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New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 1956–57
	Australia	New Zealand
Dates	29 December 1956 – 29 January 1957
Captains	Una Paisley	Rona McKenzie
Test series
Result	Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Una Paisley (101)	Joyce Powell (62)
Most wickets	Ruth Dow (5) Betty Wilson (5)	Jean Coulston (4)

The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured Australia in December 1956 and January 1957. They played against Australia in one Test match, which Australia won by an innings and 88 runs. They also competed in the 1956–57 Australian Women's Cricket Championships, a domestic two-day competition, winning one match and drawing the other three.

Squads

Australia	New Zealand
Una Paisley (c) Mary Allitt Joyce Bath Joyce Christ Ruth Dow Eileen Massey Barbara Orchard Kit Raymond Val Slater Olive Smith (wk) Betty Wilson	Rona McKenzie (c) Phyl Blackler Jean Coulston Verna Coutts Brenda Duncan Joyce Powell (wk) Mary Rouse Jean Stonell Gwen Sutherland Betty Thorner Ana Tini Mary Webb

Tour Matches

1-day single innings match: Deniliquin v New Zealand

New Zealand  132/3d	v	Deniliquin 104
Jean Stonell 58* (–) Jean Knight 1/6		Mary Allitt 58 (–) Brenda Duncan 5/21

• Toss not known.

1-day single innings match: Victoria v New Zealand

New Zealand  176/6d	v	Victoria 108/9
Verna Coutts 71 (–)		Nell Massey 19 (–) Phyl Blackler 6/26

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

Only WTest

Australia	v	New Zealand
354/9d (150.1 overs) Una Paisley 101 (–) Jean Coulston 4/94 (49.1 overs)		98 (52 overs) Rona McKenzie 27 (–) Betty Wilson 3/23 (10 overs)
		168 (106.1 overs) (f/o) Joyce Powell 49 (–) Val Slater 4/13 (10.1 overs)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Joyce Bath, Ruth Dow, Eileen Massey, Barbara Orchard, Kit Raymond, Olive Smith, Val Slater (Aus), Brenda Duncan, Jean Stonell, Gwen Sutherland, Betty Thorner and Mary Webb (NZ) all made their WTest debuts.

References

1. "New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1956/57". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
2. "New Zealand Women in Australia 1956/57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
3. "Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1956/57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
4. "Records / New Zealand Women in Australia Women's Test Match, 1956/57 - Australia Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. "Records / New Zealand Women in Australia Women's Test Match, 1956/57 - New Zealand Women / Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

