| Tour of New Zealand
1992-93 Captain: Allan Border | |
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| 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
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| 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. | D C Boon | Tas | 31 | RHB opener | ODI | | A R Border | Qld | 37 | RHB captain | ODI | | I A Healy | Qld | 28 | WK | ODI | | M G Hughes | Vic | 30 | RFM | ODI | | J L Langer | WA | 21 | RFM | | | C J McDermott | Qld | 27 | RF | | | D R Martyn | WA | 20 | RHB | ODI | | T B A May | SA | 32 | OB | ODI | | P R Reiffel | Vic | 26 | RFM | ODI | | M A Taylor | NSW | 27 | LHB opener vice-captain | ODI | | S K Warne | Vic | 22 | LBG | ODI | | M E Waugh | NSW | 27 | RHB | ODI | | S R Waugh | NSW | 27 | RHB RM | ODI | | | included
only for the one-day internationals | A I C Dodemaine | ODI | | D M
Jones | ODI |
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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 | Ian H McDonald | Tour manager | Bob Simpson | Coach | M K Walsh | Scorer | Errol Alcott | Physiotherapist |
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| 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 | a | New Plymouth | New
Zealand Board | Won 9 w | b | Nelson | President's XI | Abandoned | c | †Nelson | President's XI | Lost | d | CHRISTCHURCH | NEW ZEALAND First Test | WON inns 60 r | e | WELLINGTON | NEW ZEALAND Second Test | DRAWN | f | AUCKLAND | NEW ZEALAND Third Test | LOST 5 w | g | Dunedin | New
Zealand (1st ODI) | Won 129 r | h | Christchurch | New
Zealand (2nd ODI) | Won 1 w | i | Wellington | New
Zealand (3rd ODI) | Lost 88 r | j | Hamilton | New
Zealand (4th ODI) | Lost 3 w | k | Auckland | New
Zealand (5th ODI) | Won 3 r |
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 • | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ϯ Minor matches | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | All Matches | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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| 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 | ….. | | |
| Written
accounts of the tour | …….. | | |
| Postscript | | | |