New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1985–86

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1985-86 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. New Zealand won the series 2-1.

This is the New Zealanders only series victory to date in Australia and the architect was Richard Hadlee who took an outstanding 33 wickets in 3 Tests.

In the first Test at Brisbane he took 9-52 in the Australians first innings and a further 6-71 in the second. 15 wickets in the match. In the third test in Perth he took 11 more wickets.

Test series summary

First Test

8–12 November 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
179 (76.4 overs) KC Wessels 70 (186) RJ Hadlee 9/52 (23.4 overs)		7/553d (161 overs) MD Crowe 188 (328) GRJ Matthews 3/110 (31 overs)
333 (116.5 overs) AR Border 152* (301) RJ Hadlee 6/71 (28.5 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
VR Brown (NZ) made his Test debut.

Second Test

22–26 November 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
293 (124.3 overs) JG Bracewell 83* (120) RG Holland 6/106 (47 overs)		227 (97.5 overs) GM Ritchie 89 (254) RJ Hadlee 5/65 (24 overs)
193 (102.5 overs) BA Edgar 52 (144) RG Holland 4/68 (41 overs)		6/260 (97.1 overs) DC Boon 81 (198) JG Bracewell 3/91 (30 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: MW Johnson and BE Martin
Player of the match: JG Bracewell (NZ)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
RB Kerr (AUS) made his Test debut.

Third Test

30 November–4 December 1985
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
203 (83.5 overs) WB Phillips 37 (77) RJ Hadlee 5/65 (26.5 overs)		299 (157 overs) BA Edgar 74 (291) GF Lawson 4/79 (47 overs)
259 (131.5 overs) AR Border 83 (244) RJ Hadlee 6/90 (39 overs)		4/164 (74 overs) MD Crowe 42* (118) DR Gilbert 3/48 (23 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Umpires: RC Isherwood and PJ McConnell
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

World Series Cup

New Zealanders also played in the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup in that season alongside Australia and India. They finished third and did not qualify for the best of three finals.

External sources

ESPNcricinfo

References

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

Trans-Tasman Trophy

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

1985

1985–86

2002

Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series
1945–46 1973–74 1973–74 1976–77 1980–81 1981–82

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
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
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