New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1987–88

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1987-88 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

4–7 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
186 (93.2 overs) MD Crowe 67 (163) CJ McDermott 4/43 (22.2 overs)		305 (117.5 overs) DC Boon 143 (255) DK Morrison 4/86 (28 overs)
212 (79 overs) DN Patel 62 (141) BA Reid 4/53 (25 overs)		97/1 (32.1 overs) DM Jones 38* (49) JG Bracewell 1/32 (13 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: AR Crafter and MW Johnson
Player of the match: DC Boon (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
MRJ Veletta (AUS) and DK Morrison (NZ) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

11–15 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
485/9d (174.5 overs) AH Jones 150 (383) CJ McDermott 4/135 (45.5 overs)		496 (195 overs) AR Border 205 (485) RJ Hadlee 5/68 (42 overs)
182/7 (85 overs) AH Jones 64 (137) PR Sleep 3/61 (32 overs)

Match drawn
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: RC Bailhache and SG Randell
Player of the match: AR Border (AUS)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
TBA May (AUS) made his Test debut.

Third Test

26–30 December 1987
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
317 (110.3 overs) JG Wright 99 (223) CJ McDermott 5/97 (35 overs)		357 (145.4 overs) PR Sleep 90 (256) RJ Hadlee 5/109 (44 overs)
286 (92.3 overs) MD Crowe 79 (111) AIC Dodemaide 6/58 (28.3 overs)		230/9 (92 overs) DC Boon 54 (121) RJ Hadlee 5/67 (31 overs)

Match drawn
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

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

External sources

CricketArchive

References

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

Trans-Tasman Trophy

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

1985

1987–88

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