New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 1971–72

International cricket tour

The New Zealand national cricket team toured the West Indies from February to April 1972 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which was drawn 0–0. New Zealand were captained by Graham Dowling; the West Indies by Garfield Sobers.^[1] The tour also featured the maiden first-class match to be played by Bermuda.^[2] They played the touring New Zealand team in Hamilton, with the visitors winning by an innings and 31 runs.^[3]

Test series

1st Test

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• 20 February was taken as a rest day.
• LG Rowe (WIN) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• 13 March was taken as a rest day.

3rd Test

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• 27 March was taken as a rest day.

4th Test

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• 10 April was taken as a rest day.
• GA Greenidge, AI Kallicharran, AB Howard (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

5th Test

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for six days.
  24 April was taken as a rest day.
• RR Jumadeen (WIN) made his Test debut.

References

1. "New Zealand in the West Indies 1972". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
2. "Bermuda's maiden First-class match". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
3. "New Zealand in Bermuda, 1971/72: Bermuda v New Zealanders". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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