New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1987–88

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1987-88 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn.

## Test series summary

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### First Test

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4–7 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand

Australia

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186 (93.2 overs)
MD Crowe 67 (163)
CJ McDermott 4/43 (22.2 overs)

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305 (117.5 overs)
DC Boon 143 (255)
DK Morrison 4/86 (28 overs)

212 (79 overs)
DN Patel 62 (141)
BA Reid 4/53 (25 overs)

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97/1 (32.1 overs)
DM Jones 38* (49)
JG Bracewell 1/32 (13 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: AR Crafter and MW Johnson
Player of the match: DC Boon (AUS)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
* MRJ Veletta (AUS) and DK Morrison (NZ) made their Test debuts.

### Second Test

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11–15 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand

Australia

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485/9d (174.5 overs)
AH Jones 150 (383)
CJ McDermott 4/135 (45.5 overs)

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496 (195 overs)
AR Border 205 (485)
RJ Hadlee 5/68 (42 overs)

182/7 (85 overs)
AH Jones 64 (137)
PR Sleep 3/61 (32 overs)

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Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: RC Bailhache and SG Randell
Player of the match: AR Border (AUS)

* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* TBA May (AUS) made his Test debut.

### Third Test

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26–30 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand

Australia

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317 (110.3 overs)
JG Wright 99 (223)
CJ McDermott 5/97 (35 overs)

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357 (145.4 overs)
PR Sleep 90 (256)
RJ Hadlee 5/109 (44 overs)

286 (92.3 overs)
MD Crowe 79 (111)
AIC Dodemaide 6/58 (28.3 overs)

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230/9 (92 overs)
DC Boon 54 (121)
RJ Hadlee 5/67 (31 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* AIC Dodemaide (AUS) made his Test debut.

## External sources

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CricketArchive

## References

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* Playfair Cricket Annual
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack

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List of Test series (yellow – in Australia, grey – in New Zealand)

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Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series

* 1945–46
* 1973–74
* 1973–74
* 1976–77
* 1980–81
* 1981–82

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International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Afghanistan|

* 2021–22 (cancelled)

Bangladesh|

* 2003
* 2008

England|

* 1876–77
* 1878–79
* 1881–82
* 1882–83
* 1884–85
* 1886–87
* 1887–88
* 1891–92
* 1894–95
* 1897–98
* 1901–02
* 1903–04
* 1907–08
* 1911–12
* 1920–21
* 1924–25
* 1928–29
* 1932–33§
* 1936–37
* 1946–47§
* 1950–51§
* 1954–55§
* 1958–59§
* 1962–63§
* 1965–66§
* 1970–71§
* 1974–75§
* 1977
* 1978–79
* 1979–80
* 1982–83
* 1986–87
* 1987–88§
* 1990–91
* 1994–95
* 1998–99
* 2002–03
* 2006–07
* 2010–11
* 2013–14
* 2017–18
* 2021–22
* 2022–23

India|

* 1947–48
* 1967–68§
* 1977–78
* 1980–81§
* 1985–86
* 1991–92
* 1999–2000
* 2003–04
* 2007–08
* 2011–12
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2018–19
* 2020–21
* 2024–25

New Zealand|

* 1973–74
* 1980–81
* 1982–83
* 1985–86
* 1987–88
* 1989–90
* 1993–94
* 1997–98
* 2001–02
* 2004–05
* 2008–09
* 2011–12
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2019–20
* 2022–23

Pakistan|

* 1964–65§
* 1972–73§
* 1976–77
* 1978–79§
* 1981–82
* 1983–84
* 1989–90
* 1992–93
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1999–2000
* 2002
* 2004–05
* 2009–10
* 2016–17
* 2019–20
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

South Africa|

* 1910–11
* 1931–32§
* 1952–53§
* 1963–64§
* 1971–72 (cancelled)
* 1993–94
* 1997–98
* 2000
* 2001–02
* 2005–06
* 2008–09
* 2012–13
* 2014–15
* 2016–17
* 2018–19
* 2022–23

Sri Lanka|

* 1987–88
* 1989–90
* 1995–96
* 2004
* 2007–08
* 2010–11
* 2012–13
* 2016–17
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2021–22

West Indies|

* 1930–31
* 1951–52§
* 1960–61
* 1968–69§
* 1975–76
* 1979–80§
* 1981–82
* 1984–85
* 1988–89
* 1992–93
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 2000–01
* 2005–06
* 2009–10
* 2012–13
* 2015–16
* 2020–21
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

Zimbabwe|

* 1994–95
* 2003–04
* 2022

Tournaments hosted

World Cup|

* 1992
* 2015

T20 World Cup|

* 2022

Tri-series|

* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2011–12
* 2014–15
* 2017–18

Other multi-team tournaments|

* 1985
* 1987

Other tours

Afghanistan|

* 2014–15

Australian Forces|

* 1919–20
* 1945–46

English|

* 1861–62
* 1863–64
* 1873–74
* 1902–03
* 1922–23
* 1929–30
* 1935–36
* 1979–80

England Lions|

* 2012–13
* 2021

Fijian|

* 1907–08

Ireland|

* 2014–15

Multi-national|

* 1971–72
* 2005–06

Nepal|

* 2023–24

New Zealand|

* 1898–99
* 1913–14
* 1925–26
* 1927–28
* 1937–38
* 1953–54
* 1961–62
* 1967–68
* 1969–70
* 1970–71
* 1971–72
* 1972–73
* 1974–75

PNG|

* 2014–15

Scotland|

* 2014–15

Sri Lanka|

* 1982–83

UAE|

* 2014–15

World Series Cricket
(West Indies & World XI)|

* 1977-78
* 1978-79

Pakistan A|

* 2024

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