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New Zealand v England @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
4 March 1997
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: RS Dunne, EA Watkin
Third Umpire: DM Quested
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: New Zealand won by 28 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Jack Russell b Andy Caddick | 11 | 23 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Mike Atherton b Andy Caddick | 94 | 129 | 184 | 10 | - |
| 3. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Robert Croft | 17 | 34 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 4. Chris Cairns | c Jack Russell b Craig White | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 5. Adam Parore | lbw b Andy Caddick | 18 | 27 | 29 | 2 | - |
| 6. Chris Harris | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 36 | 51 | 81 | 1 | - |
| *+7. Lee Germon | lbw b Chris Silverwood | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Dipak Patel | not out | 16 | 19 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 9. Gavin Larsen | run out (Robert Croft > ) | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Heath Davis | not out | 7 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Geoff Allott |
| FOW | 1-28 (Bryan Young), 2-84 (Stephen Fleming), 3-87 (Chris Cairns), 4-122 (Adam Parore), 5-197 (Nathan Astle), 6-200 (Lee Germon), 7-206 (Chris Harris), 8-208 (Gavin Larsen). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 14w, 2nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 216 mins) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Caddick | 10 | 1 | 35 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
| Chris Silverwood | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (8w,0nb) |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Craig White | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mike Atherton | run out (Chris Harris > ) | 43 | 82 | 106 | 5 | - |
| 2. Alec Stewart | c Dipak Patel b Geoff Allott | 18 | 23 | 37 | 3 | - |
| 3. Nasser Hussain | st Lee Germon b Chris Harris | 20 | 28 | 37 | 3 | - |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | st Lee Germon b Gavin Larsen | 55 | 82 | 99 | 3 | - |
| 5. Chris Silverwood | b Dipak Patel | 4 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. John Crawley | lbw b Gavin Larsen | 11 | 16 | 16 | 1 | - |
| +7. Jack Russell | c Lee Germon b Nathan Astle | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Craig White | c Lee Germon b Nathan Astle | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Robert Croft | run out (Adam Parore > Nathan Astle) | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | c Stephen Fleming b Heath Davis | 16 | 21 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 11. Andy Caddick | not out | 12 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Alec Stewart), 2-77 (Nasser Hussain), 3-107 (Mike Atherton), 4-119 (Chris Silverwood), 5-136 (John Crawley), 6-139 (Jack Russell), 7-139 (Craig White), 8-158 (Robert Croft), 9-173 (Graham Thorpe), 200 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 8w, 1nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs, 194 mins) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Allott | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (4w,1nb) |
| Heath Davis | 7.5 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bryan Young, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Chris Harris, Lee Germon, Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Heath Davis, Geoff Allott