New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 1971–72

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured the West Indies from February to April 1972 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which was drawn 0–0. New Zealand were captained by Graham Dowling; the West Indies by Garfield Sobers.^[1] The tour also featured the maiden first-class match to be played by Bermuda.^[2] They played the touring New Zealand team in Hamilton, with the visitors winning by an innings and 31 runs.^[3]

Test series

1st Test

16–21 February 1972
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
508/4d (153 overs) LG Rowe 214 HJ Howarth 2/108 (44 overs)		386 (187.5 overs) GM Turner 223* GC Shillingford 3/63 (26.5 overs)
218/3d (53.4 overs) LG Rowe 100* BE Congdon 2/45 (11 overs)		236/6 (108 overs) MG Burgess 101 DAJ Holford 4/55 (33 overs)

Match drawn
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: JR Gayle and D Sang Hue

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
20 February was taken as a rest day.
LG Rowe (WIN) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

9–14 March 1972
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies
348 (175.5 overs) BE Congdon 166* VA Holder 4/60 (32 overs)		341 (155.1 overs) CA Davis 90 BR Taylor 4/41 (20.1 overs)
288/3d (140 overs) GM Turner 95 GS Sobers 1/54 (20 overs)		121/5 (46 overs) RC Fredericks 31 BR Taylor 3/26 (12 overs)

Match drawn
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and D Sang Hue

West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
13 March was taken as a rest day.

3rd Test

23–28 March 1972
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
133 (49.3 overs) TM Findlay 44* BR Taylor 7/74 (20.3 overs)		422 (163.2 overs) BE Congdon 126 GS Sobers 4/64 (29 overs)
564/8 (214 overs) CA Davis 183 BE Congdon 2/66 (31 overs)

Match drawn
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: HBD Jordan and FCP Kippins

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
27 March was taken as a rest day.

4th Test

6–11 April 1972
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
365/7d (94.2 overs) AI Kallicharran 100* BR Taylor 3/105 (37 overs)		543/3d (268 overs) GM Turner 259 AB Howard 2/140 (62 overs)
86/0 (40 overs) RC Fredericks 42*

Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: HBD Jordan and FCP Kippins

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
10 April was taken as a rest day.
GA Greenidge, AI Kallicharran, AB Howard (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

5th Test

20–26 April 1972
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
368 (128.4 overs) AI Kallicharran 101 BR Taylor 3/74 (19.4 overs)		162 (75.4 overs) TW Jarvis 40 I Ali 5/59 (26.4 overs)
194 (74.2 overs) VA Holder 42 BR Taylor 5/41 (24 overs)		253/7 (155 overs) BE Congdon 58 VA Holder 4/41 (26 overs)

Match drawn
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and D Sang Hue

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was scheduled for six days.
24 April was taken as a rest day.
RR Jumadeen (WIN) made his Test debut.

References

^ "New Zealand in the West Indies 1972". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^ "Bermuda's maiden First-class match". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "New Zealand in Bermuda, 1971/72: Bermuda v New Zealanders". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2020.