New Zealand national cricket team in England in the 2004 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to England in the 2004 season took place from May 20 to June 13, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 3–0.

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 England in the 2002 season .

Stages

Leeds London (Lord's) Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 12, 2003.

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

Squad lists

New Zealand named their squad on April 8, 2004. England named their squad on May 16, 2004.

test
England	New Zealand
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Marcus Trescothick ( UK ) Mark Butcher Andrew Flinthoff Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Wet Hussain Geraint Jones ( wk ) Simon Jones Martin Saggers Andrew Strauss Graham Thorpe	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Chris Cairns James Franklin Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Craig McMillan Chris Martin Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Michael Papps Mark Richardson Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori

Tour matches

May 3-5 scorecard	Cambridge	New Zealanders 0-0d (0) & 128-3 (35.1)	-	British Universities 0-0d (0)
		draw

May 7-10 scorecard	Worcester	Worcestershire 270-9d (77.1) & 318-6d (67.4)	-	New Zealanders 379-7d (85.1) & 77-1 (23)
		draw

May 13-16 Scorecard	Canterbury	New Zealanders 409 (114.3) & 211 (52.4)	-	Kent 432-9d (91) & 189-1 (51)
		Kent wins with 9 wickets

May 28th - 31st scorecard	Leicester	New Zealanders 413 (111) & 357-5d (69.4)	-	Leicestershire 210 (60.4) & 232 (79.3)
		New Zealanders wins with 328 runs

Testing

First test in London

May 20-24 scorecard	London (Lord's)	New Zealand 386 (102.4) & 336 (121.1)	-	England 441 (124.3) & 282-3 (87)
		England wins with 7 wickets

The former captain of the English team Nasser Hussain announced his retirement from international cricket after the game.

Second test in Leeds

June 3-7 scorecard	Leeds	New Zealand 409 (143.2) & 161 (41)	-	England 526 (133.1) & 45-1 (33)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Nottingham

June 10-13 scorecard	Nottingham	New Zealand 384 (121) & 218 (81)	-	England 319 (85.3) & 284-6 (71.3)
		England wins with 4 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mark Richardson	New Zealand	3	6th	369	61.50	101	1	2
Marcus Trescothick	England	3	6th	322	64.40	132	1	2
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	3	6th	308	51.33	117	1	1
Andrew Strauss	England	3	6th	273	45.50	112	1	2
Graham Thorpe	England	3	5	237	79.00	104 *	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Steve Harmison	England	3	169.2	21st	22.09	4/74	0	0
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	3	97.3	12	31.58	5/79	1	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	104.5	10	29.10	3/60	0	0
Ashley Giles	England	3	114	9	33.55	4/46	0	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	3	109	9	42.77	4/75	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Steve Harmison Mark Richardson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Andrew Strauss
2nd test	Geraint Jones
3rd test	Graham Thorpe

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lynn McConnell: Earliest start yet for New Zealand in England Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. September 12, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
2. ↑ New Zealand sweat on Bond, Astle and Tuffey ( English ) Cricinfo. April 8, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
3. ↑ England resist temptation to tinker ( English ) Cricinfo. May 16, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Hussain announces retirement from all cricket ( English ) Cricinfo. May 27, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.