New Zealand national cricket team in Australia in the 1987/88 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Australia in the season 1987/88 took place from 4th to 30th December 1987. The international cricket tour was part of the 1987/88 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 1–0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played at the 1987 Cricket World Cup , in which New Zealand failed in the group stage and Australia won the tournament. The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1985/86 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	2nd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	New Zealand
David Boon Allan Border Tony Dodemaide Greg Dyer Merv Hughes Dean Jones Geoff Marsh Tim May Craig McDermott Bruce Reid Peter Sleep Mike Veletta Steve Waugh Mike Whitney	John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Evan Gray Richard Hadlee Matt Horne Richard Jones Danny Morrison Dipak Patel Ken Rutherford Ian Smith Martin Snedden John Wright

Tour matches

First test in Brisbane

December 4-7 scorecard	Brisbane	New Zealand 186 (93.2) & 212 (79)	-	Australia 305 (117.5) & 97-1 (32.1)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Second test in Adelaide

December 11-15 Scorecard	Adelaide	New Zealand 485 (174.5) & 182-7 (85)	-	Australia 496 (195)
		draw

Third test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	New Zealand 317 (110.3) & 286 (92.3)	-	Australia 357 (145.4) & 230-9 (92)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo