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New Zealand v England @ Eden Park, Auckland
24, 25, 26, 27, 28 January 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, RS Dunne
Third Umpire: DB Cowie
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | lbw b Alan Mullally | 44 | 119 | 141 | 5 | - |
| 2. Blair Pocock | lbw b Darren Gough | 70 | 197 | 286 | 8 | - |
| 3. Adam Parore | c Alec Stewart b Dominic Cork | 6 | 28 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c & b Dominic Cork | 129 | 254 | 368 | 18 | 1 |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c Alec Stewart b Craig White | 10 | 25 | 27 | 2 | - |
| 6. Justin Vaughan | lbw b Dominic Cork | 3 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c Alec Stewart b Craig White | 67 | 113 | 140 | 7 | 2 |
| *+8. Lee Germon | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 14 | 26 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Dipak Patel | lbw b Darren Gough | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Simon Doull | c Nick Knight b Darren Gough | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 11. Danny Morrison | not out | 6 | 15 | 17 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-85 (Bryan Young), 2-114 (Adam Parore), 3-193 (Blair Pocock), 4-210 (Nathan Astle), 5-215 (Justin Vaughan), 6-333 (Chris Cairns), 7-362 (Lee Germon), 8-362 (Dipak Patel), 9-380 (Simon Doull), 390 (Stephen Fleming). |
| Extras | 5b, 12lb, 2w, 17nb, 0pen) 36 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 131.5 ovs, 560 mins) 390 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 32.5 | 8 | 96 | 3 | (0w,4nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 27 | 11 | 55 | 1 | (2w,4nb) |
| Darren Gough | 32 | 5 | 91 | 4 | (0w,6nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 25 | 5 | 80 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig White | 15 | 3 | 51 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | lbw b Simon Doull | 5 | 28 | 31 | 1 | - |
| *2. Mike Atherton | c & b Dipak Patel | 83 | 213 | 273 | 11 | - |
| +3. Alec Stewart | c & b Simon Doull | 173 | 277 | 362 | 23 | 1 |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Stephen Fleming b Dipak Patel | 8 | 22 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | hit wicket b Chris Cairns | 119 | 245 | 341 | 17 | - |
| 6. John Crawley | run out (Simon Doull > > ) | 14 | 43 | 61 | 1 | - |
| 7. Craig White | lbw b Justin Vaughan | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Dominic Cork | c Bryan Young b Danny Morrison | 59 | 192 | 236 | 6 | 1 |
| 9. Darren Gough | c Lee Germon b Danny Morrison | 2 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| 10. Alan Mullally | c Lee Germon b Danny Morrison | 21 | 40 | 83 | 2 | - |
| 11. Phil Tufnell | not out | 19 | 49 | 55 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Nick Knight), 2-200 (Mike Atherton), 3-222 (Nasser Hussain), 4-304 (Alec Stewart), 5-339 (John Crawley), 6-339 (Craig White), 7-453 (Graham Thorpe), 8-471 (Darren Gough), 9-478 (Dominic Cork), 521 (Alan Mullally). |
| Extras | 2b, 12lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 187.4 ovs, 753 mins) 521 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Morrison | 24.4 | 4 | 104 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Simon Doull | 39 | 10 | 118 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 30 | 3 | 103 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Justin Vaughan | 36 | 10 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 44 | 10 | 92 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Blair Pocock | lbw b Darren Gough | 20 | 62 | 74 | 2 | - |
| 2. Bryan Young | c Nasser Hussain b Dominic Cork | 3 | 24 | 35 | - | - |
| 3. Adam Parore | st Alec Stewart b Phil Tufnell | 33 | 106 | 138 | 4 | - |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c John Crawley b Phil Tufnell | 9 | 31 | 36 | - | - |
| *+5. Lee Germon | run out (Nasser Hussain > > ) | 13 | 36 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 6. Nathan Astle | not out | 102 | 214 | 279 | 13 | - |
| 7. Justin Vaughan | lbw b Phil Tufnell | 2 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Cairns | b Alan Mullally | 7 | 23 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dipak Patel | lbw b Alan Mullally | 0 | 15 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Simon Doull | b Darren Gough | 26 | 40 | 37 | 4 | - |
| 11. Danny Morrison | not out | 14 | 133 | 166 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (Bryan Young), 2-28 (Blair Pocock), 3-47 (Stephen Fleming), 4-88 (Lee Germon), 5-90 (Adam Parore), 6-92 (Justin Vaughan), 7-101 (Chris Cairns), 8-105 (Dipak Patel), 9-142 (Simon Doull). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 114 ovs, 445 mins) 248 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 16 | 3 | 45 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 26 | 11 | 47 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Craig White | 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Darren Gough | 22 | 3 | 66 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 40 | 18 | 53 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Blair Pocock, Bryan Young, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Lee Germon, Nathan Astle, Justin Vaughan, Chris Cairns, Dipak Patel, Simon Doull, Danny Morrison