Tour of New Zealand 1992-93             Captain: Allan Border

57th Test tour

Seventh Test-playing tour by Australia to New Zealand

(February - March 1993)

After an unsatisfying one-all draw in the Test series, the visitors took victory from the ‘best of five’ one-day internationals

Other Australian Tours

Previous tour

Sri Lanka 1992-93

Next tour

England 1993

Next tour of New Zealand

1999-00

Members of the Test tour party  (13)

Opening batsmen:  Mark Taylor, David Boon.

Middle-order batsmen:,Justin Langer, Allan Border, Damien Martyn, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh.

Wicket-keeper:  Ian Healy

Spin bowlers: Shane Warne, Tim May

Fast bowlers:  Merv Hughes, Craig McDermott, Paul Reiffel.

State representation

N   New South Wales (3)

Q  Queensland (3)

S   South Australia (1)

T   Tasmania (1)

V   Victoria (3)

W  Western Australia (2)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

 (25 February 1993) :

    yrs   months

ODI  - 

Test Appearances made before the tour

Border 138, Boon 71, S.Waugh 49, Healy 44, McDermott 44, Hughes 42, Taylor 37, M Waugh 19, May 8, Warne 8, Martyn 4, Langer 2, Reiffel 1.

Tour Officials

Selectors

Lawrie Sawle (Western Australia - chairman),   Jim Higgs (Victoria),    Bob Simpson (New South Wales - coach)

Selection

Unavailable:  None. Tim May was able to join the tour despite damaging his finger in the fourth Test against West Indies.

Tour Party Announced :  3 February 1993.

Not selected :   Geoff Marsh,  Dean Jones,  Joe Angel.

The selectors announced on 16 March that Tony Dodemaine (Vic)  and Dean Jones (Vic)  would replace McDermott and Langer for the one-day series.

Time between selection and departure from Australia       x days

(3 February - 11 February

Travel

Sydney    Q   -

The team assembled in Sydney on 10 February and departure was from there on the following day.

Tony Dodemaine and Dean Jones would join the team for the one-day series in place of Langer and McDermott

Time spent in New Zealand     x days

(11 February - 9 ? February)

On-tour selection

Allan Border (captain),   Mark Taylor (vice-captain), 

Reinforcements

Before the first match David Boon had to return home to attend his father’s funeral but he returned to Christchurch in time for the first Test match.

Fixtures/Results

The one-day match at Nelson was arranged after the first-class match was abandoned.

† not first-class

§  one-day international

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:     x days

(11 February - 25 February)

Test appearances on tour

3  -   Boon,  Border,  Healy,  Hughes,  Langer,  McDermott,  Reiffel,  Taylor,  Warne,  M E Waugh, S R Waugh.

1  -   Martyn.

0  -   May.

Highlights

•   During the first Test Allan Border became the leading run-scorer in Tests, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s record

•   Shane Warne took fifteen wickets in the series, including 15-12-8-4 at Auckland

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Tour Summary

Return to Australia

Auckland   Q  Sydney

Langer and McDermott (who needed to rest a recurring groin injury)  were not required after the end of the Test series and returned home on 17 March.

The team flew home from Auckland  on Monday 29 March 1993

The 17-man party to tour England would be announced on the following Friday.

Time away from Australia   

     46 days  

(11 February to 29 March)

Finances

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Written accounts of the tour

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Postscript