Tour of England 1994                        Captain : Ken Rutherford

Thirtieth official Test tour.

Twelfth Test-playing  tour of England by New Zealand

         (April  -  July 1994)

The tour began with a one-day tournament in Sharjah but without the New Zealand captain, Ken Rutherford, who was still recovering from an injury. Gavin Larsen, not yet capped at Test level, led New Zealand for the first time in his 52nd one-day international. Pakistan’s Aamir Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq put on 263, the highest partnership for any wicket in one-day internationals, in 42 overs to knock New Zealand out at the semi-final stage.

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

Australia 1993-94

Next tour

South Africa 1994-95

Next tour of England

1999

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 2)

Opening batsmen  Blair Hartland, Blair Pocock, Bryan Young.

Middle-order batsmen  Martin Crowe, Ken Rutherford, Stephen Fleming, Mark Greatbatch

Wicket-keepers  Adam Parore

Spin bowlers  Matthew Hart

All-rounders: Gavin Larsen, Shane Thomson

Fast bowlers  Danny Morrison, Dion Nash, Heath Davis, Simon Doull, Chris Pringle [+ Stu Roberts and Michael Owens reinforcements)]

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (4)

C - Canterbury (2)

CD - Central Districts (1)

ND - Northern Districts (4)

O - Otago (2)

W - Wellington (3)  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(2 June 1994) : 25 yrs  11 months.

ODI:  member of the ODI squad for the Pepsi  Australasia Cup matches in Sharjah

Test Appearances made before the tour

Crowe 67,  Rutherford 45,  Morrison 35,  Greatbatch 33,  Parore 9,  Pringle 9,  Hartland 8,  Thomson 8,  Doull 6,  Pocock 5,  Young 5,  Hart 3,  Nash 3,  Fleming 1,  Davis 0,  Larsen 0.

Team Officials

Sandlant was appointed manager on 16 October 1993. Malcolm Jones was appointed scorer (over seven other applicants) on 21 January 1994.

Selectors

Ross Dykes (convenor),  Bev Congdon,  Mike Shrimpton.

Selection

Unavailable  :  Chris Cairns (recuperating after knee surgery);  Andrew Jones (retired - though in November he reversed his decision and played again for New Zealand in the 1994-95 season)

Martin Crowe, as the New Zealand captain, announced he would relinquish his position on 22 March.

Tour Party Announced  : 23 March 1994  check this

Not selected: 

Mark Douglas and Chris Harris were selected for the one-day internationals in Sharjah only.

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

  20 days

(23 March to  12 April)

Travel     

 ?  Q  London

The team departed from Wellington for Sharjah on Tuesday 12 April 1994. They landed at Dubai International Airport next day to play in the Australasia Cup ’94 tournament before the tour of England.

Rutherford, Crowe, Greatbatch and Doull were all recovering from injuries and did not go to Sharjah. They departed from Wellington on 22 April and would join the rest of the team in England.

Chris Harris and Mark Douglas were in the Australasia Cup squad in Sharjah and then left the tour while the twelve other players arrived in London on Sunday 23 April 1994.

Time spent in England

   x days

(23 April - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

ADDED ▷     Owens, Roberts, Douglas

◁ W/D   Doull, Morrison.

Michael Owens  replaced the injured Simon Doull who played in only one match, and Danny Morrison who strained a hamstring and his groin in Sharjah.

Stuart Roberts was called up from league cricket to join the tour party when other fast bowlers suffered injuries. He first played against the Universities after the second Test.

25 year-old left-handed bat  Mark Douglas (W) was called up from club cricket in south-west England for one match against Derbyshire.

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

Time spent in England before First Test: 

 39 days

(24 April - 2 June 1994)

Test appearances on tour

3  -     Crowe,  Fleming,  Hart,  Nash,  Parore,  Rutherford,  Thomson,  Young.

2  -     Owens,  Pringle

1  -    Davis,  Greatbatch,  Hartland,  Larsen,  Pocock.

0  -    Morrison,  Doull,  Roberts.

Highlights

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•   Dion Nash took 11 wickets at Lord’s almost to win the match for New Zealand.

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Tour Summary

Return to New Zealand

London  Q ?

In Ireland Rutherford reluctantly agree to play a 20-over exhibition match in wet conditions at Malahide.

Return Approx  12 ? July 1994

On 28 July the players attended a fitness clinic in Christchurch.

Time away from New Zealand    x days  

(12 April to x July)

Finances