English national cricket team in New Zealand for the 2017/18 season

The England national cricket team's tour to New Zealand in the 2017/18 season took place from February 25 to April 3, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017/18 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs . England won the ODI series 3–2, New Zealand won the Test series 1–0.

prehistory

Both teams previously competed in a three-nation tournament together with Australia in Australia and New Zealand. While England were eliminated in the preliminary round, New Zealand was only defeated in the final against Australia. In the direct encounter, both teams could each win a game. The last meeting on a tour between the two teams took place in England in the 2015 season .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (HO) Dunedin Hamilton Mount Maunganui Wellington (WS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were announced on August 1, 2017.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1st test
Hagley Oval	Christchurch	20,000	2nd test, 5th ODI
University oval	Dunedin	6,000	4. ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	1. ODI
Bay oval	Mount Maunganui	10,000	2. ODI
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	3. ODI

Squad lists

England named their test squad on January 11, 2018. New Zealand named their test squad on March 14, 2018.

test		ODI
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	England
Kane Williamson ( K ) Todd Astle Trent Boult Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Henry Nicholls Jeet Raval Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Waitling ( wk )	Joe Root ( K ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Mason Crane Ben Foakes Jack Leach Liam Livingstone Dawid Malan Craig Overton Ben Stokes Mark Stoneman James Vince Chris Woakes Mark Wood	Kane Williamson ( K ) Todd Astle Trent Boult Mark Chapman Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Colin Munro Henry Nicholls Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow Sam Billings ( wk ) Jos Buttler ( wk ) Tom Curran Alex Hales Craig Overton Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes David Willey Chris Woakes Mark Wood

One-day internationals

First ODI in Hamilton

February 25 scorecard	Hamilton	England 284-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 287-7 (49.2)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Mount Maunganui

February 28 scorecard	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand 223 (49.4)	-	England 225-4 (37.5)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Wellington

March 3 scorecard	Wellington (WRS)	England 234 (50)	-	New Zealand 230-8 (50)
		England wins with 4 runs

Fourth ODI in Dunedin

March 7th scorecard	Dunedin	England 335-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 339-5 (49.3)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Fifth ODI in Christchurch

March 10 scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 223 (49.5)	-	England 229-3 (32.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Testing

First test in Auckland

March 22-26 Scorecard	Auckland	England 58 (20.4) & 320 (126.1)	-	New Zealand 427-8d (141)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 49 runs

Second test in Christchurch

March 30th - April 3rd scorecard	Christchurch	England 307 (96.5) & 352-9d (106.4)	-	New Zealand 278 (93.3) & 256-8 (124.4)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZC drop West Indies Test with eye to the future ( English ) Cricinfo. August 1, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
2. ↑ Livingstone named for New Zealand as Ballance pays price ( English ) Cricinfo. January 11, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
3. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Santner faces long period out due to knee surgery ( English ) Cricinfo. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.