Test Cricket Tours - England to New Zealand 1991-92

Test Cricket Tours - England to New Zealand 1991-92

Tour of New Zealand 1991-92 Captain : Graham Gooch

England’s 72nd Test tour

(January – February 1992)

Thirteenth Test-playing tour of New Zealand

(previous tour 1987-88)

Ian Botham was given permission to miss the first weeks of the New Zealand tour while fulfilling his TV and pantomime contracts in England.

A shocking incident of the tour was the injury to David Lawrence, while playing in the Wellington Test. He dislocated his knee so badly he could not play again until 1997.

All England tours

Previous Test tour

Australia 1990-91

Next Test tour

India 1992-93

Next tour of New Zealand

1996-97

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 1)

Opening batsmen: Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart

Middle-order batsmen Allan Lamb, Neil Fairbrother, Graham Hick, Mark Ramprakash, Robin Smith, Dermot Reeve,

Wicket-keeper: Jack Russell.

All-rounders: Ian Botham, Chris Lewis, Derek Pringle

Slow bowlers: Phil Tufnell, Richard Illingworth,

Fast bowlers: Phil DeFreitas, David Lawrence

M A Atherton w/d	La		RHB opener

I T Botham	Wo	36	RHB RFM

P A J DeFreitas	La	26	RFM

N H Fairbrother	La	28	LHB

A R C Fraser w/d	Mx		RFM

G A Gooch	Ex	38	RHB captain

G A Hick	Wo	25	RHB

R K Illingworth	Wo	28	SLA

A J Lamb	Nth	37	RHB

D V Lawrence	Gs	28	RF

C C Lewis	Le	23	RHB RFM

D R Pringle	Ex	33	RHB RM

M R Ramprakash	Mx	23	RHB

D A Reeve added	Wk	28	RHB RM

R C Russell	Gs	28	WK

R A Smith	Ha	28	RHB

A J Stewart	Sy	28	RHB opener WK vice- captain

P C R Tufnell	Mx	25	SLA

County representation:

Ex - Essex (2)

Gs - Gloucestershire (2)

Ha - Hampshire (1)

La - Lancashire (2)

Le - Leicestershire (1)

Mx - Middlesex (2)

Nth - Northamptonshire (1)

Sy - Surrey (1)

Wk - Warwickshire (1)

Wo - Worcestershire (3)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(18 January 1992:

29 yrs 5 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Botham 99, Gooch 91, Lamb 74, Smith 28, DeFreitas 26, Pringle 25, Russell 25, Stewart 14, Fairbrother 7, Lewis 7, Tufnell 6, Ramprakash 6, Lawrence 4, Hick 4, Illingworth 2, Reeve 0.

Tour Officials

Bob Bennett	Team Manager
Micky Stewart	Head coach
Laurie Brown	Physiotherapist
Clem Driver	Scorer

Selectors

Ted Dexter (chairman), Micky Stewart and Graham Gooch.

Selection

Unavailable : none

Tour party announced : on 14 September 1991.

Withdrawal : Michael Atherton’s selection was subject to fitness tests on stress fractures of the spine. On withdrawal he was not replaced. Alec Stewart took over from him as vice-captain. Atherton was also unable to join the ‘A’ team tour of the West Indies.

Angus Fraser also withdrew, not having recovered from his hip operation, and his place was taken by Dermot Reeve.

Reserves :

Time between selection and departure from England

days

(14 September - 27 December)

Travel

London Q Auckland

The team flew out of London Heathrow on 27 December 1991 without Ian Botham and Richard Illingworth

Arrived in Auckland.

Time spent in New Zealand

days

(2? December - February)

On-tour selection panel

Graham Gooch (captain), Micky Stewart (team manager) …..

Reinforcements

G C Small

RFM

Gladstone Small was brought in when Lawrence broke his kneecap in the Wellington Test and flew home.

Fixtures/Results

a	ϯ Auckland	Auckland XI	Won 5w
b	Hamilton	NZ Emerging Players	Won inns 105
c	Napier	New Zealand U-Bix XI	Drawn
d	§ Auckland	New Zealand (1st ODI)	Won 7 w
e	Nelson	New Zealand XI	Won 2 w
f	CHRISTCHURCH	NEW ZEALAND First Test	WON inns 4 r
g	New Plymouth	Central Districts	Drawn
h	AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND Second Test	WON 186 r
i	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND Third Test	DRAWN
j	§ Dunedin	New Zealand (2nd ODI)	Won 3 w
k	§ Christchurch	New Zealand (3rd ODI)	Won 71 r

† not first-class

§ one-day internationals (Bank of New Zealand Trophy)

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:

x days

(December - 18 January)

Test appearances on tour

3 - DeFreitas, Gooch, Hick, Lamb, Reeve, Russell, Smith, Stewart, Tufnell

2 - Lewis, Pringle,

1 - Botham, Lawrence

0 - Fairbrother, Illingworth, Ramprakash.

Match appearances

T Test match

o one-day international

x other match

W won L lost D drawn

N no result A abandoned

u unknown result

Gooch, Hick, Smith and Stewart played in every match

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k
I T Botham							x		T	o	o
P A J DeFreitas	x	x		o	x	T		T	T
N H Fairbrother	x		x	o			x
G A Gooch	x	x	x	o	x	T	x	T	T	o	o
G A Hick	x	x	x	o	x	T	x	T	T	o	o
R K Illingworth							x			o	o
A J Lamb	x	x		o	x	T		T	T	o	o
D V Lawrence		x	x						T
C C Lewis	x	x		o	x	T		T		o	o
D R Pringle	x		x	o	x	T	x	T		o	o
M R Ramprakash		x	x		x		x
D A Reeve	x		x	o	x	T	x	T	T	o	o
R C Russell		x	x		x	T	x	T	T
G C Small											o
R A Smith	x	x	x	o	x	T	x	T	T	o	o
A J Stewart	x	x	x	o	x	T	x	T	T	o	o
P C R Tufnell	x	x	x	o		T		T	T	o
R E S U L T S	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W

England’s six previous Test tour results

Highlights

• Alec Stewart scored a century (148) in the opening Test, while Smith (96) and Lamb (93) came close.

• Phil Tufnell took 4-100 and then 7-47 in the second innings giving him 11-147 in the match at Christchurch

• Chris Lewis (5-31) bowled New Zealand out cheaply at Auckland

• Alec Stewary (107) scored another century, and Allan Lamb 142, in the high-scoring draw at Wellington.

Tour Summary

	F	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	2	0	1	-
Other first-class matches	4	2	0	2	-
ϯ Minor matches	1	1	0	0	-
§ One-day internationals	3	3	0	0	-
All Matches	11	8	0	3	-

F Fixtures W Won L Lost D Drawn T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to England

Auckland Q London

16 ? February 1992

Time away from England

x days

(27 December - February 1992)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript