India women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1994–95

Indian women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1994–95
	New Zealand	India
Dates	1 – 25 February 1995
Captains	Sarah Illingworth	Purnima Rau
Test series
Result	1-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Debbie Hockley (107)	Chanderkanta Kaul (79)
Most wickets	Clare Nicholson (4) Katrina Keenan (4)	Neetu David (4)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Debbie Hockley (54)	Purnima Rau (60)
Most wickets	Karen Musson (2) Catherine Campbell (2) Julie Harris (2)	Neetu David (2)

The India women's national cricket team toured New Zealand in February 1995. They first played against New Zealand in one Test match and one One Day International, drawing the Test and winning the ODI. They then played against New Zealand and Australia in the New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament, an ODI tri-series, which they won, beating New Zealand in the final.[1][2]

Tour Matches

3-day match: New Zealand Emerging Players v India

1 – 3 February 1995 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand Emerging Players
355/8d (121 overs) Sangita Dabir 101* (–) Kelly Brown 5/73 (26 overs)		187 (110.4 overs) Delwyn Brownlee 86 (–) Pramila Bhatt 3/27 (22 overs)
127/5d (50.4 overs) R Chandrakanta 47 (–) Losi Harford 2/19 (9 overs)		61/3 (36 overs) Sarah Helmore 19 (–) Purnima Rau 1/11 (7 overs)

Match drawn Horton Park, Blenheim Umpires: Terry Knight (NZ) and Bill Sommer (NZ)

• Toss unknown.

50-over match: New Zealand Emerging Players v India

4 February 1995 Scorecard

India  194/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand Emerging Players 105 (35.5 overs)
Arati Vaidya 55 (–) Justine Fryer 2/32 (10 overs)		Lisa Astle 30 (–) Purnima Rau 5/3 (4.5 overs)

India Women won by 89 runs Horton Park, Blenheim Umpires: Terry Knight (NZ) and Bill Sommer (NZ)

• Toss unknown.

Only WTest

7 – 10 February 1995 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
310 (144.4 overs) Chanderkanta Kaul 75 (151) Katrina Keenan 3/84 (31 overs)		403/8d (174.5 overs) Debbie Hockley 107 (382) Neetu David 4/51 (30 overs)
134/4 (75 overs) Sandhya Agarwal 36 (188) Clare Nicholson 2/36 (20 overs)

Match drawn Trafalgar Park, Nelson Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nook Ebert (NZ)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Katrina Keenan, Clare Nicholson, Kirsty Bond, Trudy Anderson, Sarah Illingworth (NZ), Laya Francis, Renu Margrate, Chanderkanta Kaul, Anju Jain, Rishijae Mudgel, Arati Vaidya, Sangita Dabir, Purnima Rau and Neetu David (Ind) all made their WTest debuts.

Only WODI

12 February 1995 Scorecard

New Zealand  176/7 (50 overs)	v	India 178/8 (48.2 overs)
Debbie Hockley 54 (120) Neetu David 2/26 (10 overs)		Purnima Rau 60 (74) Karen Musson 2/23 (8.2 overs)

India Women won by 2 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Jeremy Busby (NZ) and Nook Ebert (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Katrina Keenan, Clare Nicholson, Justine Russell (NZ), Arati Vaidya, Rishijae Mudgel, Renu Margrate, Smitha Harikrishna, Anjum Chopra and Neetu David (Ind) all made their WODI debuts.

Tri-Series

Main article: 1994–95 New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament

Group stage

16 February 1995 Scorecard

Australia  166 (50 overs)	v	India 167/7 (47.5 overs)
Lisa Keightley 42 (82) Sangita Dabir 2/25 (10 overs)		Pramila Bhatt 33* (38) Zoe Goss 3/27 (8.5 overs)

India Women won by 3 wickets Levin Domain, Levin Umpires: Bryan Malin (NZ) and Terry Knight (NZ)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India Women 2, Australia Women 0

18 February 1995 Scorecard

New Zealand  180/7 (50 overs)	v	India 184/6 (44.3 overs)
Debbie Hockley 51 (118) Pramila Bhatt 2/36 (10 overs)		Arati Vaidya 77 (117) Catherine Campbell 2/33 (9 overs)

India Women won by 4 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Jeremy Busby (NZ) and Nook Ebert (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India Women 2, New Zealand Women 0

22 February 1995 Scorecard

Australia	v	India

Match Abandoned Smallbone Park, Rotorua

• No toss.
• No play possible due to rain.
• Points: Australia Women 1, India Women 1

23 February 1995 Scorecard

India  106/9 (32 overs)	v	New Zealand 107/3 (29.5 overs)
Sandhya Agarwal 36 (80) Sarah McLauchlan 1/8 (2 overs)		Debbie Hockley 56* (75) Sangita Dabir 1/9 (5 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Adrian Keown (NZ) and Malcolm MacLean (NZ)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: New Zealand Women 2, India Women 0
• Kalyani Dhokarikar (Ind) made her WODI debut.

Final

25 February 1995 Scorecard

India  200 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 180/8 (50 overs)
Purnima Rau 48 (51) Catherine Campbell 2/25 (10 overs)		Sarah Illingworth 51 (51) Purnima Rau 3/50 (10 overs)

India Women won by 20 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

See also

• 1994–95 New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament

References

1. "India Women tour of New Zealand 1994/95". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. "India Women in New Zealand 1994/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

External links

• India Women tour of New Zealand 1994/95 from ESPNcricinfo