New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1993–94
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1993–94 season to play in three test matches against Australia before playing in a tri-series with South Africa. The tour began on October 19, in Perth, Western Australia, against an Australian Chairman XI as they played in five warm-up matches before the test matches in Perth, Hobart and Brisbane. New Zealand were captained by Martin Crowe while the Australians were captain by Allan Border.
1993–94 Trans-Tasman Trophy | |||
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Australia | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 12 November 1993 – 7 December 1993 | ||
Captains | Allan Border |
Martin Crowe (1st test) Ken Rutherford (2nd and 3rd test) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Michael Slater (305) | Andrew Jones (324) | |
Most wickets | Shane Warne (18) | Chris Cairns (5) |
Before the first test, the tourists played in five tour matches, three first-class and two list A matches. In the first test which was played at the WACA Ground, centuries from Ian Healy, Mark Taylor and Andrew Jones would see the match end in a draw. New Zealand than suffering their biggest innings defeat in their history in the second test held at the Bellerive Oval. After Australia had scored 6/544, New Zealand was bowled out for 161 in both innings to lose by an innings and 222 runs. The final test match held at the Brisbane Cricket Ground saw the same result with Australia winning by an innings to take out the Trans-Tasman Trophy 2–0. Kiwi batsman, Andrew Jones was the top run-scorer of the series with 324 runs while Shane Warne was the leading wicket-taker in the series with 18 wickets.