West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1979–80

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West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1979-80
  Flag of New Zealand.svg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
  New Zealand West Indies
Dates 6 February 1980 – 5 March 1980
Captains Geoff Howarth Clive Lloyd
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Bruce Edgar (241)
Geoff Howarth (239)		 Desmond Haynes (339)
Gordon Greenidge (274)
Most wickets Richard Hadlee (19) Joel Garner (14)
One Day International series
Results New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Jeremy Coney (53) Gordon Greenidge (103)
Most wickets Richard Hadlee (2) Collis King (2)

The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand from 6 February 1980 to 5 March 1980, playing 3 Tests and 1 One Day Internationals against New Zealand. The West Indies were coming after their first test series win on Australian soil. However, Vivian Richards who scored 400 runs in the Australian tour returned home with a sore back. As a result, New Zealand won the test series 1-0 as well as the only ODI by 1 wicket. [1]

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The series is remembered for West Indian complaints about the standard of umpiring, which led to a number of on-field incidents in the three Test matches. This series was the West Indies' last defeat in a Test match series until 1994–95.

First tour match

3–5 February 1980
Scorecard
v
277/7d (95 overs)
John Wright 68
Derick Parry 4/103 (33 overs)
377/6d (102 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 116
Karl Treiber 3/81 (19 overs)
252/7d (85 overs)
John Wright 84
Derick Parry 3/85 (28 overs)
132/8 (25 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 39
Geoff Howarth 3/40 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Bruce Bricknell and John Hastie
  • Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gordon Greenidge (West Indians) and John Wright (Northern Districts) passed 17,000 and 6,000 runs in first-class cricket respectively. [2]
  • Geoff Howarth (Northern Districts) claimed his 100th first-class wicket. [2]

The West Indies' first game of the tour was against Northern Districts on 3 February 1980. The three-day match ended in a draw after the West Indies finished up on 132/8, chasing 153. Gordon Greenidge made 116 for the West Indies in the first innings, the only century of the match.

One-day international

The only limited overs match of the series was held on 6 February 1980. A close game, New Zealand won by 1 wicket with two balls remaining.

6 February 1980
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
203/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
207/9 (49.4 overs)
CG Greenidge 103 (137)
RJ Hadlee 2/28 (10 overs)
JV Coney 53* (65)
DR Parry 3/47 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 1 wicket
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: FR Goodall and RL Monteith
Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • PE McEwan and JF Reid (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

Test series summary

First Test

8 – 13 February 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
140 (69.5 overs)
DL Haynes 55 (208)
RJ Hadlee 5/34 (20 overs)
249 (95.5 overs)
BA Edgar 65 (226)
CEH Croft 4/64 (25 overs)
212 (108.4 overs)
DL Haynes 105 (323)
RJ Hadlee 6/68 (36 overs)
104/9 (50 overs)
BL Cairns 19 (43)
J Garner 4/36 (23 overs)
New Zealand won by 1 wicket
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: FR Goodall and JBR Hastie
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 11 February was taken as a rest day.
  • PN Webb (NZ) made his Test debut.

The First Test was scheduled over 8–13 February. The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat, where they made 140, Richard Hadlee taking 5-34 for New Zealand. New Zealand, braving the West Indies' renowned four-man pace attack, made 249 in their innings, a lead of 109. 105 from Desmond Haynes ensured New Zealand had to bat again, but the target of 104 appeared to be too little for the West Indies to defend. Nevertheless, determined bowling by the West Indies took the game to the wire, with New Zealand at one stage reduced to 54/7. New Zealand eventually won by one wicket after their number 10 and 11 batsmen scored the winning runs off a leg bye. The exciting finish was overshadowed, however, by West Indian complaints of poor umpiring throughout the match. Michael Holding had kicked the stumps in frustration after having an appeal turned down in New Zealand's second innings, an action which was assured of worldwide attention when it was captured by a newspaper photographer at the grounds. [3] After the match, the West Indies' manager, Willie Rodriguez, complained, "We got two men out and they were not given. They were atrocious decisions." [4]

The West Indies then played their second tour match against Wellington on 16 February. The low-scoring game was won by Wellington by 6 wickets.

