New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 1969 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to England in the 1969 season ran from July 24th to August 26th, 1969. The international cricket tour was part of the 1969 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 2–0.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against the West Indies , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1965/66 season in New Zealand .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2nd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	New Zealand
Geoff Arnold Geoff Boycott David Brown Basil D'Oliveira Mike Denness John Edrich Keith Fletcher Richard Illingworth Nick Knight Alan Knott Phil Sharpe John Snow Derek Underwood Alan Ward	Mark Burgess Richard Collinge Bevan Congdon Bob Cunis Graham Dowling Dayle Hadlee Brian Hastings Hedley Howarth Dick Motz Darrin Murray Vic Pollard Bruce Taylor Glenn Turner Ken Wadsworth

July 24-28 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 190 (74.5) & 340 (140.4)	-	New Zealand 169 (87.3) & 131 (75.5)
		England wins with 230 runs

August 7th - 12th scorecard	Nottingham	New Zealand 294 (127.5) & 66-1 (23)	-	England 451-8d (155)
		draw

August 21-26 Scorecard	London (oval)	New Zealand 150 (82.3) & 229 (116.3)	-	England 242 (98) & 138-2 (52.3)
		England wins with 8 wickets