New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 1995–96

The New Zealand national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 1996 and played a two-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Lee Germon; the West Indies by Courtney Walsh. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which the West Indies won 3–2.[1]

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The West Indies won the series 3-2.

1st ODI
26 March 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
243 (49.1 overs)
v
 West Indies
247/9 (49.1 overs)
DN Patel 71 (58)
CEL Ambrose 4/36 (10 overs)
SC Williams 62 (90)
CZ Harris 3/45 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 1 wicket
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor
Player of the match: DN Patel (NZ)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • RD Jacobs (WI) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI
29 March 1996
Scorecard
West Indies 
238/7 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
239/6 (49.5 overs)
RIC Holder 65 (48)
NJ Astle 2/32 (9 overs)
SP Fleming 106* (108)
CEL Ambrose 2/42 (9.5 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor
Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI
30 March 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
219/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
225/3 (45.4 overs)
RG Twose 48 (70)
RA Harper 2/45 (10 overs)
BC Lara 146* (134)
GR Larsen 3/26 (8.4 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor
Player of the match: BC Lara (WI)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • LR Williams (WI) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI
3 April 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
158 (35.5 overs)
v
 West Indies
154 (49.1 overs)
CM Spearman 41 (39)
LR Williams 3/16 (4.5 overs)
RIC Holder 49* (86)
CL Cairns 2/17 (5.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 runs
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: CR Duncan and EA Nicholls
Player of the match: New Zealand team
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI
6 April 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
241/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
242/3 (48.3 overs)
SP Fleming 75 (102)
JC Adams 3/50 (10 overs)
BC Lara 104 (103)
DN Patel 1/46 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Umpires: LH Barker and BEW Morgan
Player of the match: PV Simmons (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Test series summary

First Test
19–23 April 1996
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
195 (62 overs)
AC Parore 59 (112)
JC Adams 5/17 (9 overs)
472 (164.3 overs)
SL Campbell 208 (470)
GR Larsen 3/76 (40 overs)
305 (82 overs)
NJ Astle 125 (150)
IR Bishop 4/67 (19 overs)
29/0 (4 overs)
SL Campbell 29* (21)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and P Willey (ENG)
Player of the match: SL Campbell (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • 22 April was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • RG Samuels and PIC Thompson (both WI) made their Test debuts.

Second Test
27 April–2 May 1996
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
548/7d (166 overs)
JC Adams 208* (333)
CZ Harris 2/83 (35 overs)
437 (144.3 overs)
NJ Astle 103 (165)
CEL Ambrose 5/68 (32 overs)
184 (61.3 overs)
BC Lara 74 (119)
DK Morrison 5/61 (20 overs)
130/5 (65 overs)
SP Fleming 56 (172)
CEL Ambrose 2/22 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua
Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: JC Adams (WI)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • 30 April was taken as a rest day.
  • This Test set a record for the highest match aggregate (1299 runs) without a bye being scored.[2]

References
  1. "New Zealand in the West Indies 1996". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley. p. 375. ISBN 0947540067.


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