New Zealand national cricket team in England for the 1999 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to England in the 1999 season took place from July 1 to August 22, 1999. The international cricket tour was part of the 1999 international cricket season and consisted of four tests . New Zealand won the series 2–1.

prehistory

Before that, both teams played at the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England. England was eliminated in the preliminary round, while New Zealand made it to the semi-finals. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1996/97 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Birmingham London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st test
The oval	London	23,500	4th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	New Zealand
Mike Atherton Mark Butcher Andy Caddick Ed Giddins Aftab Habib Dean Headley Graeme Hick Wet Hussain Ronnie Irani Darren Maddy Alan Mullally Mark Ramprakash Chris Read Alec Stewart Peter Such Graham Thorpe Alex Tudor Phil Tufnell	Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Matthew Bell Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matt Horne Shyne O'Connor Adam Parore Craig McMillan Dion Nash Roger Twose Daniel Vettori

Tour matches

June 1st scorecard	Derby	New Zealand 369-6 (50)	-	Derbyshire 239-8 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 130 runs

Testing

First test in Birmingham

July 1-3 scorecard	Birmingham	New Zealand 226 (88.4) & 107 (37.1)	-	England 126 (46.4) & 211-3 (37.1)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second test in London

July 22nd - 25th Scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 186 (61.1) & 229 (101.4)	-	New Zealand 358 (119.1) & 60-1 (23)
		New Zealand wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Manchester

August 5-9 scorecard	Manchester	England 199 (109.1) & 181-2 (68.0)	-	New Zealand 496-9d (160)
		draw

Fourth test in London

August 19-22 Scorecard	London (oval)	New Zealand 236 (102.1) & 162 (54)	-	England 153 (80) & 162 (56.1)
		New Zealand wins with 83 runs

The defeat meant that England were listed as the last team in the unofficial world rankings. This was widely viewed as the low point in a long development for the team.

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England hit all-time low ( English ) BBC. August 22, 1999. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Tom Buerkle: In England, Everything Is Cricket - and Everything Is Simply Dreadful ( English ) New York Times. September 24, 1999. Retrieved July 28, 2017.