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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th March 1959 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | J Cowie, RWR Shortt |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 0/0 (Richardson 0*, Watson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 311/7 (May 24*, Trueman 21*) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | run out | 0 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| RM Harris | c Swetman b Dexter | 12 | 65 | 97 | 1 | - | |
| SN McGregor | hit wkt b Trueman | 1 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| JW Guy | b Dexter | 1 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| B Sutcliffe | b Lock | 61 | 131 | 163 | 7 | 1 | |
| *JR Reid | b Dexter | 3 | 44 | 46 | - | - | |
| JT Sparling | c Swetman b Trueman | 25 | 91 | 111 | 2 | - | |
| AM Moir | c Graveney b Trueman | 10 | 32 | 44 | - | - | |
| +EC Petrie | c Trueman b Lock | 13 | 80 | 90 | 1 | - | |
| RW Blair | c Cowdrey b Tyson | 22 | 31 | 40 | 2 | 1 | |
| KW Hough | not out | 24 | 14 | 17 | 5 | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.3 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Bolton), 2-6 (McGregor), 3-11 (Guy), 4-16 (Harris), 5-41 (Reid), 6-98 (Sutcliffe), 7-116 (Sparling), 8-125 (Moir), 9-157 (Blair), 10-181 (Petrie, 89.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 26 | 12 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 20 | 9 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 19 | 8 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lock | 20.3 | 12 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Bolton b Moir | 67 | 188 | 5 | - | ||
| W Watson | b Hough | 11 | 51 | - | - | ||
| TW Graveney | b Moir | 46 | 60 | 8 | - | ||
| *PBH May | not out | 124 | 250 | 14 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Hough | 5 | 20 | - | - | ||
| ER Dexter | c Petrie b Moir | 1 | 9 | - | - | ||
| JB Mortimore | b Hough | 9 | 49 | 1 | - | ||
| +R Swetman | run out | 17 | 47 | 1 | - | ||
| FS Trueman | not out | 21 | 42 | 3 | - | ||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Tyson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 118 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Watson), 2-94 (Graveney), 3-165 (Richardson), 4-182 (Cowdrey), 5-183 (Dexter), 6-223 (Mortimore), 7-261 (Swetman) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 27 | 6 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hough | 38 | 12 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Reid | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 20 | 7 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moir | 28 | 4 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |