Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Sri Lanka 1986-87

Test Cricket Tours - New Zealand to Sri Lanka 1986-87

Tour of Sri Lanka 1986-87 Captain : Jeff Crowe

22nd official Test tour.

Second Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka by New Zealand

(April 1987)

Jeff Crowe was New Zealand new captain, succeeding Jeremy Coney who had retired.

During the first Test match a massive explosion in the capital city Colombo killed 100 people and the New Zealand Cricket Council agreed with the Sri Lankan Board to abandon the tour.

All New Zealand tours

Previous tour

England 1986

Next tour

Australia 1987-88

Next tour of Sri Lanka

1992-93

Members of the Test tour party (14)

Opening batsmen Philip Horne, Ken Rutherford

Middle-order batsmen Jeff Crowe, Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Dipak Patel,

Wicket-keepers Ervin McSweeney, Ian Smith

Spin bowlers John Bracewell, Evan Gray,

All-rounder: Richard Hadlee

Fast bowlers Ewen Chatfield, Danny Morrison, Martin Snedden.

J G Bracewell	A	29	OB

E J Chatfield	W	36	RFM

J J Crowe	A	28	RHB captain

M D Crowe	CD	24	RHB RM vice-captain

E J Gray	W	32	SLA

R J Hadlee	C	35	LHB RFM

P A Horne	A	27	LHB opener

A H Jones	W	27	RHB

E B McSweeney	W	30	reserve WK

D K Morrison	A	21	RFM

D N Patel	A	28	RHB OB

K R Rutherford	O	21	RHB

I D S Smith	CD	30	WK

M C Snedden	A	28	RFM

Provincial representation

A - Auckland (6)

C - Canterbury (1)

CD - Central Districts (2)

ND - Northern Districts (0)

O - Otago (1)

W - Wellington (4)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(16 April 1987) : 28 yrs 9 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Hadlee 69, Smith 36, MD Crowe 35, Chatfield 32, J Crowe 29, Bracewell 23, Snedden 12, Rutherford 10, Gray 7, Patel 3, Horne 1, Jones 0, McSweeney 0, Morrison 0.

Team Officials

Ken Deas	Manager
Gren Alabaster	Cricket Manager
Richard Edmond	Doctor

Selectors

Don Neely (Convenor), John Guy, Gren Alabaster.

Selection

Unavailable : Jeremy Coney (retired), Bruce Edgar (retired); Stephen Boock, John Wright (benefit preparations in England)

Tour Party Announced :

Not selected:

Time between selection and departure from New Zealand x days

(selection to depart NZ)

Travel

The New Zealanders arrived in Sri Lanka on 9 April 1987.

Time spent in Sri Lanka

x days

(9 April- depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Jeff Crowe (captain), Gren Alabaster (coach), Martin Crowe (vice-captain).

Reinforcements

None

Fixtures/Results

Galle	Invitation XI	Drawn
COLOMBO (CCC)	SRI LANKA First Test	DRAWN
Matches not played
KANDY	SRI LANKA Second Test	cancelled
§ Moratuwa	Sri Lanka (1st ODI)	cancelled
§ Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka (2nd ODI)	cancelled
COLOMBO (SSC)	SRI LANKA Third Test	cancelled
§ Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka (3rd ODI)	cancelled
§ Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka (4th ODI)	cancelled

† not first-class

Time spent in Sri Lanka before First Test:

7 days

(9 April - 16 April)

Test appearances on tour

1 - Bracewell, Chatfield, J Crowe, M Crowe, Gray, Hadlee, Horne, Jones, Rutherford, Smith, Snedden.

0 - McSweeney, Morrison, Patel.

Highlights

• John Bracewell took 8-81 in an innings of the tour match at Galle

• Jeff Crowe, in his first Test match as captain, scored 120*

• Richard Hadlee’s innings of 151* passed his previous best score in a Test match (103)

• Together Crowe and Hadlee added 246 in an unbroken sixth wicket partnership.

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban	Cancelled
Test Matches	1	0	0	1	-	2
Other first-class matches	1	0	0	1	-	-
† Minor matches	0	-	-	-	-	-
§ One-day internationals	0	-	-	-	-	4
All Matches	2	0	0	2	-	6

Return to New Zealand

On 23 April the New Zealand Cricket Council decided to end the tour early.

Time away from New Zealand x days

(depart NZ to arrive home NZ)

Finances