New Zealand national cricket team in Australia in the 1985/86 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to Australia in the 1985/86 season took place from November 8 to December 4, 1985. The international cricket tour was part of the 1985/86 international cricket season and included three tests . New Zealand won the series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1982/83 season in Australia .

Stages

Brisbane

Melbourne

Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	3rd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

test
Australia	New Zealand
David Boon Allan Border Ray Bright Dave Gilbert Andrew Hilditch Bob Holland David Hookes Robbie Kerr Geoff Lawson Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Simon O'Donnell Wayne Phillips Greg Ritchie Kepler Wessels	Stephen Boock John Bracewell Vaughan Brown Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Richard Hadlee Richard Reid Ian Smith Martin Snedden John Wright

Tour matches

October 18-20 scorecard	Townsville	Queensland Invitational XI 202 (86.2) & 68 (24)	-	New Zealanders 345-7d (116)
		draw

October 22-23 Scorecard	Carrara	New Zealanders 247-5d (74)	-	Queensland Country 160-7 (81)
		draw

October 26-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	South Australia 278-9d (99.5) & 373-4d (124)	-	New Zealanders 387 (119) & 209-7 (61)
		draw

November 1st - 4th scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland 407 (132.5) & 232-6d (74)	-	New Zealanders 331-4 (100) & 152-6 (52)
		draw

November 15-18 Scorecard	Sydney	New South Wales 300 (117.1) & 128-6d (50)	-	New Zealanders 120 (72) & 175-5 (73)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 8-12 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 179 (76.4) & 333 (116.5)	-	New Zealand 553-7d (161)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 41 runs

Second test in Sydney

November 22nd - 26th Scorecard	Sydney	New Zealand 293 (124.3) & 193 (102.5)	-	Australia 227 (97.5) & 260-6 (97.1)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Third test in Perth

November 30th - December 4th scorecard	Perth	Australia 203 (83.5) & 259 (131.5)	-	New Zealand 299 (157) & 164-4 (74)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Web links

The series on Cricinfo


October	Sri Lanka in Pakistan
November	New Zealand in Australia \| Rothmans Sharjah Cup 1985/86 \| West Indies in Pakistan
December	India in Australia
January	Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 1985/86
February	England in the West Indies \| Australia in New Zealand \| Pakistan in Sri Lanka
March	Asia Cup 1986
April	John Player Triangular Tournament 1985/86 \| Austral-Asia Cup 1985/86


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