Cup warm-up matches

  7

  1

 ?

1

3

§ Prudential World Cup

  6

  3

 3

0

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Matches

  4

  1

 3

0

-

Other first-class matches

  9

  6

 3

0

-

ϯ Minor matches

  2

  1

 1

0

 

All Matches

28

12

10

1

3

 

Results not known for two warm-up fixtures before the World Cup

 

 

 

 

 

Return to New Zealand

 

After the fourth Test John Wright and Richard Hadlee went to Holland to take part in a single-wicket tournament, so missing the Scarborough Festival match.  On 10 September the team flew from Heathrow Airport on a 28 hour-long flight to Mangere Airport, Auckland.

 

Time away from New Zealand    110 days  

(24 May to 11 September)

 

 

 

 

Published record of the tour

 

“Kiwis and Indians”  Patrick Eager and Alan Ross.

 

 

 



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