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

New Zealand	v	West Indies
195 (62 overs) AC Parore 59 (112) JC Adams 5/17 (9 overs)		472 (164.3 overs) SL Campbell 208 (470) GR Larsen 3/76 (40 overs)
305 (82 overs) NJ Astle 125 (150) IR Bishop 4/67 (19 overs)		29/0 (4 overs) SL Campbell 29* (21)

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

West Indies	v	New Zealand
548/7d (166 overs) JC Adams 208* (333) CZ Harris 2/83 (35 overs)		437 (144.3 overs) NJ Astle 103 (165) CEL Ambrose 5/68 (32 overs)
184 (61.3 overs) BC Lara 74 (119) DK Morrison 5/61 (20 overs)		130/5 (65 overs) SP Fleming 56 (172) CEL Ambrose 2/22 (12 overs)

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.