Australian national cricket team in New Zealand in 1985/86

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1985/86 season took place from February 21 to March 29, 1986. The international cricket tour was part of the 1985/86 international cricket season and included three tests and four ODIs . New Zealand won the Test series 1–0, while the ODI series 2–2 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams took place at the beginning of the 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	3rd test; 4. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	2nd test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	1. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

test		ODI
New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	Australia
John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Trevor Franklin Stu Gillespie Richard Hadlee Richard Reid Gary Robertson Ken Rutherford Ian Smith Gary Troup John Wright	David Boon Allan Border Ray Bright Simon Davis Dave Gilbert Geoff Marsh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Wayne Phillips Bruce Reid Greg Ritchie Steve Waugh Tim Zoehrer	Tony Blain Bruce Blair John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Stu Gillespie Evan Gray Richard Hadlee Ken Rutherford John Wright	David Boon Allan Border Ray Bright Simon Davis Dave Gilbert Geoff Marsh Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Wayne Phillips Bruce Reid Greg Ritchie Steve Waugh

Testing

First test in Wellington

February 21-25 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Australia 435 (146.1)	-	New Zealand 379-6 (126.3)
		draw

Second test in Christchurch

February 28 - March 4 scorecard	Christchurch (LP)	Australia 364 (152.4) & 219-7 (94)	-	New Zealand 339 (107.3) & 16-1 (14)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

March 13-17 Scorecard	Auckland	Australia 314 (135.3) & 103 (60)	-	New Zealand 258 (97) & 160-2 (84.4)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dunedin

March 19 scorecard	Dunedin (CS)	New Zealand 186-6 (50)	-	Australia 156 (47)
		New Zealand wins with 30 runs

Second ODI in Christchurch

March 22nd scorecard	Christchurch (LP)	New Zealand 258-7 (49/49)	-	Australia 205 (45.4 / 49)
		New Zealand wins with 53 runs

Third ODI in Wellington

March 26 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 229-9 (50)	-	Australia 232-7 (49.3)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Auckland

March 29 scorecard	Auckland	Australia 231 (44.5 / 45)	-	New Zealand 187-9 (45/45)
		Australia wins with 44 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo