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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to New Zealand 1981-82

 

 

Tour of New Zealand 1981-82             Captain:  Greg Chappell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45th Test tour

 

Fourth Test-playing tour of New Zealand  by Australia

      

 

 

 

 (February - March 1982)

 

 

This was the first Australian tour party to date not to include a South Australian.  It was also the smallest tour party since 1946. 

The selectors announced that for this tour they would not experiment with new players who could gain more benefit from taking part in the final stages of the Sheffield Shield. Rather than bring a 14th or 15th player with them, they would fly one across if need arose.

Greg Chappell had to fend off awkward questions at the initial press conference about instructing his brother to bowl an underarm on the final ball of the Melbourne one-dayer the month before. By the end of the tour he had mended his fences so well that he won the ‘Sportsman of the Series’ award.

Alderman, Border, Hughes and Marsh played in all eleven matches.

Surprisingly large crowds attended the one-day limited-over matches but rain spoiled attendance figures for the Test series.

 

 

Other Australian Tours

 

Previous tour

England 1981

 

Next tour

Pakistan 1982-83

 

 

Next tour of New Zealand

1985-86

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party  (13)

 

 

 

Opening batsmen:   John Dyson, Bruce Laird, Graeme Wood.

Middle-order batsmen: Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes.

Wicket-keeper:  Rodney Marsh 

Spin bowlers:  Ray Bright, Bruce Yardley.

Fast bowlers:  Terry Alderman, Dennis Lillee, Len Pascoe, Jeff Thomson.

 

 

T M Alderman

W

25

RFM

 

 

A R Border

Q

26

LHB        SLA

 

 

R J Bright

V

27

SLA

 

 

G S Chappell

Q

33

RHB         (RM)     captain

 

 

J Dyson

N

27

RHB  opener

 

 

K J Hughes

W

28

RHB         vice-captain

 

 

B M Laird

W

31

LHB  opener

 

 

D K Lillee

W

32

RF

 

 

R W Marsh

W

34

WK       LHB

 

 

L S Pascoe

N

32

RF

 

 

J R Thomson

Q

31

RF

 

 

G M Wood

W

25

LHB   opener

 

 

B Yardley

W

34

OB

 

 

 

 

 

FLAG_Australia 

 

 

State representation

  Sheffield Shield teams

 

N -  New South Wales (2)

Q -  Queensland (3)

S -  South Australia (0)

T -  Tasmania (0)

V -  Victoria  (1)

W - Western Australia (7)

 

 

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

  (26 February 1982) :

      30 yrs  3 months.

 

 

 

 

ODI played in the one-day series

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Marsh 80,  Chappell 73,  Lillee 60,  Hughes 45,  Thomson 39,  Border 39,  Wood 34,  Yardley 22,  Dyson 16,  Laird  15,  Pascoe 14,  Bright  14,  Alderman 11.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Alan Crompton

Tour manager

Derek K Adler

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Phil Ridings (South Australia),  Alan Davidson (New South Wales),  Ray Lindwall (Queensland), Len Maddocks (Victoria),  Greg Chappell (captain).

For the first time the name of the captain was announced (on 30 January) before the team.  Chappell then assisted the four selectors to pick the team.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable: Doug Walters had retired.

Tour Party Announced :  4 February 1982

Greg Chappell (broken bone in left hand), Kim Hughes (bruised foot), Dennis Lillee (strained groin muscle) and Terry Alderman (stress fracture of left foot) were all to have a fitness test before their places were confirmed.

Not selected/Near Miss :   David Boon,  Trevor Hohns,  Geoff Lawson,  Greg Ritchie.

 

 

Time between selection and departure from Australia

  6 days

(4 February - 10 February)

 

 

 

 

Travel

Sydney   Q   Auckland 

 

The seven Western Australians in the team (including Dennis Lillee, after passing a medical examination on his strained groin muscles) arrived in Melbourne to link up with the Victorians in the squad on 9 February.  The team flew to Auckland from Sydney - a four hour journey -  on 10 February 1982 and trained at Eden Park next day.

 

Time spent in New Zealand

  41  days

(10 February - 23 March)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Greg Chappell (captain),  Kim Hughes (vice-captain),  Rodney Marsh.

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

None.

Lillee was close to returning home because he was suffering from back spasms but continued on tour and was able to appear in the Test matches.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

§  Auckland

New Zealand  (1st ODI)

Lost 46 r

b

ϯ  Hamilton

Northern Districts (50 overs)

Lost 24 r

c

§  Dunedin

New Zealand  (2nd ODI)

Won 6 w

d

§  Wellington

New Zealand  (3rd ODI)

Won 8 w

e

Napier

North Island

Drawn

f

WELLINGTON 

NEW ZEALAND  First Test

DRAWN

g

ϯ Nelson

Nelson - Marlborough (50 overs)

Won 63 r

h

Christchurch

President’s XI

Drawn

i

ϯ New Plymouth

Central Districts (45 overs)

Lost 1 w

j

AUCKLAND 

NEW ZEALAND  Second Test

LOST 5 w

k

CHRISTCHURCH 

NEW ZEALAND  Third Test

WON 8 w

 

 

 

not first-class

§  one-day international

 

 

 

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test: 

  16 days

(10 February - 26 February)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

3  -  Alderman,  Border,  Chappell, Dyson, Hughes,  Laird,  Lillee,  Marsh,  Thomson,  Wood,  Yardley.

0  -  Bright,  Pascoe.

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

 W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  3

 1

1

1

-

Other first-class matches

  2

 0

0

2

-

ϯ Minor matches

  3

 1

2

1

-

§ One-day internationals

  3

 1

2

0

-

All Matches

11

 4

4

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to Australia

Christchurch   Q   Sydney

 

 

 

The team flew from Christchurch to Sydney on 23 March 1982.

 

Time away from Australia   

 41 days  

(10 February to 23 March)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

The New Zealand Cricket Council needed half a million dollars to show a profit on the tour. The Council met all the Australians' costs, including players' fees of $6 500 each; and guaranteed the Australian Board an undisclosed profit.

 

 

 

 

 

Written accounts of the tour

 

 

“Test Series ‘82”   by Dick Brittenden & Don Cameron  (A H & A W Reed, 1982).

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

 

 



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