English national cricket team in New Zealand in 2001/02

The tour of the English national cricket team to New Zealand in the 2001/02 season took place from February 8 to March 30, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included three test matches and five ODIs . New Zealand won the ODI series 3-2, the test series ended 1-1.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia while England toured India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1996/97 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Dunedin Hamilton Napier Wellington (BR) Wellington (WS)

Tour venues

The following stadiums were designated as venues for the tour and announced on August 2, 2001.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	4. ODI; 3rd test
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	1. ODI; 1st test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	5. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	2. ODI

Squad

England named their test squad on January 3, 2002. New Zealand named their ODI squad on February 10 and their test squad on March 8, 2002.

test		ODI
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England
Stephen Fleming ( K ) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Ian Butler Chris Cairns Chris Drum Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Chris Martin Adam Parore ( wk ) Mark Richardson Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent	Nasser Hussain ( K ) Mark Butcher Andy Caddick Andrew Flintoff James Foster ( wk ) Ashley Giles Matthew Hoggard Mark Ramprakash Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Ian Butler Chris Cairns Chris Harris Brendon McCullum Craig McMillan Chris Nevin ( wk ) Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent	Nasser Hussain ( K ) Andy Caddick Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff James Foster ( wk ) Ashley Giles Darren Gough Matthew Hoggard Nick Knight Owais Shah Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan Craig White

Tour matches

February 8 scorecard	Hamilton	England XI 288-6 (50)	-	Northern Districts 293-7 (49.1)
		Northern Districts wins with 3 wickets

February 10 scorecard	Hamilton	Northern Districts 160 (49.2)	-	England XI 163-5 (33.4)
		England XI wins with 5 wickets

2-4 March scorecard	Queenstown	England XI 153 (49.4) & 257 (57.1)	-	Otago 150-6d (56) & 124-6 (42)
		draw

7th-9th March scorecard	Christchurch	Canterbury 212-8d (74.1) & 175-2 (73)	-	England XI 432-9d (106)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

February 13 scorecard	Christchurch	England 196 (40.2)	-	New Zealand 198-6 (38.3)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in Wellington

February 16 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 244-8 (50)	-	England 89 (37.2)
		New Zealand wins with 155 runs

Third ODI in Napier

February 20 scorecard	Napier	England 244-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 201 (46.3)
		England wins with 43 runs

Fourth ODI in Auckland

February 23 scorecard	Auckland	England 193-6 (40/40)	-	New Zealand 189 (38/40)
		England wins with 33 runs ( D / L method )

Fifth ODI in Dunedin

February 26 scorecard	Dunedin	England 218-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 223-5 (48.5)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Test matches

First test in Christchurch

13-16 March scorecard	Christchurch	England 228 (81.2) & 468-6d (96.4)	-	New Zealand 147 (51.2) & 451 (93.3)
		England wins with 98 runs

Second test in Wellington

21-25 March scorecard	Wellington	England 280 (88.3) & 293-4d (65)	-	New Zealand 218 (88.3) & 158-4 (84)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

March 30th - April 3rd scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 202 (75.2) & 269-9d (63.1)	-	England 160 (45.4) & 233 (63)
		New Zealand wins with 78 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	3	6th	314	62.80	222	1	1
Wet Hussain	England	3	6th	280	56.00	106	1	2
Graham Thorpe	England	3	6th	274	68.50	200 *	1	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	6th	243	40.50	137	1	1
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	3	6th	213	53.25	50 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Andy Caddick	England	3	124.3	19th	19.84	6/63	2	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	3	119.2	17th	23.64	7/63	1	0
Chris Drum	New Zealand	3	112.2	12	35.50	3/36	0	0
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	1	35	9	12.88	6/54	1	0
Ian Butler	New Zealand	2	63.3	9	32.00	4/60	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	93	9	34.77	3/49	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Nick Knight	England	5	5	224	44.80	80	0	2
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	5	5	221	73.66	122 *	1	1
Graham Thorpe	England	5	5	171	42.75	59 *	0	2
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	5	5	152	30.40	69	0	1
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	5	5	135	33.75	76 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Darren Gough	England	5	44.3	13	14.38	4/44	0	0
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	5	41	11	16.00	3/32	0	0
Andre Adams	New Zealand	5	40.2	8th	21.62	3/13	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	41.5	7th	26.14	4/17	0	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	4th	32	6th	24.66	2/27	0	0
Craig White	England	5	36	6th	29.66	2/30	0	0
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	5	43	6th	30.66	3/42	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Nathan Astle
2. ODI	Andre Adams
3. ODI	Paul Collingwood
4. ODI	Andrew Flintoff
5. ODI	Nathan Astle
1st test	Graham Thorpe
2nd test	Andy Caddick
3rd test	Daryl Tuffey

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Zealand hosts Bangladesh and England for the National Bank Series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 2, 2001. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
2. ↑ England name 16-man Test Squad for New Zealand ( English ) Cricinfo. January 3, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
3. ^ Lynn McConnell: Nevin and Tuffey get international recall for England series ( English ) Cricinfo. February 10, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
4. ↑ Butler receives Test call-up for first National Bank Series Test ( English ) Cricinfo. March 8, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand ODI Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / England in New Zealand ODI Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 20, 2016.