English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1996/97 season

The tour of England's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1996/97 season took place from January 24 to March 4, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1996/97 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . England won the Test Series 2–0, while the ODI Series 2–2 ended in a draw.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour in Pakistan , England in Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1994 season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) 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	1st test; 2nd & 4th ODI
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	3rd test; 1. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2. test; 5. ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England
Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Heath Davis Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Lee Germon Matt Horne Danny Morrison Adam Parore Dipak Patel Blair Pocock Justin Vaughan Daniel Vettori Bryan Young	Mike Atherton Andy Caddick Dominic Cork John Crawley Robert Croft Darren Gough Wet Hussain Nick Knight Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Phil Tufnell Craig White	Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Heath Davis Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Lee Germon Chris Harris Gavin Larsen Adam Parore Dipak Patel Bryan Young	Mike Atherton Dominic Cork John Crawley Darren Gough Ronnie Irani Nick Knight Alan Mullally Jack Russell Chris Silverwood Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Phil Tufnell Craig White

Testing

First test in Auckland

January 24-28 Scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 390 (131.5) & 248-9d (114)	-	England 521 (187.4)
		draw

Second test in Wellington

February 6-10 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 124 (48.3) & 191 (103.2)	-	England 383 (137.3)
		England won with one innings and 68 runs

Third test in Christchurch

February 14-18 scorecard	Christchurch (AMI)	New Zealand 346 (129.1) & 186 (88.3)	-	England 228 (84.4) & 307-6 (146.4)
		England wins with 4 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

February 20 scorecard	Christchurch (AMI)	New Zealand 222-6 (50)	-	England 226-6 (48.5)
		England wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in Auckland

February 23 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 253-8 (50)	-	England 134-4 (19.3 / 26)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Napier

February 26 scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 237 (49.4)	-	England 237-8 (50)
		draw

Fourth ODI in Auckland

March 2nd scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 153 (39.5 / 43)	-	England 144 (41.3 / 43)
		New Zealand wins with 9 runs

Fifth ODI in Wellington

March 4th scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 228-8 (50)	-	England 200 (47.5)
		New Zealand wins with 28 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo