English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1962/63 season

The tour of England's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1962/63 season took place from January 10 to March 19, 1963. The international cricket tour was part of the 1962/63 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 3–0.

prehistory

England previously played a tour in Australia and New Zealand was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1958/59 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1st test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	3rd test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	England
Jack Alabaster Paul Barton Bruce Blair Frank Cameron Artie Dick Graham Dowling Danny Morrison Dick Motz Bill Playle Richard Reid Mike Shrimpton Mathew Sinclair John Sparling Bryan Yuile	Ken Barrington Len Coldwell Chris Cowdrey Ted Dexter Richard Illingworth Nick Knight David Larter John Murray Peter Parfitt David Sheppard Alan Smith Fred Titmus Fred Trueman

Testing

First test in Auckland

February 23-27 Scorecard	Auckland	England 562-7d (186)	-	New Zealand 258 (110.4) & 89 (53.1) (f / o)
		England wins with one innings and 215 runs

Second test in Wellington

June 22-26 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 194 (76.3) & 187 (98)	-	England 428 (149)
		England wins with one innings and 47 runs

Third test in Christchurch

March 15-19 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 266 (118.2) & 159 (83.4)	-	England 253 (95.5) & 173-3 (59.3)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo