New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 1983 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to England in the 1983 season took place from July 14 to August 29, 1983. The international cricket tour was part of the 1983 international cricket season and included four tests . England won the series 3–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1978 season in England .

Stages

Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Nottingham

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	2nd test
The oval	London	23,500	1st test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4th test

Squad lists

test
England	New Zealand
Ian Botham Nick Cook Norman Cowans Graham Dilley Phil Edmonds Neil Foster Graeme Fowler Mike Gatting David Gower Allan Lamb Vic Marks Derek Randall Chris Smith Chris Tavaré Paul Taylor Bob Willis	John Bracewell Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Jeremy Coney Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Bruce Edgar Trevor Franklin Evan Gray Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Warren Lees Ian Smith Martin Snedden John Wright

Testing

First test in London

July 14-18 scorecard	London (oval)	England 209 (70.4) & 446-6d (189.2)	-	New Zealand 196 (57) & 270 (110.1)
		England wins with 189 runs

Second test in Leeds

July 28th - August 1st scorecard	Leeds	England 225 (89.2) & 252 (87)	-	New Zealand 377 (139.3) & 103-5 (27.1)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Third test in London

11-15 August Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 326 (120.3) & 211 (89.3)	-	New Zealand 191 (84.4) & 219 (69.2)
		England wins with 127 runs

Fourth test in Nottingham

August 25-29 Scorecard	Nottingham	England 420 (123.4) & 297 (92)	-	New Zealand 207 (82) & 345 (129)
		England wins with 165 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo