West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1986–87

The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand in February to March 1987 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team which was drawn 1–1. New Zealand were captained by Jeremy Coney and the West Indies by Vivian Richards. In addition, the teams played a four-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which West Indies won 3–0.[1]

Test series summary

First Test

20–24 February 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
228 (89 overs)
JG Wright 75 (172)
J Garner 5/51 (27 overs)
345 (128 overs)
DL Haynes 121 (269)
EJ Chatfield 4/102 (39 overs)
386/5d (177 overs)
JG Wright 138 (465)
J Garner 2/72 (30 overs)
50/2 (22 overs)
CG Greenidge 25 (70)
SL Boock 2/8 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: BL Aldridge and SJ Woodward
Player of the match: JG Wright (NZ)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • DN Patel (NZ) made his Test debut.

Second Test

27 February–3 March 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
418/9d (142.4 overs)
CG Greenidge 213 (384)
RJ Hadlee 6/105 (41.4 overs)
157 (53 overs)
IDS Smith 40* (40)
MD Marshall 4/43 (17 overs)
16/0 (1.3 overs)
CG Greenidge 10* (6)
273 (f/o) (111.2 overs)
MD Crowe 104 (264)
CA Walsh 5/73 (30.2 overs)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: FR Goodall and GC Morris
Player of the match: CG Greenidge (WIN)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Third Test

12–15 March 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
100 (36.3 overs)
RB Richardson 37 (65)
RJ Hadlee 6/50 (12.3 overs)
332/9d (100.5 overs)
MD Crowe 83 (154)
J Garner 4/79 (19 overs)
264 (70.3 overs)
MD Marshall 45 (62)
MC Snedden 5/68 (18.3 overs)
33/5 (10.1 overs)
MD Crowe 9* (17)
DN Patel 9 (10)
CA Walsh 3/16 (5.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: GC Morris and SJ Woodward
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee and EJ Chatfield (both NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • There was no play on the first day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • PA Horne (NZ) made his Test debut.

References

  1. "West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1986–87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2014.


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