New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 1995–96
# New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 1995–96

The New Zealand national cricket team toured the West Indies from March to May 1996 and played a two-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Lee Germon; the West Indies by Courtney Walsh. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which the West Indies won 3–2.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The West Indies won the series 3-2.

### 1st ODI

* 26 March 1996 Scorecard

| New Zealand 243 (49.1 overs) | v | West Indies 247/9 (49.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| DN Patel 71 (58) CEL Ambrose 4/36 (10 overs) | | SC Williams 62 (90) CZ Harris 3/45 (10 overs) |

* West Indies won by 1 wicket Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor Player of the match: DN Patel (NZ)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* RD Jacobs (WI) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 29 March 1996 Scorecard

| West Indies 238/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 239/6 (49.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| RIC Holder 65 (48) NJ Astle 2/32 (9 overs) | | SP Fleming 106* (108) CEL Ambrose 2/42 (9.5 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 30 March 1996 Scorecard

| New Zealand 219/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 225/3 (45.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| RG Twose 48 (70) RA Harper 2/45 (10 overs) | | BC Lara 146* (134) GR Larsen 3/26 (8.4 overs) |

* West Indies won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: LH Barker and SA Bucknor Player of the match: BC Lara (WI)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* LR Williams (WI) made his ODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 3 April 1996 Scorecard

| New Zealand 158 (35.5 overs) | v | West Indies₨ 154 (49.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| CM Spearman 41 (39) LR Williams 3/16 (4.5 overs) | | RIC Holder 49* (86) CL Cairns 2/17 (5.1 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 4 runs Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: CR Duncan and EA Nicholls Player of the match: New Zealand team₨
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 6 April 1996 Scorecard

| New Zealand 241/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 242/3 (48.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| SP Fleming 75 (102) JC Adams 3/50 (10 overs) | | BC Lara 104 (103) DN Patel 1/46 (10 overs) |

* West Indies won by 7 wickets Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires: LH Barker and BEW Morgan Player of the match: PV Simmons (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series summary

### First Test

* 19–23 April 1996 (5–day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 10 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and P Willey (ENG) Player of the match: SL Campbell (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 April was taken as a rest day.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
* RG Samuels and PIC Thompson (both WI) made their Test debuts.

### Second Test

* 27 April–2 May 1996 (5–day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: JC Adams (WI)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 April was taken as a rest day.
* This Test set a record for the highest match aggregate (1299 runs) without a bye being scored.
