# New Zealand women's cricket team in India in 1984–85

The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured India in February and March 1985. They played against India in three Test matches and six One Day Internationals, with the Test series ending as a 0–0 draw and the ODI series ending as a 3–3 draw.

## Squads

| India | New Zealand |
| Diana Edulji (c) Sandhya Agarwal Gargi Banerjee Runa Basu Lopamudra Bhattacharji Sreerupa Bose Sandra Braganza Rita Dey (wk) Arunadhati Ghosh Rekha Godbole (wk) Shashi Gupta Nilima Jogalekar (wk) Neeta Kadam Shubhangi Kulkarni Mithu Mukherjee Rita Patel Anjali Pendharker Sudha Shah Manimala Singhal (wk) Rajani Venugopal | Debbie Hockley (c) Jackie Clark Delwyn Costello Jeanette Dunning Linda Fraser Shona Gilchrist Karen Gunn (wk) Ingrid Jagersma (wk) Ann McKenna Katrina Molloy Sue Rattray Liz Signal Rose Signal Lois Simpson Nancy Williams |

## Tour Matches
### 2-day match: East Zone v New Zealand

* 2 – 3 March 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn Nehru Stadium, Durgapur Umpires: LP Ramani (Ind) and SP Verma (Ind)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### 40-over match: Women's Cricket Association of India President's XI v New Zealand

* 5 March 1985 Scorecard
| Women's Cricket Association of India President's XI 128/5 (40 overs) | v | New Zealand 130/4 (36.4 overs) |
| Gargi Banerjee 56 (–) Katrina Molloy 2/31 (8 overs) | | Debbie Hockley 81* (113) Pratima Chakraborti 1/17 (5 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Bhairab Ganguli (Ind) and Ratin Mitra (Ind)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

## WODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 17 February 1985 Scorecard
| India 165/6 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 166/4 (49 overs) |
| Sudha Shah 43 (–) Karen Gunn 2/26 (10 overs) | | Debbie Hockley 65* (–) Diana Edulji 2/18 (8 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 6 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sreerupa Bose (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 19 February 1985 Scorecard
| New Zealand 174/7 (50 overs) | v | India 172/9 (50 overs) |
| Sue Rattray 49* (–) Gargi Banerjee 2/23 (6 overs) | | Gargi Banerjee 49 (–) Nancy Williams 1/25 (6 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 2 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Manimala Singhal (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 21 February 1985 Scorecard
| India 129 (43 overs) | v | New Zealand 73 (33.5 overs) |
| Shubhangi Kulkarni 35 (–) Shona Gilchrist 3/20 (9 overs) | | Liz Signal 28* (–) Sandra Braganza 3/13 (9 overs) |
* India Women won by 56 runs Nehru Stadium, Indore
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Rita Patel (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 13 March 1985 Scorecard
| New Zealand 202/7 (49 overs) | v | India 154/9 (49 overs) |
| Jeanette Dunning 89 (–) Shubhangi Kulkarni 4/27 (6 overs) | | Shashi Gupta 50* (–) Karen Gunn 3/25 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 48 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Neeta Kadam (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 15 March 1985 Scorecard
| New Zealand 187/6 (49 overs) | v | India 189/7 (47.1 overs) |
| Debbie Hockley 69 (–) Diana Edulji 3/31 (10 overs) | | Sudha Shah 48 (–) Karen Gunn 2/39 (9 overs) |
* India Women won by 3 wickets Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
* Rajani Venugopal (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 6th ODI

* 24 March 1985 Scorecard
| New Zealand 148/7 (48 overs) | v | India 149/6 (43.4 overs) |
| Debbie Hockley 35 (–) Shubhangi Kulkarni 4/34 (10 overs) | | Sudha Shah 30 (–) Katrina Molloy 2/16 (10 overs) |
* India Women won by 4 wickets Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain.

## WTest Series
### 1st Test

* 23 – 26 February 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Player of the match: Shubhangi Kulkarni (Ind)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Delwyn Costello, Karen Gunn, Lois Simpson (NZ), Sandra Braganza and Mithu Mukherjee (Ind) all made their WTest debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 7 – 11 March 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Katrina Molloy, Nancy Williams (NZ), Lopamudra Bhattacharji, Rekha Godbole and Rajani Venugopal (Ind) all made their WTest debuts.

### 3rd Test

* 17 – 20 March 1985 Scorecard
* Match drawn K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Neeta Kadam (Ind) made her WTest debut.