The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured Australia in January and February 1972. They played against Australia in one Test match, which they won by 143 runs. The tour preceded New Zealand's tour of South Africa.[1][2]
| New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 1971–72 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 | ||
| Australia | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 2 January – 15 February 1972 | ||
| Captains | Miriam Knee | Trish McKelvey | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Dawn Rae (53) | Janice Stead (120) | |
| Most wickets | Lesley Johnston (8) | Pat Carrick (9) | |
Squads edit
 Australia[3]
|
 New Zealand[4]
|
|---|---|
Tour Matches edit
2-day match: New South Wales Under-25s v New Zealand edit
1-day single innings match: North Harbour v New Zealand edit
5 January 1972
Scorecard |
v
|
North Harbour
85/8 (28 overs) | |
Sue Prell 16 (–)
Pat Carrick 3/11 (7 overs) |
- North Harbour Women won the toss and elected to field.
1-day single innings match: South Harbour v New Zealand edit
6 January 1972
Scorecard |
v
|
South Harbour
4/0 (1 over) | |
Jackie Potter 0* (8)
|
- South Harbour Women won the toss and elected to field.
2-day match: New South Wales v New Zealand edit
1-day match: Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI v New Zealand edit
11 January 1972
Scorecard |
Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI
|
v
|
|
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
- New Zealand Women won on first innings.
2-day match: South Australia Junior v New Zealand edit
14 – 15 January 1972
Scorecard |
v
|
South Australia Junior
| |
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: South Australia v New Zealand edit
2-day match: South Australia v New Zealand edit
45-over match: South Australia Junior v New Zealand edit
24 January 1972
Scorecard |
South Australia Junior
104 (39.7 overs) |
v
|
|
Sue Adair 46 (–)
Jenny Olson 4/17 (7.7 overs) |
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
2-day match: Victoria Invitation XI v New Zealand edit
27 – 28 January 1972
Scorecard |
Victoria Invitation XI
|
v
|
|
107/1 (37 overs)
Jenny Howe 41* (–) |
- Victoria Women's Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Victoria Invitation XI v New Zealand edit
40-over match: Victoria Junior v New Zealand edit
2 February 1972
Scorecard |
Victoria Junior
111/8 (40 overs) |
v
|
|
B Page 32 (–)
Elaine White 2/12 (6 overs) |
Janice Stead 33 (–)
B Page 3/18 (6.5 overs) |
- Victoria Junior Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day match: Western Australia v New Zealand edit
40-over match: Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI v New Zealand edit
15 February 1972
Scorecard |
Australian Women's Cricket Council President's XI
132 (40 overs) |
v
|
|
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
WTest Series edit
1st Test edit
5 – 8 February 1972
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shirley Banfield, Wendy Blunsden, Margaret Jennings, Lesley Johnston, Tina Macpherson, Dawn Rae, Raelee Thompson, Bev Wilson (Aus), Liz Allan, Lynda Prichard and Elaine White (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.
References edit
- ^ "New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1971/72". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Women in Australia and South Africa 1971/72". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Records / New Zealand Women in Australia Women's Test Series, 1971/72 - Australia Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Records / New Zealand Women in Australia Women's Test Series, 1971/72 - New Zealand Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2021.