New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2001–02

The New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2001–02 played 5 first-class matches including 3 Tests. New Zealand also played in an LOI tri-series against Australia and South Africa.

Test series summary

1st Test

8–12 November 2001
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
486/9d (131 overs) ML Hayden 136 (195) CL Cairns 5/146 (37 overs)		287/8d (88.4 overs) NJ Astle 66 (161) B Lee 5/67 (23 overs)
84/2d (14 overs) RT Ponting 32* (29) CL Cairns 1/29 (5 overs)		274/6 (57 overs) MH Richardson 57 (69) SP Fleming 57 (73) SK Warne 3/89 (18 overs)

Match drawn
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DJ Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: B Lee (AUS)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Test

22–26 November 2001
(5-day match)
Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
558/8d (124 overs) RT Ponting 157* (218) DL Vettori 5/138 (36 overs)		243/7 (105.2 overs) SP Fleming 71 (184) JN Gillespie 2/45 (28 overs)

Match drawn
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJ Davis (AUS) (replaced by JH Smeaton after the 1st day)
Player of the match: RT Ponting (AUS)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
SE Bond (NZ) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

30 November–4 December 2001
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
534/9d (162.5 overs) NJ Astle 156* (275) B Lee 4/125 (32.5 overs)		351 (103.4 overs) SK Warne 99 (157) DL Vettori 6/87 (34.4 overs)
256/9d (71 overs) L Vincent 54 (54) B Lee 4/56 (16 overs)		381/7 (110 overs) ME Waugh 86 (158) DL Vettori 2/142 (45 overs)

Match drawn
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and ID Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: DL Vettori (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
L Vincent (NZ) made his Test debut.

External links

CricketArchive itinerary

References

Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

Trans-Tasman Trophy

List of Test series (yellow – in Australia, grey – in New Zealand)

1985

2001–02

2002

Non Trans-Tasman Trophy – Australia v New Zealand Test series
1945–46 1973–74 1973–74 1976–77 1980–81 1981–82

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

v t e International cricket in 2001–02
Preceding season: International cricket in 2001
September 2001	Asian Test Challenge South Africa in Zimbabwe
October 2001	England in Zimbabwe Standard Bank Triangular Tournament New Zealand in Australia Khaleej Times Trophy
November 2001	West Indies in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe in Bangladesh England in India
December 2001	South Africa in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand LG Abans Triangular Series Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
January 2002	England women in India Pakistan in Bangladesh Australia Tri-Nation Series Kenya in Sri Lanka Pakistan women in Sri Lanka West Indies against Pakistan in UAE
February 2002	Zimbabwe in India New Zealand in Australia Australia in South Africa New Zealand women in Australia
March 2002	Australia women in New Zealand India women in South Africa India in South Africa
April 2002	Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2002