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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1355 (1355/78)
New Zealand v England, 1996/97, 3rd Test
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
14,15,16,17,18 February 1997 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 4 wickets
England wins the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RS Dunne and DB Hair (Aus)
TV Umpire: DM Quested
Match Referee: PJP Burge (Aus)
Test Debuts: MJ Horne (NZ).
Man of the Match: MA Atherton
Man of the Series: No award

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: New Zealand 229/5 (Parore 38*, Cairns 10*)
  • Day 2: New Zealand 346, England 145/5 (Atherton 66*, Cork 16*)
  • Day 3: England 228, New Zealand 95/6 (Cairns 5*, Horne 4*)
  • Day 4: New Zealand 186, England 118/2 (Atherton 65*, Caddick 0*)
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    BA Young                                 b Cork                11   9  11  2 0
    BA Pocock             c Atherton         b Croft               22  96  65  1 0
    MJ Horne              c Thorpe           b Gough               42 153 124  4 0
    *SP Fleming           st Stewart         b Croft               62 218 167  6 0
    NJ Astle              c Hussain          b Croft               15  37  23  1 0
    +AC Parore            c Hussain          b Croft               59 216 167  4 1
    CL Cairns             c Stewart          b Caddick             57 158 126  4 1
    SB Doull              run out (Tufnell)                         1  13   5  0 0
    DL Vettori            run out (Thorpe)                         25  72  59  2 0
    HT Davis              c Hussain          b Croft                8  46  31  0 0
    GI Allott             not out                                   8  14  18  1 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 16, nb 19)                      36
    Total                 (all out, 129.1 overs, 522 minutes)     346
    
    FoW: 1-14 (Young), 2-78 (Pocock), 3-106 (Horne),
         4-137 (Astle), 5-201 (Fleming), 6-283 (Parore),
         7-288 (Doull), 8-310 (Cairns), 9-337 (Vettori),
         10-346 (Davis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Cork                        20      3     78      1 (14nb)
    Caddick                     32      8     64      1 (2nb)
    Gough                       21      3     70      1 (2nb)
    Croft                       39.1    5     95      5 (1nb)
    Tufnell                     16      6     22      0
    Thorpe                       1      1      0      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    NV Knight             c Fleming          b Allott              14  25  22  2 0
    *MA Atherton          not out                                  94 346 235 10 0
    +AJ Stewart           c sub (CZ Harris)  b Allott              15  14  10  3 0
    N Hussain             c Parore           b Cairns              12  45  34  1 0
    GP Thorpe                                b Astle               18  54  49  3 0
    JP Crawley            c Parore           b Allott               1   5   6  0 0
    DG Cork               c Parore           b Davis               16  60  44  2 0
    RDB Croft             c Davis            b Astle               31  83  67  5 0
    D Gough                                  b Vettori              0   8   9  0 0
    AR Caddick            c sub (CZ Harris)  b Allott               4  26  23  0 0
    PCR Tufnell           c Young            b Doull               13  16  15  2 0
    Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 5)                        10
    Total                 (all out, 84.4 overs, 346 minutes)      228
    
    FoW: 1-20 (Knight), 2-40 (Stewart), 3-70 (Hussain),
         4-103 (Thorpe), 5-104 (Crawley), 6-145 (Cork),
         7-198 (Croft), 8-199 (Gough), 9-210 (Caddick),
         10-228 (Tufnell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Allott                      18      3     74      4 (3nb, 1w)
    Doull                       17.4    3     49      1
    Davis                       18      2     50      1 (2nb)
    Vettori                     12      4     13      1
    Cairns                       8      5     12      1
    Astle                       11      2     26      2
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    BA Pocock                                b Cork                 0   2   4  0 0
    BA Young              c Knight           b Tufnell             49 165 135  5 0
    +AC Parore            c Stewart          b Gough                8  83  55  0 0
    *SP Fleming           c Knight           b Tufnell             11  30  34  1 0
    NJ Astle              c Hussain          b Croft                5  37  36  1 0
    CL Cairns             c Knight           b Tufnell             52 133 106  4 1
    SB Doull              c Knight           b Croft                5  22  19  1 0
    MJ Horne              c Stewart          b Caddick             13  29  32  1 0
    DL Vettori            not out                                  29 103  78  5 0
    HT Davis                                 b Gough                1  23  25  0 0
    GI Allott             c Stewart          b Gough                1   8  12  0 0
    Extras                (lb 8, nb 4)                             12
    Total                 (all out, 88.3 overs, 322 minutes)      186
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Pocock), 2-42 (Parore), 3-61 (Fleming),
         4-76 (Astle), 5-80 (Young), 6-89 (Doull),
         7-107 (Horne), 8-178 (Cairns), 9-184 (Davis),
         10-186 (Allott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Cork                         6      2      5      1
    Caddick                     10      1     25      1 (2nb)
    Croft                       31     13     48      2
    Gough                       13.3    5     42      3
    Tufnell                     28      9     58      3 (3nb)
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 305 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    NV Knight             c Davis            b Vettori             29 107  80  2 0
    *MA Atherton          c Parore           b Astle              118 398 311 11 0
    +AJ Stewart           c Pocock           b Vettori             17 115 108  1 0
    AR Caddick            c Fleming          b Doull               15  63  52  0 1
    N Hussain             c Fleming          b Vettori             33 112  88  3 0
    GP Thorpe                            c & b Vettori              2  11   8  0 0
    JP Crawley            not out                                  40 149 113  5 0
    DG Cork               not out                                  39 140 123  5 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 3)                   14
    Total                 (6 wickets, 146.4 overs)                307
    
    DNB: RDB Croft, D Gough, PCR Tufnell.
    
    FoW: 1-64 (Knight), 2-116 (Stewart), 3-146 (Caddick),
         4-226 (Atherton), 5-226 (Hussain), 6-231 (Thorpe).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Allott                      12.4    2     32      0 (1w)
    Davis                       18      6     43      0 (2nb)
    Doull                       21      8     57      1
    Vettori                     57     18     97      4
    Cairns                      10      1     23      0 (1nb)
    Astle                       28     10     45      1
    

    • LK Germon withdrew from side with groin injury.
    • SP Fleming became the youngest ever NZ captain at 23 years 320 days.

      Day 1

    • Lunch: NZ 85/2 (Horne 31*, Fleming 2*)
    • Tea: NZ 160/4 (Fleming 38*, Parore 9*)
    • SP Fleming 50 off 127 balls, 161 mins, 6x4.
    • MJ Horne fractured a metacarpal in his left hand after a delivery from D Gough and did not take the field.

      Day 2

    • Lunch: NZ 319/8 (Vettori 9*, Davis 1*)
    • Tea: Eng 64/2 (Atherton 24*, Hussain 11*)
    • CL Cairns 50 off 107 balls, 137 mins, 4x4, 1x6.
    • MA Atherton 50 off 107 balls, 170 mins, 6x4.

      Day 3

    • Lunch: Eng 210/8 (Atherton 92*, Caddick 4*)
    • MA Atherton carried his bat through the innings. This was the 8th time by an Englishman and the 35th occasion in Test history, the most recent being MH Dekker for Zimbabwe against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in 1993/94.
    • BA Young dropped by Knight off Cork when 0
    • Young was reported to the match referee for dissent after he refused to go when being given out. The match referee accepted his word that he didn't see the umpire giving him out.

      Day 4

    • Lunch: NZ 186 (Vettori 29*)
    • Tea: Eng 71/1 (Atherton 35*, Stewart 1*)
    • CL Cairns brought up 1000 Test runs upon scoring his 50.

      Day 5

    • AR Caddick was given not out by DB Hair after trapping the ball between his pad and bat and then being caught by a close-in fielder. TV replays showed that the catch was fair

    • Only the 2nd time England have chased more than 300 to win a Test, the other being 7/332 against Australia in 1928/29. It was the 15th time by any team, the most recent being Pakistan 9/315 against Australia at Karachi in 1994/95.
    • The first time England have won consecutive Tests since a run of 4 wins in a row against West Indies, Sri Lanka, and 2 against New Zealand from Aug 1991 - Feb 1992.
    • England's first overseas series win since 1991/92 in the corresponding series against New Zealand
    • England finish their 5-Test winter season unbeaten. The last time this occured for 5 or more Tests was in 1970/71 when they were unbeaten in 8 Tests against Australia and New Zealand




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    New Zealand Player Pages: BA Young, BA Pocock, MJ Horne, SP Fleming, NJ Astle, AC Parore, CL Cairns, SB Doull, DL Vettori, HT Davis, GI Allott.

    England Player Pages: NV Knight, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, N Hussain, GP Thorpe, JP Crawley, DG Cork, RDB Croft, D Gough, AR Caddick, PCR Tufnell.

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