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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 5th, 7th, 8th May 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | A Jepson, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (1) 67/5 (Congdon 29*, Pollard 1*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BW Luckhurst | b Hadlee | 29 | |||||
| GW Johnson | c Turner b Congdon | 19 | |||||
| *MH Denness | not out | 78 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c Wadsworth b Congdon | 1 | |||||
| AGE Ealham | c Turner b Collinge | 8 | |||||
| +APE Knott | lbw b Collinge | 10 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | b Collinge | 11 | |||||
| RA Woolmer | b Congdon | 15 | |||||
| RB Elms | c Parker b Pollard | 18 | |||||
| DL Underwood | not out | 1 | |||||
| JN Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 85 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-50, 3-51, 4-74, 5-98, 6-110, 7-152, 8-194 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Collinge | 23 | 8 | 35 | 3 | - | - |
| Hadlee | 18 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - |
| Congdon | 26 | 7 | 63 | 3 | - | - |
| Howarth | 13 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| Pollard | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Turner | c Johnson b Graham | 7 | |||||
| RE Redmond | b Elms | 18 | |||||
| JM Parker | lbw b Elms | 4 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Knott b Shepherd | 4 | |||||
| MG Burgess | b Elms | 0 | |||||
| *BE Congdon | c Knott b Elms | 31 | |||||
| V Pollard | c Cowdrey b Shepherd | 32 | |||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | c Denness b Shepherd | 27 | |||||
| DR Hadlee | not out | 9 | |||||
| RO Collinge | c Denness b Woolmer | 8 | |||||
| HJ Howarth | b Woolmer | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.3 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-25, 3-29, 4-29, 5-37, 6-77, 7-124, 8-131, 9-148, 10-155 (59.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Graham | 18 | 5 | 51 | 1 | - | - |
| Elms | 16 | 5 | 46 | 4 | - | - |
| Shepherd | 12 | 5 | 16 | 3 | - | - |
| Woolmer | 13.3 | 5 | 30 | 2 | - | - |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BW Luckhurst | c Howarth b Hadlee | 2 | |||||
| GW Johnson | b Hadlee | 2 | |||||
| RA Woolmer | run out | 39 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | lbw b Collinge | 96 | |||||
| AGE Ealham | c Wadsworth b Hadlee | 14 | |||||
| +APE Knott | not out | 21 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | not out | 1 | |||||
| *MH Denness | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Elms | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 69 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-6, 3-98, 4-138, 5-181 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Collinge | 18 | 8 | 24 | 1 | - | - |
| Hadlee | 14 | 4 | 26 | 3 | - | - |
| Congdon | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Howarth | 21 | 2 | 68 | 0 | - | - |
| Pollard | 12 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - |