English cricket team in New Zealand in 1996–97

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1997 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 2–0 with one match drawn.

Matches

The English team played a series of 3 Tests and 5 ODIs, along with 4 tour matches.^[1]

First Test

24–28 January 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
390 (131.5 overs) SP Fleming 129 (254) D Gough 4/91 (32 overs)		521 (187.4 overs) AJ Stewart 173 (277) DK Morrison 3/104 (24.4 overs)
248/9d (114 overs) NJ Astle 102* (214) PCR Tufnell 3/53 (40 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: AJ Stewart (ENG) and NJ Astle (NZ)

England won the toss and elected to field.

Second Test

6–10 February 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
124 (48.3 overs) DN Patel 45 (66) D Gough 5/40 (16 overs)		383 (137.3 overs) GP Thorpe 108 (249) SB Doull 5/75 (28 overs)
191 (103.2 overs) BA Pocock 64 (271) D Gough 4/52 (23 overs)

England won by an innings and 68 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DB Cowie (NZ)
Player of the match: GP Thorpe (ENG)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
DL Vettori (NZ) made his Test debut.

Third Test

14–18 February 1997
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
346 (129.1 overs) SP Fleming 62 (167) RDB Croft 5/95 (39.1 overs)		228 (84.4 overs) MA Atherton 94* (235) GI Allott 4/74 (18 overs)
186 (88.3 overs) CL Cairns 52 (106) D Gough 3/42 (13.3 overs)		307/6 (146.4 overs) MA Atherton 118 (311) DL Vettori 4/97 (57 overs)

England won by 4 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair (AUS)
Player of the match: MA Atherton (ENG)

England won the toss and elected to field.
MJ Horne (NZ) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

The series was drawn 2-2, with one match tied.

1st ODI

20 February 1997 (D/N)
Scorecard

New Zealand 222/6 (50 overs)	v	England 226/6 (48.5 overs)
NJ Astle 50 (62) PCR Tufnell 4/22 (10 overs)		GP Thorpe 82 (104) HT Davis 3/44 (8.5 overs)

England won by 4 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: CE King and DM Quested
Player of the match: PCR Tufnell (ENG)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

23 February 1997
Scorecard

New Zealand 253/8 (50 overs)	v	England 134/4 (19.3 overs)
CL Cairns 79 (74) AR Caddick 2/33 (6 overs)		NV Knight 84* (70) SB Doull 2/39 (5 overs)

England won by 6 wickets (run rate)
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: BF Bowden and DB Cowie
Player of the match: NV Knight (ENG)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
England’s target was reduced to 132 runs from 26 overs (as 253 x 26/50 = 131.56).

3rd ODI

26 February 1997 (D/N)
Scorecard

New Zealand 237 (49.4 overs)	v	England 237/8 (50 overs)
BA Young 53 (82) C White 4/37 (5.4 overs)		GP Thorpe 55 (61) CZ Harris 3/20 (10 overs)

Match tied
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: CE King and DM Quested
Player of the match: CZ Harris (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
GI Allott (NZ) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

2 March 1997
Scorecard

New Zealand 153 (39.5 overs)	v	England 144 (41.3 overs)
NJ Astle 51 (68) RDB Croft 2/26 (9 overs)		AJ Stewart 42 (68) GR Larsen 3/20 (8.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DB Cowie and RS Dunne
Player of the match: GR Larsen and NJ Astle (both NZ)

England won the toss and elected to field.
The match was originally scheduled for 1 March but was delayed by rain.
The match was reduced to 43 overs by rain.

5th ODI

4 March 1997
Scorecard

New Zealand 228/8 (50 overs)	v	England 200 (47.5 overs)
NJ Astle 94 (129) AR Caddick 3/35 (10 overs)		GP Thorpe 55 (82) NJ Astle 2/26 (5 overs)

New Zealand won by 28 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: RS Dunne and EA Watkin
Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ "England in New Zealand, Jan-Mar 1997". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

External links

England tour of New Zealand, 1996-97 at ESPNcricinfo

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[1] "England in New Zealand, Jan-Mar 1997". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

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