Test Cricket Tour West Indies to New Zealand 1986-87

Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to New Zealand 1986-87

Tour of New Zealand 1986-87 Captain: Vivian Richards

Thirtieth West IndiesTest tour

Fifth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by West Indies

(December 1986 - March 1987)

West Indies arrived from a Benson & Hedges one-day series in Australia. Steve Camacho as manager ensured that the side behaved with goodwill overcoming memories of the reviled 1980 team.

Joel Garner had a successful tour with 20 relatively cheap wickets on the tour but Michael Holding’s career came to an end after straining his back and having to return home early.

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

Pakistan 1986-87

Next tour

India 1987-88

Next New Zealand tour

1994-95

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen: Gordon Greenldge Desmond Haynes

Middle-order batsmen: Vlv Richards, Larry Gomes. Richie Richardson, Augustine Logie, Carl Hooper,

Wicket-keepers Jeffrey Dujon, Thelston Payne

Spin bowler: Clyde Butts.

Fast bowlers Malcolm Marshall, Joel Gamer. Anthony Gray, Courtney Walsh,Michael Holding (replaced byPatrick Patterson)

C G Butts	G	29	RHB OB

P J L Dujon	Ja	30	WK	ODI

J Garner	B	34	RF	ODI

H A Gomes	T	33	LHB	ODI

A H Gray	T	23	RFM	ODI

C G Greenidge	B	35	RHB opener	ODI

D L Haynes	B	30	RHB	ODI

C L Hooper	G	20	RHB OB

M A Holding	Ja	33	RF	ODI

A L Logie	T	26	LHB	ODI

M D Marshall	B	28	RF vice-captain	ODI

T R O Payne	B	29	second WK	ODI

I V A Richards	L	34	RHB captain	ODI

R B Richardson	L	24	RHB	ODI

C A Walsh	Ja	23	RF	ODI


Required for ODIs in Australia only			W K M Benjamin	ODI
			R A Harper	ODI

Regional representation :

B - Barbados (5)

G - Guyana (2)

Ja - Jamaica (3)

L - Leeward Islands (2)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (3)

W - Windward Islands (0)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(20 February 1987) : 29 yrs 0 months

ODI Member of the one-day series squad in Australia before tour

Test Appearances made before the tour

Richards 85, Greenidge 74, Haynes 62, Holding 59, Gomes 57, Garner 56, Marshall 48, Dujon 40, Richardson 23, Logie 13, Walsh 10, Patterson 5, Butts 3, Gray 3, Payne 1, Hooper 0.

Tour Officials

Steve Camacho	Manager
Dennis Waight	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Jackie Hendriks (chairman), Clyde Walcott and Calvin Wllkin.

Selection

Unavailable: At first Michael Holding was going to retire before the West Indies tour of Australia and New Zealand but was persuaded to make the trip by being excused the tour of Pakistan.

The team for the one-day tournaments in Australia was chosen on 5 December 1986. Patterson and Butts from the side in Pakistan were not required for the Australia one-dayers, as Holding and Garner were recalled to the 15-man squad

Test Tour Party to New Zealand Announced : 4 February 1987

Not selected : Roger Harper, Winston Benjamin (who were in Australia) and Patrick Patterson.

Time between selection and departure from West Indies

x days

(4 February to depart in WI)

Travel

? Q LondonQ Perth?

Sydney Q Auckland

Departure was in December 1986

The players arrived in Australia on Christmas Day 1986 at 4 a.m

1st match WI v Pak 30 Dec

The weary and deflated West Indies left Sydney on 12 February

Butts and Hooper who were not in the one-day side in Australia flew via New York (11 February) to join those players arriving in Auckland on Thursday 12 February, following the tour of Australia.

Time spent (in Australia) and in New Zealand

(49) and days

(25 December - 12 February)

(12 February - March

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

B P Patterson

Patrick Patterson was called for after vice-captain Michael Holding suffered a back injury during the first Test against New Zealand and, announcing his retirement from Test cricket, returned home early from the tour.

Fixtures/Results

a	§ Perth	Pakistan (B & H Challenge ODI)	Lost 34 r
b	§ Perth	England (B & H Challenge ODI)	Lost 19 r
c	§ Perth	Australia (B & H Challenge ODI)	Won 164 r
d	ϯ Townsville	Queensland(50 overs)	Lost 25 r
e	Townsville	Queensland	Drawn
f	§ Brisbane	England(1st B & H World Series ODI)	Lost 6 w
g	§ Melbourne	Australia(2nd B & H World Series ODI)	Won 7 w
h	§ Adelaide	England (3rd B & H World Series ODI)	Lost 89 r
i	§ Adelaide	Australia(4th B & H World Series ODI)	Won 16 r
j	§ Sydney	Australia(5th B & H World Series ODI)	Lost 36 r
k	§ Melbourne	England (6th B & H World Series ODI)	Won 6 w
l	§ Devonport	England(7th B & H World Series ODI)	Lost 29 r
m	§ Sydney	Australia(8th B & H World Series ODI)	Lost 2 w

n	† Auckland	Auckland(45 overs)	Won 5 w
o	Hamilton	New Zealand Cricket Council	Drawn
p	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND First Test	DRAWN
q	AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND Second Test	WON 10 w
r	Napier	Shell XI	Drawn
s	CHRISTCHURCH	NEW ZEALAND Third Test	LOST 5 w
t	§ Dunedin	New Zealand (1st Rothmans Cup ODI)	Won 95 r
u	§ Auckland	New Zealand (2nd Rothmans Cup ODI)	Won 6 w
v	§ Wellington	New Zealand (3rd Rothmans Cup ODI)	Abandoned
w	§ Christchurch	New Zealand (4th Rothmans Cup ODI)	Won 10 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in (Australia and) New Zealand before First Test:

(57) 8 days

(12 February - 20 February)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Dujon, Gomes, Greenidge, Haynes, Logie, Marshall, Richards, Richardson, Walsh.

2 - Garner, Gray

1 - Butts, Holding

0 - Hooper, Patterson, Payne.

Match appearances

T Test match

o one-day international

x other match

⊕ T/20 international

W won L lost D drawn N no result A abandoned u unknown result

W K Benjamin

C G Butts

P J L Dujon

J Garner

H A Gomes

A H Gray

C G Greenidge

R A Harper

D L Haynes

C L Hooper

M A Holding

A L Logie

M D Marshall

B P Patterson

T R O Payne

I V A Richards

R B Richardson

C A Walsh

RESULTS

Highlights

• Gordon Greenidge scored 213 at Auckland.

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Tour Summary

including Australian tour	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	1	1	1	-
Other first-class matches	3	0	0	3	-
ϯ Minor matches	2	1	1	0	-
§ One-day internationals	15	7	7	0	1
All Matches	23	9	9	4	1

Return to West Indies

? Q

Winston Benjamin along with off-spinner Roger Harper was sent back to West Indies after the Australian one-day series and did not go to New Zealand.

Michael Holding returned home early from New Zealand.

Return from New Zealand was on approx 29 March 1987

Time away from West Indies x days

(depart W Ind to arrive home in WI)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript