# New Zealand A cricket team in Australia in 2023

The New Zealand A cricket team toured Australia in August and September 2023 to play the Australia A cricket team. The tour featured two unofficial Tests and three unofficial One Day Internationals with all five matches having first-class and List A status. The matches were played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane and the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, Queensland.

## Squads

| Australia A | Australia A | New Zealand A |
| First-class | List A | First-class and List A |
| Nathan McSweeney (c) Wes Agar Cameron Bancroft Jordan Buckingham Ben Dwarshuis Caleb Jewell Campbell Kellaway Matthew Kelly Matthew Kuhnemann Nathan McAndrew Joel Paris Jimmy Peirson (wk) Mitchell Perry Josh Philippe (wk) Mark Steketee Mitchell Swepson Tim Ward | Will Sutherland (c) Wes Agar Oliver Davies Ben Dwarshuis Liam Hatcher Caleb Jewell Matthew Kuhnemann Marnus Labuschagne Ben McDermott Todd Murphy Josh Philippe (wk) Matthew Renshaw Tom Rogers Gurinder Sandhu Matthew Short Mark Steketee Henry Thornton Ashton Turner | Tom Bruce (c) Muhammad Abbas Adithya Ashok Leo Carter Josh Clarkson Henry Cooper Jacob Duffy Cam Fletcher (wk) Dean Foxcroft Mitchell Hay (wk) Nick Kelly Scott Kuggeleijn William O'Rourke Ajaz Patel Michael Rae Brett Randell Tim Seifert Sean Solia |
On 9 August 2023, the initial Australia A squad was announced with the New Zealand A squad being announced later on 22 August 2023. Prior to the start of the series, Wes Agar was ruled out due to a back injury, with Todd Murphy also withdrawing due to general soreness. Ben Dwarshuis was ruled out with a back injury sustained during the second unofficial test. Australia A also lost Liam Hatcher and Mark Steketee to injury following the first unofficial one-day international, with Caleb Jewell, Tom Rogers, and Henry Thornton being added as replacements.

## First-class series
### 1st Unofficial Test

* 28–31 August 2023 Scorecard
* New Zealand A won by 225 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Scott Kuggeleijn (NZ)
* Australia A won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Unofficial Test

* 4–7 September 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
* New Zealand A won by 68 runs Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus)
* New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.

## List A series
### 1st Unofficial ODI

* 10 September 2023 Scorecard
| New Zealand A 169 (46 overs) | v | Australia A 5/170 (31.3 overs) |
| Nick Kelly 52 (89) Gurinder Sandhu 5/27 (9 overs) | | Ashton Turner 56 (61) Michael Rae 3/42 (10 overs) |
* Australia A won by 5 wickets Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus)
* Australia A won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Unofficial ODI

* 13 September 2023 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia A 243 (44.1 overs) | v | New Zealand A 135 (31.1 overs) |
| Ben McDermott 70 (59) William O'Rourke 4/29 (9.1 overs) | | Nick Kelly 44 (55) Henry Thornton 7/39 (10 overs) |
* Australia A won by 108 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Gerard Abood (Aus)
* New Zealand A won the toss and elected to field.
* Henry Thornton took his maiden five-wicket haul in List A cricket.

### 3rd Unofficial ODI

* 15 September 2023 Scorecard
| New Zealand A 228 (48.3 overs) | v | Australia A 8/229 (41 overs) |
| Tim Seifert 100 (120) Henry Thornton 4/32 (9.3 overs) | | Matthew Short 52 (42) William O'Rourke 3/44 (10 overs) |
* Australia A won by 2 wickets Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus)
* Australia A won the toss and elected to field.