Australian national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1981/82 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1981/82 season took place from February 13 to March 22, 1982. The international cricket tour was part of the 1981/82 international cricket season and included three tests and three ODIs . Australia won the ODI series 2–1, while the test series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against the West Indies , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1980/81 season in Australia .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Dunedin (CS) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2. test; 1. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	3rd test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	2. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

The roster lists were announced before the tour.

test		ODI
New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	Australia
Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Danny Morrison Ian Smith Martin Snedden Gary Troup John Wright	Terry Alderman Allan Border Greg Chappell John Dyson Merv Hughes Bruce Laird Dennis Lillee Geoff Marsh Jeff Thomson Graeme Wood Bruce Yardley	Bruce Blair Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Richard Reid Ian Smith Martin Snedden Gary Troup John Wright	Terry Alderman Allan Border Greg Chappell John Dyson Merv Hughes Bruce Laird Dennis Lillee Geoff Marsh Len Pascoe Jeff Thomson Graeme Wood

One-day internationals

First ODI in Auckland

February 13 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 240-6 (50)	-	Australia 194 (44.5)
		New Zealand wins with 46 runs

Second ODI in Dunedin

February 17th scorecard	Dunedin (CS)	New Zealand 159-9 (49/49)	-	Australia 160-4 (45/49)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Wellington

February 20 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 74 (29)	-	Australia 75-2 (20.3)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Testing

First test in Wellington

February 26th - March 2nd scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 266-7d (116)	-	Australia 85-1 (38)
		draw

Second test in Auckland

March 12-16 Scorecard	Auckland	Australia 210 (68.3) & 280 (138)	-	New Zealand 387 (150.3) & 190-5 (29.4)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Third test in Christchurch

March 19-22 Scorecard	Christchurch	Australia 353 (89.5) & 69-2 (25.3)	-	New Zealand 149 (52.2) & 272 (97.3) (f / o)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo