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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th March 1961 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RW Collins, EWT Tindill |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 15/1 (Watson 9*, Padgett 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 70/3 (McGregor 7*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 45/1 (Prideaux 15*, Padgett 13*) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RM Prideaux | c Barton b Bartlett | 4 | |||||
| W Watson | hit wkt b Alabaster | 61 | |||||
| DEV Padgett | b Motz | 54 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | retired hurt | 10 | |||||
| RW Barber | b Reid | 5 | |||||
| *DRW Silk | c Sparling b Alabaster | 10 | |||||
| +JT Murray | b Alabaster | 7 | |||||
| DA Allen | b Alabaster | 5 | |||||
| DR Smith | c McGregor b Reid | 48 | |||||
| DM Sayer | b Reid | 0 | |||||
| JDF Larter | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 11 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.3 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-71, 3-100, 4-110, 5-110, 6-119, 7-212, 8-223, 9-223 (99.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 22 | 14 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Motz | 20 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 18 | 7 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 30.3 | 8 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Butler | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | c Smith b Barber | 32 | |||||
| JT Sparling | b Larter | 5 | |||||
| PT Barton | b Allen | 25 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Murray b Smith | 25 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Smith b Barber | 5 | |||||
| *JR Reid | b Smith | 32 | |||||
| RC Motz | c sub (WE Russell) b Allen | 36 | |||||
| LC Butler | c Murray b Sayer | 7 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | not out | 57 | |||||
| GA Bartlett | not out | 23 | |||||
| +JT Ward | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 84 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-62, 3-70, 4-77, 5-117, 6-126, 7-143, 8-200 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 25 | 6 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 21 | 6 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 18 | 2 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 16 | 8 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RM Prideaux | not out | 15 | |||||
| +JT Murray | c Ward b Bartlett | 10 | |||||
| DEV Padgett | not out | 13 | |||||
| W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| WJP Stewart | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Barber | did not bat | ||||||
| *DRW Silk | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Sayer | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 16.3 overs) | 45 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Murray) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bartlett | 7.3 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Motz | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |