In the last of five instalments running throughout the New Zealand-England series, we delve into the Wisden Almanack archive to pick out a memorable one-day match between the sides. Here we recall another low point in one of England's less auspicious tours Match 1: Nothing between them
Match 2: When England were bad in Ahmedabad
Match 3: Fight to the final
Match 4: The artist upstaged

World Series Cup, 1990-91 - Adelaide
New Zealand won by 7 runs

John Morris was an England batsman. This may come as a shock to those who remember him only as David Gower's co-pilot in their infamous Tiger Moth jape, but in 1990-91 he was English cricket's Next Big Thing, and he made a highly promising start in this, his one-day debut.

Sadly, Morris's innings was the only thing that went right for England, who were missing their captain Graham Gooch, out for a month with a poisoned hand. John Wright laid the platform for New Zealand with a well-judged 67, and their post-Hadlee assortment of dibbly-dobbers chipped away at the England batting, aided by some injudicious shot selection.

England's tour never recovered. They lost the Ashes 3-0, they failed to reach the final of the triangular one-day series, and to round it off, they were beaten again by New Zealand - 2-1 - in a short one-day series before flying home to a rapture-less welcome.

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