West Indies cricket team in New Zealand in the 2005-06 season

The West Indies cricket team tour to New Zealand in the 2005/06 season took place from February 16 to March 29, 2006. The international cricket tour was part of the 2005/06 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . New Zealand won the Test Series 2–0, the ODI Series 4–1 and the Twenty20 Series 1–0.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour against Sri Lanka , the West Indies in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (JS) Napier Queenstown Wellington (BR) Wellington (WS)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1st test; 5. ODI; 1. T20
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	3. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3rd test; 4. ODI
Queenstown Events Center	Queenstown	19,000	2. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test
Westpac Stadium	Wellington	34,500	1. ODI

Squad lists

New Zealand named its ODI squad on February 9 and its test squad on March 5, 2006.

test		ODI		Twenty20
New Zealand	West Indies	New Zealand	West Indies	New Zealand	West Indies
Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Shane Bond James Franklin Peter Fulton Jamie How Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Hamish Marshall Chris Martin Kyle Mills Scott Styris Daniel Vettori	Shivnarine Chanderpaul ( K ) Ian Bradshaw Dwayne Bravo Fidel Edwards Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Brian Lara Rawl Lewis Runako Morton Daren Powell Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Smith Jerome Taylor	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Shane Bond James Franklin Peter Fulton Jamie How Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Hamish Marshall Michael Mason Kyle Mills Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent	Shivnarine Chanderpaul ( K ) Ian Bradshaw Dwayne Bravo Deighton Butler Fidel Edwards Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Rawl Lewis Runako Morton Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Smith Jerome Taylor	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Shane Bond Chris Cairns James Franklin Peter Fulton Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Hamish Marshall Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Lou Vincent	Shivnarine Chanderpaul ( K ) Ian Bradshaw Dwayne Bravo Deighton Butler Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Runako Morton Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Dwayne Smith Jerome Taylor

Twenty20 International in Auckland

February 16 scorecard	Auckland	West Indies 126-7 (20)	-	New Zealand 126-8 (20)
		Draw (New Zealand wins bowl-out)

One-day internationals

First ODI in Wellington

February 18 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 288-9 (50)	-	West Indies 207 (47.3)
		New Zealand wins with 81 runs

Second ODI in Queenstown

February 22nd scorecard	Queenstown	West Indies 200-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 204-7 (42)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Third ODI in Christchurch

February 25 scorecard	Christchurch (JS)	New Zealand 276-6 (50)	-	West Indies 255 (49)
		New Zealand wins with 21 runs

Fourth ODI in Napier

March 1st scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 324-6 (50)	-	West Indies 233-8 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 91 runs

Fifth ODI in Auckland

March 4th scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 233 (49.3)	-	West Indies 234-7 (49.4)
		West Indies wins with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in Auckland

March 9-13 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 275 (69.1) & 272 (103.1)	-	West Indies 257 (71.2) & 263 (102.3)
		New Zealand wins with 27 runs

Second test in Wellington

March 17-20 Scorecard	Wellington	West Indies 192 (61.4) & 215 (90.5)	-	New Zealand 372 (106.3) & 37-0 (8.1)
		New Zealand wins with 10 wickets

Third test in Napier

March 25-29 Scorecard	Napier	West Indies 256-4 (78.1)	-	New Zealand
		draw

Web links

• Series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZ gamble on Mason for one-day series ( English ) Cricinfo. February 9, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
2. ↑ How, Fulton and Patel in New Zealand Test side ( English ) Cricinfo. March 5, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016.