English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1965/66 season

The tour of England's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1965/66 season took place from February 25 to March 15, 1966. The international cricket tour was part of the 1965/66 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

England previously played a tour in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1965 season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Dunedin (CS)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3rd test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	England
Gary Bartlett Grahame Bilby Murray Chapple Bevan Congdon Bob Cunis Terry Jarvis Ross Morgan Dick Motz Richard Petrie Vic Pollard Tom Puna Mike Shrimpton Mathew Sinclair Bruce Taylor	David Allen Geoff Boycott David Brown Chris Cowdrey John Edrich Ken Higgs Jeff Jones Nick Knight John Murray Peter Parfitt Jim Parks Jack Russell Mike Smith

Testing

First test in Christchurch

June 22-26 scorecard	Christchurch	England 342 (127.2) & 201-5d (67)	-	New Zealand 347 (143.4) & 48-8 (48)
		draw

Second test in Dunedin

March 4-8 Scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 192 (105.4) & 147-9 (82)	-	England 254-8d (104)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

March 11-15 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 296 (132.5) & 129 (102.4)	-	England 222 (88.5) & 159-4 (75)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo