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

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

3rd Test

23–28 March 1972
Scorecard
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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)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 27 March was taken as a rest day.

4th Test

6–11 April 1972
Scorecard
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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

5th Test

20–26 April 1972
Scorecard
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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)
  • 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

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


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