The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1973-74 season and played 3 Test matches. Australia won the series 2-0 with one match drawn.
New Zealand team
[edit]Coney joined the tour when Turner was injured. Andrews, Cairns, Coney and Morrison made their Test debuts on the tour.[1] Alabaster and Campbell never played Test cricket.
Test series summary
[edit]First Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 December was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- Ian Davis and Gary Gilmour (both AUS), and Bryan Andrews and John Morrison (both NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 8 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the third and final days.
- Jeremy Coney (NZ) made his Test debut.
Third Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 29 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the fourth day.
- Geoff Dymock, Alan Hurst and Ashley Woodcock (all AUS), and Lance Cairns (NZ) made their Test debuts.
Tour matches summary
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- New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Newcastle
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Bevan Congdon 33*
George R. Claridge 1/20 (7 overs) |
- Newcastle won the toss and decided to bat
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- New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
- 9 December was taken as a rest day
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- Queensland won the toss and decided to field
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- Queensland won the toss and decided to bat
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Bevan Congdon 63
Brian Lloyd 3/145 (2.2 overs) |
John McMurtrie 30
David O'Sullivan 3/19 (7 overs) |
- Australian Capital Territory won the toss and decided to field
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- South Australia won the toss and decided to field
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- New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
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- New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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- Western Australia won the toss and decided to bat
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- South Australia won the toss and decided to field
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- Western Australia won the toss and decided to field
Annual reviews
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
External links
[edit]- New Zealand in Australia: Dec 1973/Jan 1974 at Cricinfo
- New Zealand to Australia 1973-74 at Test Cricket Tours
- New Zealand in Australia 1973-74 at CricketArchive