External links

• New Zealand Women tour of Australia 1956/57 from Cricinfo

v t e Australia women's national cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
Tours	England 1937 New Zealand 1947–48 England 1951 New Zealand 1960–61 England 1963 New Zealand 1974–75 West Indies 1975–76 England 1976 India 1983–84 New Zealand 1985–86 Ireland 1987 England 1987 New Zealand 1987–88 New Zealand 1989–90 New Zealand 1993–94 New Zealand 1994–95 New Zealand 1996–97 England/Ireland 1998 New Zealand 1998–99 England/Ireland 2001 New Zealand 2001–02 New Zealand 2003–04 India 2004–05 England 2005 New Zealand 2007–08 New Zealand 2008–09 England 2009 New Zealand 2009–10 New Zealand 2011 India 2011–12 England 2013 England 2015 Ireland 2015 New Zealand 2015–16 New Zealand 2016–17 Sri Lanka 2016–17 India 2017–18 Malaysia 2018–19 England 2019 West Indies 2019–20 South Africa 2019–20 New Zealand 2020–21 India 2022–23 England 2023 Ireland 2023 India 2023–24 Bangladesh 2023–24
Home series	England 1934–35 England 1948–49 New Zealand 1956–57 England 1957–58 England 1968–69 New Zealand 1971–72 India 1976–77 New Zealand 1978–79 England 1984–85 New Zealand 1984–85 New Zealand 1986–87 New Zealand 1990–91 India 1990–91 England 1991–92 New Zealand 1992–93 New Zealand 1995–96 Pakistan 1996–97 New Zealand 1997–98 South Africa 1998–99 England 1999–2000 New Zealand 1999–2000 New Zealand 2001–02 England 2002–03 New Zealand 2003–04 New Zealand 2004–05 India 2005–06 New Zealand 2006–07 New Zealand 2007 England 2007–08 India 2008–09 New Zealand 2008–09 New Zealand 2009 New Zealand 2009–10 England 2010–11 New Zealand 2011 New Zealand 2011–12 New Zealand 2012–13 England 2013–14 Pakistan 2014 West Indies 2014–15 India 2015–16 New Zealand 2016–17 South Africa 2016–17 England 2017–18 New Zealand 2018–19 Sri Lanka 2019–20 New Zealand 2020–21 India 2021–22 England 2021–22 Pakistan 2022–23 West Indies 2023–24 South Africa 2023–24
Competitions	The Ashes 1934–35 1937 1948–49 1951 1957–58 1963 1968–69 1976 1984–85 1987 1991–92 1998 2001 2002–03 2005 2007–08 2009 2010–11 2013 2013–14 2015 2017–18 2019 2021–22 2023 Rose Bowl 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2015–16 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 Tri-Nations 1991–92 1994–95 2017–18 2020 2022 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI)
Matches	World Cup Finals 1982 1988 1997 2000 2005 2013 2022 T20 World Cup Finals 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023

v t e New Zealand women's national cricket team
Players	Test cricketers ODI cricketers Twenty20 International cricketers
Tours	England 1954 Australia 1956–57 England 1966 Australia 1971–72 South Africa 1971–72 Australia 1978–79 England/Netherlands 1984 Australia 1984–85 India 1984–85 Australia 1986–87 Australia 1990–91 Australia 1992–93 Australia 1995–96 England/Ireland 1996 Australia 1997–98 Australia 1999–2000 Australia 2001–02 Ireland/Netherlands 2002 India 2003–04 Australia 2003–04 England/Ireland 2004 Australia 2004–05 Australia 2006–07 Australia 2007 England 2007 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009 Australia 2009–10 England 2010 Australia 2011 Australia 2011–12 Australia 2012-13 West Indies 2013–14 West Indies 2014–15 India 2015 Australia 2016–17 South Africa 2016–17 Pakistan/UAE 2017–18 England 2018 Ireland 2018 Australia 2018–19 Australia 2020–21 England 2021 West Indies 2022–23 Sri Lanka 2023 South Africa 2023–24
Home series	England 1934–35 Australia 1947–48 England 1948–49 England 1957–58 Australia 1960–61 England 1968–69 Australia 1974–75 India 1976–77 Australia in 1985–86 Australia 1987–88 Australia 1989–90 England 1991–92 Australia 1993–94 India 1994–95 Australia 1994–95 Pakistan 1996–97 Australia 1996–97 South Africa 1998–99 Australia 1998–99 England 1999–2000 England 2000–01 Australia 2001–02 Australia 2003–04 India 2005–06 Australia 2007–08 England 2007–08 Australia 2008–09 Australia 2009–10 Australia 2010–11 England 2011–12 West Indies 2013–14 England 2014–15 Sri Lanka 2015–16 Australia 2015–16 Australia 2016–17 Pakistan 2016–17 West Indies 2017–18 India 2018–19 South Africa 2019–20 Australia 2020–21 England 2020–21 India 2021–22 Bangladesh 2022–23 Pakistan 2023–24
Competitions	Rose Bowl 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2015–16 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21 Tri-Nations 1991–92 1994–95 2002 2013–14 2018 Quadrangular Series 2002–03 2006–07 2011 (T20) 2011 (ODI)
Matches	World Cup finals 1993 1997 2000 2009
See also	Record by opponent

• Women's international cricket tours of Australia
• 1957 in Australian cricket
• New Zealand women's national cricket team tours