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New Zealand v England @ Lancaster Park, Christchurch
20 February 1997
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: CE King, DM Quested
Third Umpire: RS Dunne
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: England won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Graham Thorpe b Alan Mullally | 14 | 20 | 21 | 2 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Graham Thorpe b Phil Tufnell | 50 | 62 | 84 | 6 | - |
| 3. Adam Parore | c & b Phil Tufnell | 26 | 51 | 78 | 1 | - |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | st Alec Stewart b Phil Tufnell | 34 | 55 | 64 | 1 | - |
| 5. Chris Cairns | c Alan Mullally b Phil Tufnell | 15 | 31 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 6. Chris Harris | not out | 48 | 51 | 69 | 2 | - |
| *+7. Lee Germon | b Dominic Cork | 19 | 29 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 8. Dipak Patel | not out | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Gavin Larsen | ||||||
| 10. Simon Doull | ||||||
| 11. Heath Davis |
| FOW | 1-24 (Bryan Young), 2-87 (Nathan Astle), 3-100 (Adam Parore), 4-134 (Chris Cairns), 5-148 (Stephen Fleming), 6-203 (Lee Germon). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 222 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 5 | 2 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 10 | 1 | 22 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Thorpe | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Lee Germon b Simon Doull | 8 | 15 | 26 | - | - |
| *2. Mike Atherton | b Dipak Patel | 19 | 21 | 23 | 3 | - |
| +3. Alec Stewart | c Nathan Astle b Heath Davis | 81 | 110 | 159 | 8 | 1 |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | b Heath Davis | 82 | 104 | 147 | 8 | 1 |
| 5. Nasser Hussain | not out | 11 | 28 | 37 | - | - |
| 6. John Crawley | b Simon Doull | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 7. Dominic Cork | c Bryan Young b Heath Davis | 5 | 9 | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Robert Croft | not out | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 9. Darren Gough | ||||||
| 10. Alan Mullally | ||||||
| 11. Phil Tufnell |
| FOW | 1-28 (Mike Atherton), 2-28 (Nick Knight), 3-198 (Graham Thorpe), 4-205 (Alec Stewart), 5-207 (John Crawley), 6-218 (Dominic Cork). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 48.5 ovs) 226 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Heath Davis | 8.5 | 0 | 44 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bryan Young, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Lee Germon, Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Simon Doull, Heath Davis