English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1987/88 season

The tour of England's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1987/88 season took place from February 12 to March 19, 1988. The international cricket tour was part of the 1987/88 international cricket season and included three tests and four ODIs . The test series ended in a 0–0 draw, the ODI series 2–2.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia along with Australia and Sri Lanka , England played a tour in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams took place in England in the 1986 season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Dunedin (CS) Napier 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	2. test; 4. ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	1st test; 2. ODI
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	3rd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England
Stephen Boock John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Trevor Franklin Mark Greatbatch Richard Hadlee Richard Jones Danny Morrison Ken Rutherford Ian Smith Martin Snedden Bert Vance John Wright	Bill Athey Chris Broad David Capel Phil DeFreitas Graham Dilley John Emburey Neil Fairbrother Bruce French Mike Gatting Eddie Hemmings Paul Jarvis Martyn Moxon Neal Radford Tim Robinson	John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield Martin Crowe Mark Greatbatch Richard Hadlee Richard Jones Chris Kuggeleijn Danny Morrison Richard Reid Ken Rutherford Ian Smith Martin Snedden Bert Vance Willie Watson John Wright	Bill Athey Chris Broad David Capel Phil DeFreitas John Emburey Neil Fairbrother Bruce French Mike Gatting Paul Jarvis Martyn Moxon Neal Radford Tim Robinson

Testing

First test in Christchurch

February 12th - 17th scorecard	Christchurch	England 319 (120.1) & 152 (74.1)	-	New Zealand 168 (81.5) & 130-4 (77)
		draw

Second test in Auckland

February 25-29 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 301 (134.2) & 350-7d (169)	-	England 323 (141.1)
		draw

Third test in Wellington

March 3-7 Scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 512-6d (197)	-	England 183-2 (79)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dunedin

March 9 scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 204 (49.4)	-	England 207-5 (49.2)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in Christchurch

March 12 scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 186-6 (45/45)	-	England 188-4 (42.5 / 45)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Napier

March 16 scorecard	Napier	England 219 (47.3)	-	New Zealand 223-3 (46.3)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Auckland

March 19 scorecard	Auckland	England 208 (50)	-	New Zealand 211-6 (49.2)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo