In the first test which was played at the WACA Ground, centuries from Ian Healy, Mark Taylor and Andrew Jones would see the match end in a draw.

The final test match held at the Brisbane Cricket Ground saw the same result with Australia winning by an innings to take out the Trans-Tasman Trophy 2–0.

[3] On the 27 October 1993, David White was selected to fly into Australia as a backup to Mark Greatbatch who was carrying an injury leading into the test series.

[6] The first test squad for Australia was revealed on the 9 November, with a call-up to debutant Glenn McGrath who had only played eight first-class matches for New South Wales.

[7] The opening tour match for New Zealand took place at the Lilac Hill in Perth against a ACB Chairman XI which featured Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee and Richard Hadlee who were all over forty years old.

In the run-chase, Damien Martyn top scored with 81 as he got the man of the match award as he led the Chairman team to a six wicket victory.

[9] In response, Western Australia scored 508 with an partnership of 185 runs from test-fringe hopefuls, Damien Martyn (80) and Tom Moody (110) being completed in only 214 minutes.

[11] The match though would see Justin Langer fined $300 for refusing to walk after being dismissed with Martin Crowe doing a similar response the following day.

[11] New Zealand headed over to North Sydney Oval to take on an Cricket Academy XI which featured Glenn McGrath who would go on to play in his first test later in the tour.

[16] The final tour match before the first test saw New Zealand head down to Launceston for a four-day game against Tasmania at the NTCA Ground.

After New Zealand won the toss and elected to field, Tasmanian batsman David Boon only lasted ten minutes in his first match of the season.

[21] In response, they declared on 6/276 with Damion Reevees being the pick of the bowlers with 4/62 with leg-spinner Peter McIntyre not bowling after chipping his right forefinger while batting.

Cairns also contributed to the bat with 66 (would go on to reach 78) which included a six over mid-off from Shane Warne's bowling in what was his highest test score.

[31] The fourth day would see New Zealand declare on 9/419 with Watson tearing a hamstring while running for a single which prevented him from bowling the rest of the match.

[32] A century from Mark Taylor saw Australia declare on 1/323 from their 87 overs with Greg Baum from The Age stating that they batted on for at least half an hour too long.

For New Zealand, they made two changes with Richard de Groen appearing in his first test with Chris Harris replacing Crowe due to injury.

New Zealand was force to follow-on and by the end of the day finished on 5/127 with Ken Ruthford scoring a half-century before being bowled by Warne.

[38] The match would end before lunch on Day 4 with Warne taking four wickets while only conceding three runs as he finished with figures of 6/31 as New Zealand was bowled out for 161.

[43] Batting first on a pitch manufactured of batsman, New Zealand collapsed from a good position (3/167) to losing 6/26 in eighty minutes to be 9/193 as they finished the opening day on 9/208.