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The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured Australia in January and February 1979. They played against Australia in three Test matches, with Australia winning the series 1–0.^[1][2]

Squads

Australia[3]	New Zealand[4]
Sharon Tredrea (c) Marie Cornish Sharyn Hill Wendy Hills Jen Jacobs Jill Kennare Judith Laing Debbie Martin Julie Stockton (wk) Raelee Thompson Peta Verco Wendy Weir	Trish McKelvey (c) Eileen Badham Barbara Bevege Sue Brown Vicki Burtt Debbie Hockley Jackie Lord Carol Marett Ev Miller Lesley Murdoch Sue Rattray Edna Ryan (wk)

Tour Matches

40-over match: New South Wales Junior v New Zealand

7 January 1979 Scorecard

New South Wales Junior 63 (29 overs)	v	New Zealand 87 (32.4 overs)
M Wykes 20 (–) Carol Marett 2/3 (4 overs)		Vicki Burtt 24 (–) Lyn Larsen 3/8 (6.4 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets St Andrew's Cricket Ground, Sydney

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
• New Zealand Women batted on after winning.

2-day match: Western Australia v New Zealand

8 – 9 January 1979 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
213/7d (93 overs) Barbara Bevege 56 (–) Wendy Hills 4/35 (27 overs)		191 (90.6 overs) Rhonda Kendall 72 (–) Eileen Badham 6/33 (25.6 overs)

Match drawn University Oval, Sydney

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

40-over match: South Australia v New Zealand

17 January 1979 Scorecard

New Zealand  107/7 (40 overs)	v	Australia 106 (39.7 overs)
Barbara Bevege 34 (–) Jill Need 2/18 (5 overs)		K Virgo 25 (–) Eileen Badham 4/36 (14.7 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 1 run Women's Memorial Playing Fields, Adelaide

• South Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

45-over match: Victoria Women's Cricket Association President's XI v New Zealand

24 January 1979 Scorecard

Victoria Women's Cricket Association President's XI 144/5 (45 overs)	v	New Zealand 200/6 (45 overs)
Pat O'Meara 61 (–) Carol Marett 3/44 (9 overs)		Barbara Bevege 63 (–) Glenis Brown 3/45 (12 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 8 wickets Monash University No. 1 Oval, Melbourne

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
• New Zealand Women batted on after winning.

2-day match: Victoria v New Zealand

31 January – 1 February 1979 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
194 (72.3 overs) Sue Rattray 59 (–) B Crouch 6/39 (12.3 overs)		147 (73.5 overs) Ruth Buckstein 36 (–) Eileen Badham 6/30 (22 overs)
90/5 (35 overs) Debbie Hockley 29 (–) B Crouch 2/27 (8 overs)

Match drawn AG Gillon Oval, Melbourne Umpires: FA Clodd (Aus) and Terence Meehan (Aus)

• Victoria Women won the toss and elected to bat.

WTest Series

1st Test

12 – 15 January 1979 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
254 (111.4 overs) Carol Marett 49 (–) Wendy Weir 3/46 (12 overs)		282/8d (94.5 overs) Julie Stockton 117 (–) Jackie Lord 3/103 (28.5 overs)
256 (107.5 overs) Barbara Bevege 81 (–) Raelee Thompson 3/37 (23 overs)

Match drawn University Oval, Sydney Umpires: Austin Chapman (Aus) and Alan Marshall (Aus)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sharyn Hill, Jill Kennare, Judith Laing, Debbie Martin, Julie Stockton (Aus), Eileen Badham, Sue Brown, Ev Miller and Lesley Murdoch (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.

2nd Test

19 – 22 January 1979 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Australia
78 (57 overs) Lesley Murdoch 16 (–) Raelee Thompson 4/14 (17 overs)		239 (81.5 overs) Wendy Hills 48 (–) Jackie Lord 5/78 (18.5 overs)
87 (43.5 overs) Ev Miller 32 (–) Raelee Thompson 4/17 (14 overs)

Australia Women won by an innings and 74 runs Unley Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and P Remington (Aus)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jen Jacobs (Aus) made her WTest debut.

3rd Test

26 – 29 January 1979 Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
129 (66.5 overs) Sharon Tredrea 36 (–) Jackie Lord 4/18 (10 overs)		277 (119.3 overs) Lesley Murdoch 72 (–) Sharon Tredrea 3/90 (29 overs)
311 (124.4 overs) Judith Laing 84 (–) Jackie Lord 6/119 (45.4 overs)		88/8 (69 overs) Lesley Murdoch 29 (–) Sharyn Hill 2/17 (12 overs)

Match drawn Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bill Copeland (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Debbie Hockley (NZ) made her WTest debut.

References

External links

• New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1978/79 from Cricinfo