Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Australia 1993-94

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Australia 1993-94

Tour of Australia 1993-94 Captain : Martin Crowe

29th official Test tour.

Sixth Test-playing tour of Australia by New Zealand

(October - December 1993,

January 1994)

Given five warm-up matches to prepare for the Test series, the New Zealanders coped well with the conditions at Perth - however, this was the only Test of the three in which they avoided defeat. Martin Crowe winced with pain through his innings at Perth and needed to return home at the end of the match for surgery on a damaged knee.

Already weakened by the loss of their captain and best batsman, Chris Cairns withdrew at the last minute from the second Test at Hobart and the Kiwis suffered their heaviest-ever Test defeat, by an innings and 200 runs. This angered the team management who told him to play in the third Test or go home.

In an unusual arrangement the New Zealanders returned home for Christmas after playing four of their eight one-dayers and returned in January. Although at one stage looking certain to qualify for the World Series finals, South Africa advanced because of their superior run-rate.

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

Sri Lanka 1992-93

Next tour

England 1994

Next tour of Australia

1997-98

Members of the Test tour party (14 + 3)

Opening batsmen Mark Greatbatch, Blair Pocock, Bryan Young

Middle-order batsmen Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Ken Rutherford, Dipak Patel; Chris Harris (r), David White (r),

Wicket-keepers Tony Blain

All-rounder: Chris Cairns

Spin bowlers Mark Haslam

Fast bowlers Simon Doull, Danny Morrison, Murphy Su’a, Willie Watson, Richard de Groen (r).

T E Blain	CD	31	RHB WK	ODI (1,2)

C L Cairns	C	23	RHB RFM	ODI (1,2)

M D Crowe	W	31	RHB captain

S B Doull	ND	24	RFM

M J Greatbatch	CD	29	LHB opener	ODI (1,2)

M J Haslam	A	21	SLA

A H Jones	W	34	RHB	ODI (2)

D K Morrison	A	27	RFM	ODI (1,2)

D N Patel	A	35	RHB OB	ODI (1)

B A Pocock	ND	22	RHB opener	ODI (1,2)

K R Rutherford	O	28	RHB vice-captain	ODI (1,2)

M L Su’a	A	27	LFM

W Watson	A	28	RFM

B A Young	ND	29	RHB opener WK	ODI (1,2)

Members of the one-day sqauds only			G R Larsen	ODI (1,2)
			R T Latham	ODI (1,2)
			C Pringle	ODI (1,2)
			S A Thomson	ODI (1,2)

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (5)

C - Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (3)

O - Otago (1)

W - Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(12 November 1993) :

28 yrs 3 months.

ODI (1) member of squad for first half of one-day series

(2) for second half.

Test Appearances made before the tour

M Crowe 66, Rutherford 38, Jones 31, Morrison 29, Greatbatch 26, Patel 22, Watson 14, Su’a 9, Cairns 7, Blain 5, Harris 4, Haslam 2, White 2, Doull 1, de Groen 0, Pocock 0. Young 0.

Team Officials

Michael Sandlant	Manager
Geoff Howarth	Coach

Selectors

Ross Dykes (convenor)

Selection

Unavailable : None

Tour Party Announced :

Not selected:

One-day series : On 31 December the New Zealand selectors named thirteen players for the second bracket of the B & H World Series Cup triangular. Crowe and Patel were unavailable because of knee injuries and Ken Rutherford took over the captaincy

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

x days

(selection to depart NZ)

Travel

1st match starts 19 October

Time spent in Australia

x days

(arrival in October - depart December) and (6 to 20 January)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

D J White

RHB opener

Martin Crowe was forced to fly back to Auckland on 16 November for surgery on his right knee.

Andrew Jones missed the first half of the one-day series for family reasons

C Z Harris

LHB RM

ODI (1,2)

R P de Groen

RFM

ODI (1,2)

Willie Watson was also forced to return home early with a torn hamstring - although not part of the selected squad, he returned to Australia for the final one-dayer in January.

Dipak Patel had a knee injury and was unable to return to Australia for the second stage of the B & H Cup

Fixtures/Results

ϯ Lilac Hill	A C B Chairman’s XI	Lost 6 w
Perth	Western Australia	Lost inns 9 r
ϯ Sydney	Australian Institute of Sport	Lost 110 r
Sydney	New South Wales	Won 3 w
Launceston	Tasmania	Drawn
PERTH	AUSTRALIA First Test	DRAWN
Adelaide	South Australia	Won 7 w
HOBART	AUSTRALIA Second Test	LOST inns 222 r
BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA Third Test	LOST inns 96 r
§ Adelaide	South Africa (1st ODI)	abandoned
§ Adelaide	Australia (2nd ODI)	Lost 8 w
§ Melbourne	Australia (3rd ODI)	Lost 3 r
§ Hobart	South Africa (4th ODI)	Won 4 w
§ Brisbane	South Africa (5th ODI)	Won 9 r
§ Sydney	Australia (6th ODI)	Won 13 r
§ Perth	South Africa (7th ODI)	Lost 5 w
§ Melbourne	Australa (8th ODI)	Lost 51 r

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in Australia before First Test:

x days

(arrival - 12 November)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Blain, Greatbatch, Jones, Morrison, Patel, Pocock, Rutherford

2 - Cairns, Doull, de Groen, Su’a

1 - M Crowe, Harris, Watson, Young

0 - Haslam, White.

Highlights

• Andrew Jones (143) and Chris Cairns (78) helped New Zealand to a first-innings lead at Perth

• Bryan Young scored a half-century on debut at Brisbane, and Ken Rutherford an innings of 86

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	0	2	1	-
Other first-class matches	4	2	1	1	-
† Minor matches	2	0	2	0	-
§ One-day internationals	8	3	4	0	1
All Matches	17	5	9	2	1

Return to New Zealand

last match 18 December then return home

The team left again for Australia on 6 January

last match in Melbourne 19 Jan because they did not reach the World Series finals.

Time away from New Zealand x days

(depart NZ to arrive home NZ)

Finances