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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 27th, 29th February, 1st, 2nd March 1960 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | ED Milne, AJ Reece |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 228/4 (Reid 32*, Sparling 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 112/4 (Shaw 23*, Thomas 21*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 89/5 (McGregor 40*, Guy 4*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Quick b Simpson | 108 | |||||
| GT Dowling | lbw b Simpson | 34 | |||||
| BW Sinclair | c Simpson b Misson | 16 | |||||
| SN McGregor | b Simpson | 6 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Simpson b Misson | 57 | |||||
| JT Sparling | lbw b Simpson | 54 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Craig b Quick | 18 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | c Misson b Quick | 3 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | lbw b Martin | 22 | |||||
| RC Motz | not out | 6 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | b Martin | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (23 b, 11 lb, 1 nb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 166 overs) | 374 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-160, 2-161, 3-177, 4-213, 5-259, 6-305, 7-313, 8-349, 9-353, 10-374 (166 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Misson | 31 | 11 | 57 | 2 | - | - |
| Gaunt | 36 | 9 | 78 | 0 | - | - |
| Booth | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Quick | 41 | 17 | 86 | 2 | - | - |
| Martin | 12 | 6 | 31 | 2 | - | - |
| Simpson | 38 | 10 | 80 | 4 | - | - |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB Simpson | c McGregor b Reid | 17 | |||||
| *ID Craig | b Bartlett | 23 | |||||
| BC Booth | b Motz | 12 | |||||
| JH Shaw | c Sutcliffe b Motz | 81 | |||||
| JC Lill | lbw b Reid | 6 | |||||
| G Thomas | run out | 21 | |||||
| +LV Maddocks | c Petrie b Bartlett | 49 | |||||
| JW Martin | b Reid | 12 | |||||
| IW Quick | c Sinclair b Sparling | 13 | |||||
| FM Misson | c and b Sparling | 2 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 123.1 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-57, 3-58, 4-75, 5-114, 6-220, 7-232, 8-240, 9-247, 10-256 (123.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bartlett | 26 | 9 | 47 | 2 | - | - |
| Motz | 25 | 7 | 58 | 2 | - | - |
| Reid | 32 | 18 | 42 | 3 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 27 | 7 | 70 | 0 | - | - |
| Sparling | 13.1 | 7 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | b Misson | 4 | |||||
| GT Dowling | lbw b Gaunt | 2 | |||||
| BW Sinclair | c Maddocks b Misson | 0 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Booth b Misson | 51 | |||||
| JT Sparling | c Simpson b Gaunt | 14 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Gaunt b Quick | 20 | |||||
| JW Guy | not out | 30 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | run out | 5 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | c Quick b Simpson | 5 | |||||
| RC Motz | b Gaunt | 3 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 62 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-7, 3-9, 4-32, 5-70, 6-103, 7-114, 8-131, 9-139 | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Misson | 14 | 4 | 24 | 3 | - | - |
| Gaunt | 20 | 8 | 36 | 3 | - | - |
| Quick | 11 | 4 | 31 | 1 | - | - |
| Martin | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| Simpson | 15 | 5 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB Simpson | c Reid b Sparling | 54 | |||||
| *ID Craig | b Bartlett | 70 | |||||
| BC Booth | c Reid b Alabaster | 19 | |||||
| JH Shaw | c Bartlett b Alabaster | 26 | |||||
| G Thomas | b Sparling | 5 | |||||
| JC Lill | b Bartlett | 0 | |||||
| +LV Maddocks | c Petrie b Motz | 24 | |||||
| JW Martin | not out | 6 | |||||
| FM Misson | lbw b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| IW Quick | not out | 0 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 93 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-104, 2-140, 3-150, 4-161, 5-162, 6-183, 7-207, 8-207 | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bartlett | 17 | 5 | 39 | 2 | - | - |
| Motz | 17 | 4 | 50 | 1 | - | - |
| Reid | 17 | 7 | 35 | 0 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 16 | 6 | 31 | 3 | - | - |
| Sparling | 24 | 12 | 39 | 2 | - | - |
| Sutcliffe | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |