West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1951–52

International cricket tour

West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1951–52

	New Zealand	West Indies
Dates	2 – 26 February 1952
Captains	Bert Sutcliffe	John Goddard
Test series
Result	West Indies won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Verdun Scott (158)	Frank Worrell (233)
Most wickets	Tom Burtt (8)	Sonny Ramadhin (12)

The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand in February 1952 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. West Indies won the series 1–0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

8–12 February 1952
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies
236 (119.4 overs) VJ Scott 45 B Sutcliffe 45 S Ramadhin 5/86 (36.4 overs)		287 (97.2 overs) FMM Worrell 71 TB Burtt 5/69 (29.2 overs)
189 (114.2 overs) FB Smith 37 S Ramadhin 4/39 (38.2 overs)		142/5 (59 overs) FMM Worrell 62* TB Burtt 2/37 (16 overs)

West Indies won by 5 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: MF Pengelly and BW Vine

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
RWG Emery and DD Beard (all NZ) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

15–19 February 1952
Scorecard

West Indies	v	New Zealand
546/6d (159.4 overs) JB Stollmeyer 152 RWG Emery 2/52 (7.4 overs)		160 (99.4 overs) VJ Scott 84 AL Valentine 3/29 (34.4 overs)
		17/1 (f/o) (17 overs) RWG Emery 8 DS Atkinson 1/4 (8 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: JC Harris and TM Pearce

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
17 February was taken as a rest day
There was no play on the final day.
JG Leggat (NZ) made his Test debut.

References

External links

Tour home at ESPN Cricinfo
West Indies in Australia and New Zealand 1951/52 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

International cricket in 1951–52

Preceding season: International cricket in 1951

October 1951

February 1952

West Indies in New Zealand

Following season: International cricket in 1952

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