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New Zealand v England @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 February 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, DB Cowie
Third Umpire: EA Watkin
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: England won by an innings and 68 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 8 | 29 | 40 | - | - |
| 2. Blair Pocock | c Dominic Cork b Andy Caddick | 6 | 22 | 34 | - | - |
| 3. Adam Parore | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c & b Andy Caddick | 1 | 19 | 25 | - | - |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c Robert Croft b Darren Gough | 36 | 90 | 118 | 3 | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Nasser Hussain b Darren Gough | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| *+7. Lee Germon | c Alec Stewart b Andy Caddick | 10 | 27 | 46 | - | - |
| 8. Dipak Patel | c Dominic Cork b Andy Caddick | 45 | 66 | 99 | 6 | - |
| 9. Simon Doull | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Geoff Allott | c Nick Knight b Dominic Cork | 1 | 18 | 31 | - | - |
| 11. Daniel Vettori | not out | 3 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Blair Pocock), 2-18 (Bryan Young), 3-19 (Adam Parore), 4-19 (Stephen Fleming), 5-23 (Chris Cairns), 6-48 (Lee Germon), 7-85 (Nathan Astle), 8-85 (Simon Doull), 9-106 (Geoff Allott), 124 (Dipak Patel). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.3 ovs, 219 mins) 124 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 14 | 4 | 34 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 18.3 | 5 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Gough | 16 | 6 | 40 | 5 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Dipak Patel b Simon Doull | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - |
| *2. Mike Atherton | lbw b Simon Doull | 30 | 70 | 95 | 3 | - |
| +3. Alec Stewart | c Stephen Fleming b Geoff Allott | 52 | 86 | 122 | 6 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Bryan Young b Daniel Vettori | 64 | 158 | 188 | 6 | 1 |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | st Lee Germon b Dipak Patel | 108 | 249 | 329 | 12 | - |
| 6. John Crawley | c Lee Germon b Simon Doull | 56 | 141 | 187 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Dominic Cork | lbw b Nathan Astle | 7 | 45 | 59 | - | - |
| 8. Robert Croft | c Stephen Fleming b Simon Doull | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Darren Gough | c Stephen Fleming b Simon Doull | 18 | 34 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 10. Andy Caddick | c Geoff Allott b Daniel Vettori | 20 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - |
| 11. Phil Tufnell | not out | 6 | 14 | 21 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Nick Knight), 2-80 (Mike Atherton), 3-106 (Alec Stewart), 4-213 (Nasser Hussain), 5-331 (Graham Thorpe), 6-331 (John Crawley), 7-331 (Robert Croft), 8-357 (Dominic Cork), 9-357 (Darren Gough), 383 (Andy Caddick). |
| Extras | 3b, 9lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 137.3 ovs, 550 mins) 383 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 28 | 10 | 75 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Allott | 31 | 6 | 91 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 34.3 | 10 | 98 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 14 | 5 | 30 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 24 | 6 | 59 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Blair Pocock | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Blair Pocock | c Nick Knight b Darren Gough | 64 | 271 | 335 | 5 | - |
| 2. Bryan Young | c Alec Stewart b Phil Tufnell | 56 | 103 | 132 | 6 | - |
| 3. Adam Parore | lbw b Robert Croft | 15 | 94 | 116 | - | - |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c & b Robert Croft | 0 | 11 | 10 | - | - |
| 5. Dipak Patel | lbw b Robert Croft | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| *+6. Lee Germon | b Darren Gough | 11 | 49 | 58 | - | - |
| 7. Nathan Astle | c Alec Stewart b Darren Gough | 4 | 13 | 26 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Cairns | c Nick Knight b Andy Caddick | 22 | 59 | 61 | 3 | - |
| 9. Simon Doull | c Nick Knight b Darren Gough | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Geoff Allott | b Andy Caddick | 2 | 15 | 25 | - | - |
| 11. Daniel Vettori | not out | 2 | 7 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-89 (Bryan Young), 2-125 (Adam Parore), 3-125 (Stephen Fleming), 4-125 (Dipak Patel), 5-161 (Lee Germon), 6-164 (Blair Pocock), 7-175 (Nathan Astle), 8-175 (Simon Doull), 9-182 (Geoff Allott), 191 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 5b, 4lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 103.2 ovs, 398 mins) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 27.2 | 11 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 20 | 9 | 19 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Darren Gough | 23 | 9 | 52 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Tufnell | 23 | 9 | 29 | 1 | (0w,4nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Blair Pocock, Bryan Young, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Dipak Patel, Lee Germon, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Simon Doull, Geoff Allott, Daniel Vettori