West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06
| West Indies in New Zealand in 2005-06 | |||
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| West Indies | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 16 February – 29 March 2006 | ||
| Captains | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Stephen Fleming | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Chris Gayle (235) | Stephen Fleming (144) | |
| Most wickets |
Shane Bond (8) James Franklin (8) Chris Martin (8) |
Ian Bradshaw (7) Fidel Edwards (7) |
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| Player of the series | no award | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Runako Morton (229) | Nathan Astle (295) | |
| Most wickets |
Ian Bradshaw (9) Dwayne Smith (9) |
Shane Bond (10) | |
| Player of the series | no award | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs |
Shiv Chanderpaul (26) Daren Ganga (26) |
Lou Vincent (42) | |
| Most wickets |
Ian Bradshaw (2) Dwayne Bravo (2) Chris Gayle (2) Dwayne Smith (2) |
Shane Bond (2) Scott Styris (2) |
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| Player of the series | Dwayne Smith | ||
The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 2006 as part of the 2005-06 New Zealand cricket season.
Coming into the series the New Zealand cricket team (Black Caps) and the West Indies had very different fortunes. The Black Caps won their recent ODI series with Sri Lanka 3-1 whilst the West Indies, in November, were whitewashed by the Australians 3-0 and subsequently Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy.
Both New Zealand and the West Indies were looking to win as many of the One Day Internationals as possible to improve their rankings - New Zealand and the West Indies were, as of 29 January, ranked fourth and eighth respectively. Being ranked in the top six teams meant avoiding having to compete in the preliminary round of that year's ICC Champions Trophy.
New Zealand vice-captain Daniel Vettori believed his side was the favourite for the series.
The West Indian team arrived in Auckland on 10 February. Soon after arriving West Indian coach Bennett King accused the ICC Future Tours Programme of "benefiting the rich at the expense of the poor".
to the first game is right on the cusp of not being ready. It would be much better to have been here with a two-week lead-in, but if we did that we'd have to pay for it ourselves.
The tour consisted of 5 One Day International, 3 Tests and a Twenty20 international. The Twenty20 was Chris Cairns' last international cricket game in New Zealand colours.
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