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Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to New Zealand 1994-95

 

 

Tour of New Zealand 1994-95       Captain: Courtney Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39th West Indies Test tour

 

Sixth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by West Indies

 

 

(January - February 1995)

 

The tour was in part a celebration of the centenary of cricket administration in New Zealand

.

 

 

Other West Indies tours

 

Previous tour

India 1994-95

 

Next tour

England 1995

 

Next New Zealand tour  1999-00

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party

(14)

 

 

Opening batsmen: Sherwin Campbell, Stuart Williams.

Middle-order batsmen:  Carl Hooper, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Keith Arthurton, Roland Holder.

Wicket-keeper  Junior Murray

Spin bowler  Rajindra Dhanraj

Fast bowlers  Curtly Ambrose, Winston Benjamin, Anderson Cummins, Kenny Benjamin, Courteney Walsh.

 

J C Adams

Ja

27

LHB    WK

ODI

 

C E L Ambrose

L

31

RF

ODI

 

K L T Arthurton

L

29

RHB

ODI

 

K C G Benjamin

L

27

RF

ODI

 

W K M Benjamin

L

30

RF

ODI

 

S L Campbell

B

24

RHB  opener

ODI

 

S Chanderpaul

G

20

LHB

 

 

A C Cummins

B

28

RFM

ODI

 

R Dhanraj

T

26

LBG

ODI

 

R I C Holder

B

27

RHB 

ODI

 

B C Lara

T

26

LHB   vice-captain

ODI

 

J  R Murray

W

27

WK

ODI

 

C A Walsh

Ja

32

RF    captain

ODI

 

S C Williams

L

24

RHB  opener

ODI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional representation

  

B - Barbados (3)

G  - Guyana (1)

Ja  - Jamaica (2)

L - Leeward Islands (5)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (2)

W  - Windward Islands (1)

 

  

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(3 February 1995) : 27 yrs  2 months

 

 

 

ODI  Member of the one-day series squad

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

 

Walsh 68,  Ambrose 48,  Arthurton 23,  Lara 19,  W Benjamin 16, Murray 15,  Adams 12,  K Benjamin 10, Chanderpaul 5,  Cummins 5,  Williams 4,  Dhanraj 1,  Campbell 0,  Holder 0

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

David Holford

Manager

Rohan Kanhai

Coach

 

Assistant coach

Dennis Waight

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

David Holford (chairman),  Andy Roberts,  Easton McMorris  and skipper Courtney Walsh.

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  Richie Richardson was under doctor's orders to take a winter off. Desmond Haynes was playing in South Africa.

After missing the Indian tour because of an injured right shoulder, Curtly Ambrose was cleared by the Institute of Specialist Surgeons at New York’s Cornel University. Winston Benjamin’s suspension ended on 1 January 1995 and he was eligible again

Tour Party Announced :  22 December 1994

Not selected : Phil Simmons and Cameron Cuffy were dropped from the team that toured India. 

Withdrawal:  Carl Hooper (detained in England with an illness picked up in India)

 

Time between selection and departure from West Indies     x days

(22 December to depart from WI)

 

 

 

 

Travel

?   Q   Auckland

 

 

West Indies arrived in Auckland on Wednesday 11 January 1995

 

Time spent in

   x days

(11 January - depart Host)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Courtenay Walsh (captain),  Brian Lara (vice-captain),  David Holford (manager),  Rohan Kanhai (coach)

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

None

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

  Hamilton

Sir Ron Brierley's XI  (festival match)

Won 41 r

b

  Auckland

Auckland (one-day)

Won 105 r

c

  Whangerai

Northern Districts (one-day)

Abandoned

d

§ Auckland

New Zealand (1st ODI)

Won run rate

e

§ Wellington

New Zealand (2nd ODI)

Won 41 r

f

§ Christchurch

New Zealand (3rd ODI)

Won 9 w

g

Dunedin

Otago

Drawn

h

CHRISTCHURCH

NEW ZEALAND  First Test

DRAWN

i

WELLINGTON

NEW ZEALAND  Second Test

WON inns 322 r

 

 

 

† not first-class

§  one-day international

 

 

Time spent in  before First Test:  23 days

(11 January - 3 February ’95)

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

2  -  Adams,  Ambrose,   Arthurton,  K Benjamin,  Campbell,  Chanderpaul,  Lara,  Walsh,  Williams

1  -  W Benjamin,  Dhanraj.

0  -  Cummins,  Holder.

 

 

 

 

 

Match appearances

 

 

 

 

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

J C Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C E L Ambrose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K T Arthurton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K C G Benjamin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W K M Benjamin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S L Campbell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S Chanderpaul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A C Cummins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R Dhanraj

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R I C Holder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B C Lara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J  R Murray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C A Walsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S C Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    RESULTS 

D

D

W

D

W

D

D

W

W

 

  

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   

    West Indies

    Winston Benjamin scored a run-a-ball 85.

   West Indies scored 660 for 5 in the 2nd Test at Wellington, including centuries from Lara, Adams and Murray (scoring 101 in 88 balls)

   Immediately afterwards Walsh took 7-37 and 6-18 to give him his best bowling figures of 13-55

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

               

 

 P

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

2

1

0

1

-

Other first-class matches

1

0

0

1

-

ϯ Minor matches

3

2

0

0

1

§ One-day internationals

3

3

0

0

-

All matches

9

6

0

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to West Indies

Wellington Q London  Q   ?

 

 

14 February 1995.

The players arrived home at their regional destinations on night of 17 February.

 

Time away from West Indies    x days  

(depart W Ind to 17 February)

 

 

 

Finances

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

After the New Zealand trip  coach Rohan Kanhai reported to the Board that certain team members were not respecting his position and had verbally abused him in public. The Board’s response was to take action against him rather than deal with the players concerned, and he was replaced with Andy Roberts as coach for the home series against Australia.

But there are two sides to every story.  Relationships with coach Rohan Kanhai had been breaking down. Already worn down by two exhausting tours in quick succession, the players were unhappy with Kanhai’s demands, finding his attempts to instill discipline in their training and on-field performances beyond them. As coach he was unable to stiffen the team’s resolve in the way he had been able to when captain.

 

 

 




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