Australian national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1976/77 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1976/77 season took place from February 18 to March 1, 1977. The international cricket tour was part of the 1976/77 international cricket season and included two tests . Australia won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against Pakistan , New Zealand a tour in India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1973/74 season in Australia .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2nd test
AMI Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	1st test

Squad lists

test
New Zealand	Australia
Mark Burgess Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Bevan Congdon Jock Edwards Richard Hadlee Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Geoff Howarth Warren Lees John Parker Peter Petherick Glenn Turner	Greg Chappell Gary Cosier Simon Davis Gary Gilmour Dennis Lillee Geoff Marsh Rick McCosker Kerry O'Keeffe Alan Turner Max Walker Doug Walters

Testing

First test in Christchurch

February 18-23 Scorecard	Christchurch	Australia 552 (110.5) & 154-4d (43)	-	New Zealand 357 (95.2) & 293-8 (84)
		draw

Second test in Auckland

February 25th - March 1st scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 229 (66.3) & 175 (42.7)	-	Australia 377 (97.1) & 28-0 (3.5)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo