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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to New Zealand 1989-90

 

 

Tour of New Zealand 1989-90             Captain: Allan Border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54th Test tour

 

Sixth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Australia

 

 

   (March 1990)

 

 

This tour reciprocated the one-off Test match at Perth earlier in the season with a Test match played in Wellington for the trans-Tasman Trophy. Once Hadlee had bowled out the Australians for 110 in the first innings, they were unable to catch up so New Zealand won its sixth and biggest victory over Australia.

The one-day 'tri-series' for the Rothman's Cup preceding the Test match was the last time in New Zealand sport that a tobacco company was allowed to sponsor a cricket event.  In this series Australia had performed much better and won the final against New Zealand

Dr Cam Battersby, later awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for his work in medical research, was on the first of his four tours as manager of an Australian team. He was a member of the Australian Cricket Board from 1987 to 2002. The Board decided in 1997 to have a permanent team manager removing the opportunity for Board members to become closely acquainted with players and to understand playing circumstances on tours.

 

 

 

Other Australian Tours

 

 

Previous tour

England 1989

 

Next tour

West Indies 1990-91

 

 

Next tour of New Zealand

1992-93

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party  (13)

 

 

Opening batsmen:  Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Mark Taylor

Middle-order batsmen: Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Dean Jones

Wicket-keeper:  Ian Healy

Spin bowlers:  Peter Taylor

Fast bowlers:  Carl Rackemann, Terry Alderman, Greg Campbell, Merv Hughes, Simon O’Donnell

 

 

T M Alderman

WA

32

RFM

ODI

 

D C Boon

Tas

28

RHB opener

ODI

 

A R Border

Qld

33

LHB       (SLA)       captain

ODI

 

G D Campbell

Tas

25

RFM

ODI

 

I A Healy

Qld

24

WK

ODI

 

M G Hughes

Vic

27

RFM

ODI

 

D M Jones

Vic

27

RHB             second WK

ODI

 

G R Marsh

WA

30

RHB opener         vice-captain

ODI

 

S P O'Donnell

Vic

26

RFM

ODI

 

C G Rackemann

Qld

28

RFM

ODI

 

M A Taylor

NSW

27

LHB  opener  

ODI

 

P L Taylor

NSW

32

OB

ODI

 

S R Waugh

NSW

27

RHB             RM

ODI

 

 

 

FLAG_Australia 

 

 

  

State representation

  Sheffield Shield teams

NSW   New South Wales (3)

Qld  Queensland (3)

SA   South Australia (0)

Tas   Tasmania (2)

Vic   Victoria (3)

WA  Western Australia (2)

 

 

 

 

Average age of  team at  time of first Test match

       (15 March 1990) :

    28 yrs  8 months.

 

 

 

 

ODI - member of the one-day international squad for the Rothman’s Trophy

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

 

Border 114,  Boon 47,  Waugh 38,  Marsh 35,  Alderman 35,  Jones 33,  Hughes 23,  Healy 20,  MATaylor 14,  Rackemann 10,  PL Taylor 9,  O'Donnell 6,  Campbell 3.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Dr Cam Battersby

Tour manager

Ian McDonald

Assistant manager

Bob Simpson

Coach

Mike Walsh

Scorer

Errol Allcott

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Lawrie Sawle  (chairman),   John Benaud,  Jim Higgs,  Bob Simpson.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Tour party announced:

Withdrawal : 

Time between selection and departure from Australia

       x days

(23 - 1 March?)

 

 

 

 

Travel

 

Sydney   Q 

 

 

 

First match starts 3 March

 

Time spent in New Zealand      x days

(1 March - March? )

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Allan Border (captain),  Geoff Marsh (vice-captain),  Bob Simpson  (coach)

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

§ Christchurch

India (1st Rothman's ODI)

Won 18 r

b

§ Christchurch

New Zealand (2nd Rothman's ODI)

Won 150 r

c

§ Hamilton

India (3rd Rothman's ODI)

Won 7 w

d

§ Auckland

New Zealand (4th Rothman's ODI)

Won scoring rate

e

§ Auckland

New Zealand (Rothman's Cup Final)

Won 8 w

f

WELLINGTON

NEW ZEALAND  Test Match

LOST 9 w

 

 

 

not first-class

 

§  one-day international

 

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:

    x days

(- 15 March)

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

1 -  Alderman, Boon, Border, Campbell, Healy, Jones, Marsh, Rackemann, M Taylor, P Taylor, S.Waugh.

0 -  Hughes, O'Donnell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   N

   S

   

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

P

 W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

1

0

1

0

-

Other first-class matches

0

-

-

-

-

ϯ Minor matches

0

-

-

-

-

§ One-day internationals

5

5

0

0

-

All Matches

6

5

1

0

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to Australia

?   Q  Sydney?

 

 

 

Bob Simpson had to return early to Sydney, as his mother had died.

20 March 1990 ?

 

Time away from Australia  

x days    

(to 20 March)

 

 

 

Finances

 

…..

 

 

 

 

Written accounts of the tour

 

……..

 

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

 

 

 



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