New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1985–86
# New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1985–86

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1985-86 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. New Zealand won the series 2-1.

This is the New Zealanders only series victory to date in Australia and the architect was Richard Hadlee who took an outstanding 33 wickets in 3 Tests.

In the first Test at Brisbane he took 9-52 in the Australians first innings and a further 6-71 in the second. 15 wickets in the match. In the third test in Perth he took 11 more wickets.

## Test series summary

### First Test

* 8–12 November 1985 (5-day match) Scorecard
* New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* VR Brown (NZ) made his Test debut.

### Second Test

* 22–26 November 1985 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Australia won by 4 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: MW Johnson and BE Martin Player of the match: JG Bracewell (NZ)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* RB Kerr (AUS) made his Test debut.

### Third Test

* 30 November–4 December 1985 (5-day match) Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 6 wickets Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Umpires: RC Isherwood and PJ McConnell Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

## World Series Cup

New Zealanders also played in the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup in that season alongside Australia and India. They finished third and did not qualify for the best of three finals.

## External sources

ESPNcricinfo

