English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1982–83


The England cricket team toured Australia during the 1982–83 season, playing a five-Test series for The Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played a triangular One-Day International series against Australia and New Zealand.

England squad

The England selectors announced their squad on 11 September which flew out to Australia on 13 October. Doug Insole was appointed Tour Manager, with Norman Gifford as his assistant, while Warwickshire physiotherapist Bernard Thomas joined the squad for his eleventh successive tour. Veteran pace bowler Bob Willis was appointed captain. The squad was weakened by the absence of a number of players from the previous Ashes series who had become ineligible for selection; Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, John Emburey, Mike Hendrick, Alan Knott, Wayne Larkins, Chris Old, Peter Willey and Bob Woolmer were serving three-year bans from international cricket due to their participation in the rebel tour to South Africa. Somewhat more controversial was the omission of available players like Mike Gatting, Trevor Jesty, Graham Dilley and Phil Edmonds; Gatting and Edmonds had played pivotal roles in Middlesex' county championship success, Gatting scoring over 1600 runs at an average of nearly 59, as well as contributing 21 wickets, and Edmonds taking 80 wickets. With three off-spinners selected in the squad, his left-arm orthodox spin would have provided much-needed variety. To bolster their pace stocks, the selectors sprang a surprise by including 21-year-old Jamaican-born Norman Cowans.

First-class: Queensland v England XI

Other: Northern New South Wales v England XI

First-class: South Australia v England XI

First-class: Western Australia v England XI

The Ashes series

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (ODIs)

1st match: Australia v England

2nd match: England v New Zealand

3rd match: England v New Zealand

4th match: Australia v England

5th match: England v New Zealand

One Day Internationals in New Zealand

New Zealand won the Rothmans Cup 3–0.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Statistics

First-class batting and fieldinghttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/England_in_Australia_1982-83/f_England_Batting.html

First-class bowlinghttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/England_in_Australia_1982-83/f_England_Bowling.html

Benson & Hedges World Series Batting and Fieldinghttp://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=567;team=1;type=tournament

Benson & Hedges World Series Bowling

Annual reviews