Trans Tasman Trophy
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The Trans Tasman Trophy is a trophy played for by Australia and New Zealand in the sport of cricket
. The trophy is awarded to the team that wins a Test
series, or one-off Test match, between the two nations. If the series is a draw, the holder keeps the trophy. It was first competed for in the 1985–86 season.
*Player of match award in one-off Test
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
. The trophy is awarded to the team that wins a Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
series, or one-off Test match, between the two nations. If the series is a draw, the holder keeps the trophy. It was first competed for in the 1985–86 season.
| Season | Venue | Player of Series |
Aus won |
NZ won |
Drawn | Holder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | Australia | Richard Hadlee Richard Hadlee Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was... (NZ) |
1 | 2 | 0 | New Zealand |
| 1985–86 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | New Zealand | |
| 1987–88 | Australia | Richard Hadlee (NZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| 1989–90 | Australia | Mark Greatbatch Mark Greatbatch Mark John Greatbatch was a New Zealand cricketer. He scored more than 2,000 runs in his 41 Tests for New Zealand... (NZ)* |
0 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1989–90 | New Zealand | John Wright John Wright (cricketer) John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England... (NZ)* |
0 | 1 | 0 | New Zealand |
| 1992–93 | New Zealand | Danny Morrison Danny Morrison (cricketer) Daniel Kyle Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer . He specialised as a pace bowler with a useful outswinger. He made his test debut for New Zealand in 1987 at the age of 21 against Australia.... (NZ) |
1 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1993–94 | Australia | Shane Warne Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet... (Aus) |
2 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1997–98 | Australia | Mark Taylor Mark Taylor (cricketer) Mark Anthony Taylor, AO is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border... (Aus) |
2 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1999–2000 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | Australia | |
| 2001–02 | Australia | Justin Langer Justin Langer Justin Lee Langer AM is a former international cricketer who represented Australia in 105 Test matches and the current Assistant Coach and Batting Coach of the Australian cricket team. A left-handed batsman, his opening partnership with Matthew Hayden was one of the most successful of all time... (Aus) |
0 | 0 | 3 | Australia |
| 2004–05 | Australia | Glenn McGrath Glenn McGrath Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century... (Aus) |
2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| 2004–05 | New Zealand | Adam Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national... (Aus) |
2 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 2008–09 New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09 -1st Test:Brisbane had been hit hard with weeks worth of devastating storms, leaving the pitch soft and green. Both teams were returning from the sub-continent and struggled badly with the bat. Australia were all out for just 214 late on day one with Clarke last to go on 98 runs, NZ survived a few... |
Australia | Michael Clarke Michael Clarke (cricketer) Michael John Clarke is an Australian cricketer. He was appointed captain of the Test and ODI teams on 30 March 2011. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed batsman, and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler... (Aus) |
2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| 2009–10 Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2009–10 The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand from 26 February to 31 March 2010. The tour consisted of two Twenty20s , five One Day Internationals and two Tests... |
New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
*Player of match award in one-off Test