Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to India 1995-96

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Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to India 1995-96

Tour of India 1995-96 Captain : Lee Germon

32nd official Test tour.

Sixth Test-playing tour of India by New Zealand

(October - November 1995)

Before going to India the New Zealanders took part in six matches in Australia’s northern Territory.

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

South Africa 1994-95

Next tour

West Indies 1995-96

Next tour of India

1999-00

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen Mark Greatbatch, Bryan Young.

Middle-order batsmen Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming, Adam Parore, Roger Twose.

Wicket-keepers Lee Germon

All-rounder: Chris Cairns

Spin bowlers Matthew Hart, Mark Haslam, Shane Thomson

Fast bowlers Simon Doull, Aaron Gale, Danny Morrison, Dion Nash.

C L Cairns	C	25	RHB RFM	ODI

M D Crowe	W	33	RHB deputy captain	ODI

S B Doull	ND	26	RFM	ODI

S P Fleming	C	22	LHB	ODI

A J Gale	O	25	RM

L K Germon	C	26	WK	ODI

M J Greatbatch	CD	31	LHB opener	ODI

M N Hart	ND	23	SLA

M J Haslam	A	23	SLA

D K Morrison	A	29	RFM	ODI

D J Nash	ND	23	RHB RFM	ODI

A C Parore	ND	24	RHB	ODI

D N Patel (w/d)

S A Thomson	ND	26	RHB OB	ODI

R G Twose	W	27	LHB	ODI

B A Young	ND	30	RHB opener second WK


			N J Astle (C)	ODI
			G R Larsen (W)	ODI

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (2)

C - Canterbury (3

CD - Central Districts (1)

ND - Northern Districts (6)

O - Otago (1)

W - Wellington (2)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(18 October 1995:

26 yrs 6 months.

ODI member of one-day series squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Crowe 74, Morrison 41, Greatbatch 36, Parore 20, Thomson 17, Young 16, Fleming 12, Hart 12, Doull 11, Nash 10, Cairns 10, Haslam 2, Gale 0, Germon 0, Twose 0.

Team Officials

Gren Alabaster	Team Manager
Glenn Turner	Coach
Mark Plummer (?)	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Glenn Turner (convenor), Richard Pickard and Mike Shrimpton.

Selection

Unavailable : Darrin Murray (taking a job in Holland).

Tour Party Announced : 18 August 1995.

Withdrawal : Dipak Patel withdrew with an achilles tendon injury on 20 September and was replaced by Mark Haslam. Simon Doull withdrew from the team which would play the preparatory matches in northern Australia. He was allowed to remain in England to finish his commitments to a Yorkshire league team, and Geoff Allott took his place.

Not selected :

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand

24 days

(18 August to 11 September)

Travel

Auckland Q Bombay

The New Zealand team for India, plus Allott, Astle and McMillan, flew out to Australia on 11 September and spent two weeks in Darwin playing six limited overs matches becoming acclimatised to hotter weather. On 26 September they returned to New Zealand for a few days.

The touring party to India and coach Glenn Turner left Auckland on 1 October and arrived in Bombay on 2 October after an exhausting 30-hour journey. After three days of nets at Brabourne Stadium, they left for Rajkot on 6 October.

Time spent in India

59 days

(2 October - 30 November)

On-tour selection panel

Lee Germon (captain) and Glenn Turner (coach) only.

Reinforcements

ADDED ▷ Larsen, Astle

◁ W/D Gale, Hart

Gavin Larsen and Nathan Astle joined the team for the ODIs at the expense of Aaron Gale and Matthew Hart.

Fixtures/Results

ϯ Marrara, Darwin	South Australia (2-day)	Won 35 r
ϯ Tracy, Darwin	Victoria	Won 9 r
ϯ Marrara, Darwin	South Australia	Lost 46 r
ϯ Marrara, Darwin	Northern Territory	Won 28 r
ϯ Marrara, Darwin	Victoria	Won 3 w
ϯ Marrara, Darwin	South Australia	Won 3 w

Rajkot	Board President's XI	Drawn
Bombay	Bombay(Ranji Trophy Champions)	Drawn
BANGALORE	INDIA First Test	LOST 8 w
MADRAS	INDIA Second Test	DRAWN
Hyderabad	Indian Colts	Drawn
CUTTACK	INDIA Third Test	DRAWN
§ Jamshedpur	India (1st ODI)	Won 8 w
§ Amritsar	India (2nd ODI)	Lost 6 w
§ Panjim, Goa	India (3rd ODI)	abandoned
§ Pune	India (4th ODI)	Lost 5 w
§ Nagpur	India (5th ODI)	Won 99 r
§ Bombay	India (6th ODI)	Lost 6 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in India before First Test: 16 days

(2 October - 18 October)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Cairns, Crowe, Fleming, Germon, Greatbatch, Morrison, Nash, Parore

2 - Hart, Haslam, Thomson, Twose.

1 - Young

0 - Doull, Gale.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
†pre-tour matchesin Australia	6	5	1	0	-

Test Matches	3	0	1	2	-
Other first-class matches	3	0	0	3	-
† Minor matches	0	0	0	0	-
§ One-day internationals	6	2	3	0	1
All Matches	12	2	4	5	1

Return to New Zealand

Bombay Q Auckland

The New Zealanders attended an ICNET-sponsored Kirmani felicitation function before leaving for home from Bombay the next morning, 30 November 1995. The team arrived at Auckland Airport on 1 December

Time away from New Zealand 76 days (11-26 September, 1 October to 1 December)

Finances