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

1st Test ('Gabba, Brisbane) – New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs
2nd Test (SCG, Sydney) – Australia won by 4 wickets
3rd Test (WACA, Perth) – New Zealand won by 6 wickets

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

CricketArchive

References

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

Trans-Tasman Trophy

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

1985

2002

2015–16

Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series

1945–46 1973–74 1976–77 1973–74 1980–81 1981–82

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

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

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 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016-17 2018-19 2022-23

West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

Multiple Teams	1985 1992 2015

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

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

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

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

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