West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1994–95

International cricket tour

The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand in January to February 1995 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team which they won 1-0. New Zealand were captained by Ken Rutherford and the West Indies by Courtney Walsh. In addition, the teams played a three-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which West Indies won 3–0.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

3–7 February 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies
341/8d (124.1 overs) AC Parore 100* (249) CEL Ambrose 3/57 (31.1 overs)		312 (96.2 overs) WKM Benjamin 85 (87) DK Morrison 6/69 (26.2 overs)
61/2 (32 overs) BA Young 21 (49) CA Walsh 1/8 (4 overs)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and NT Plews (ENG)
Player of the match: AC Parore (NZ)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
There was no play on the third day.
SL Campbell (WI) made his Test debut.

Second Test

10–13 February 1995
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
660/5d (169.2 overs) JC Adams 151 (226) DK Morrison 2/82 (29 overs)		216 (84.4 overs) DJ Murray 52 (187) CA Walsh 7/37 (20.4 overs)
		122 (f/o) (40.2 overs) DJ Murray 43 (81) CA Walsh 6/18 (15.2 overs)

West Indies won by an innings and 322 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and VK Ramaswamy (IND)
Player of the match: CA Walsh (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
The West Indies score of 660 is the highest total conceded by New Zealand in Test matches.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

West Indies won the series 3-0.

1st ODI

22 January 1995
Scorecard

New Zealand 167/6 (37 overs)	v	West Indies 149/1 (27.4 overs)
BA Young 42 (73) KLT Arthurton 2/25 (4 overs)		SC Williams 73* (80) GR Larsen 1/35 (7 overs)

West Indies won on faster scoring rate
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: BL Aldridge and DB Cowie
Player of the match: BC Lara (WI)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was reduced to 37 overs per side.
When play was halted West Indies needed to have scored 125 runs to win.
NJ Astle (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

25 January 1995
Scorecard

West Indies 246/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 205 (48.5 overs)
BC Lara 72 (85) DK Morrison 2/32 (8 overs)		BA Young 39 (43) R Dhanraj 2/31 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 41 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne and CE King
Player of the match: BC Lara (WI)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

28 January 1995
Scorecard

New Zealand 146 (49 overs)	v	West Indies 149/1 (37.4 overs)
KR Rutherford 30 (54) WKM Benjamin 3/12 (8 overs)		SC Williams 69* (107) GR Larsen 1/39 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: CE King and DM Quested
Player of the match: WKM Benjamin (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
RL Hayes (NZ) made his ODI debut.

References

^ "West Indies in New Zealand 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

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