Second Test

22 – 27 February 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
228 (89.3 overs)
CG Greenidge 91 (236)
BL Cairns 6/85 (32 overs)
460 (130.4 overs)
GP Howarth 147 (261)
AI Kallicharran 2/16 (6.4 overs)
447/5d (119 overs)
DL Haynes 122 (199)
GB Troup 2/84 (27 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • 25 February was taken as a rest day.

The Second Test was held over 22–27 February. The match ended in a draw with the West Indies on 447/5 in their second innings, a lead of 215 after having been behind by 232 in the first innings. The match was more renowned for tensions between the West Indians and the New Zealand umpires coming to a head. At tea on the third day, the West Indies refused to return to the field until the New Zealand umpire Fred Goodall was replaced. After being convinced by New Zealand captain Geoff Howarth to return to the field, the West Indians resumed play after a 12-minute delay. Nevertheless, the West Indians began packing their bags after the day's play with the apparent intention of abandoning the Test and series and returning home. This option was forbidden, however, by the chairman of the West Indian Cricket Board, Jeff Stollmeyer. On the fourth day, West Indian anger again spilled over when bowler Colin Croft shoulder-barged Goodall in his run-up; when Goodall complained to Lloyd, Lloyd made Goodall walk up to him by not moving from his position in the slips. Croft and Lloyd maintained after the series that the shoulder-barging had been an accident, although New Zealand captain Howarth disputed this. [5]

Third Test

29 February – 5 March 1980
(5–day match)
Scorecard
v
220 (84.2 overs)
LG Rowe 50 (124)
GB Troup 4/71 (31.2 overs)
305 (128.2 overs)
BA Edgar 127 (317)
J Garner 6/56 (36.2 overs)
264/9d (94.1 overs)
CG Greenidge 74 (219)
GB Troup 6/95 (29.1 overs)
73/4 (36 overs)
JG Wright 23 (83)
AI Kallicharran 1/0 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: WRC Gardiner and JBR Hastie
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.
  • There was no play on the third day.
  • PE McEwan (NZL) made his Test debut.

The third and final Test of the series was held over 29 February to 5 March. Again ending in a draw, New Zealand were left on 73/4 chasing 180 at stumps on the fifth day. While not reaching the heights of the Second Test, the match was still marred by some controversy when four senior West Indian players indicated that they would be catching flights home at lunch on the final day, substitute fielders taking their places for the remaining sessions. The players involved were persuaded out of this action.

Aftermath

What was from a spectator's perspective a remarkable series—a closely fought 1-0 victory by lowly New Zealand against the then unofficial cricket world champions—was marred by acrimony and complaints from the teams involved. The West Indies maintained their bitterness towards the umpiring after the series, with Rodriguez complaining that the umpiring had not been biased so much as incompetent and that the West Indies had been "set up; that there was no way we could win a Test." [4] Lloyd later conceded, however, that he should have taken a firmer line with his players and that some of the incidents had not been in the best interests of the game. [4] New Zealand's Goodall, however—the principal target of the West Indies' anger—compounded the bitterness by allegedly making racist comments about the West Indies at an after-dinner speech following the series. [5]

Cricket-wise, the series was a watershed for both teams—the West Indies would go on to establish a record unbeaten run in Test match series until 1994–95, while the victory heralded the emergence of New Zealand's best Test team.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ding-dong in Dunedin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  2. 1 2 "Northern Districts v West Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Six series mired in acrimony". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Williamson, M (18 February 2006). "Shoulder barges and flying stumps". cricinfo magazine. www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  5. 1 2 Lister, S (April 2006). "Ding-dong in Dunedin". www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2008-07-28.

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