f34751 t959	England v New Zealand
	New Zealand in England 1983 (3rd Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th August 1983 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 127 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, DGL Evans
Scorers	JJP O'Sullivan (New Zealand), E Solomon (England)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 279/5 (Gatting 74*, Taylor 12*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (1) 176/6 (Gray 10*, Hadlee 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 206/7 (Foster 2*, Cook 5*)
Player of the Match	DI Gower

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Tavaré	b Crowe	51	171	205	1	-
CL Smith	lbw b Hadlee	0	1	4	-	-
DI Gower	lbw b Crowe	108	200	222	16	-
AJ Lamb	c sub (JJ Crowe) b Chatfield	17	44	50	2	-
MW Gatting	c Wright b Hadlee	81	128	139	13	-
IT Botham	lbw b Cairns	8	29	40	1	-
+RW Taylor	b Hadlee	16	58	83	1	-
NA Foster	c Smith b Hadlee	10	25	30	1	-
NGB Cook	b Chatfield	16	50	55	1	-
*RGD Willis	c Smith b Hadlee	7	13	19	1	-
NG Cowans	not out	1	7	12	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 341 minutes, 120.3 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Smith), 2-152 (Tavaré), 3-174 (Gower), 4-191 (Lamb), 5-218 (Botham), 6-288 (Gatting), 7-290 (Taylor), 8-303 (Foster), 9-318 (Willis), 10-326 (Cook, 120.3 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	40	15	93	5	1	3
Cairns	23	8	65	1	-	-
Chatfield	36.3	8	116	2	-	-
Crowe	13	1	35	2	1	-
Coney	8	7	6	0	-	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Lamb b Willis	11	43	54	2	-
BA Edgar	c Willis b Cook	70	190	238	7	-
*GP Howarth	b Cook	25	39	52	1	-
MD Crowe	b Botham	46	98	116	3	-
JV Coney	b Cook	7	36	50	1	-
EJ Gray	c Lamb b Botham	11	59	76	2	-
JG Bracewell	c Gower b Cook	0	2	2	-	-
RJ Hadlee	c Botham b Cook	0	6	9	-	-
BL Cairns	c Lamb b Botham	5	11	15	-	-
+IDS Smith	c Lamb b Botham	3	18	23	-	-
EJ Chatfield	not out	5	13	12	1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 328 minutes, 84.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Wright), 2-49 (Howarth), 3-147 (Crowe), 4-159 (Edgar), 5-176 (Coney), 6-176 (Bracewell), 7-176 (Hadlee), 8-183 (Cairns), 9-184 (Gray), 10-191 (Smith, 84.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	13	6	28	1	-	3
Foster	16	5	40	0	-	-
Cowans	9	1	30	0	-	-
Botham	20.4	6	50	4	-	-
Cook	26	11	35	5	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Tavaré	c Crowe b Hadlee	16	28	32	2	-
CL Smith	c Coney b Hadlee	43	176	202	5	-
DI Gower	c Crowe b Gray	34	67	66	5	-
AJ Lamb	c Hadlee b Gray	4	15	14	1	-
MW Gatting	b Gray	15	50	47	2	-
IT Botham	c Coney b Chatfield	61	101	125	7	-
+RW Taylor	c and b Coney	7	41	66	1	-
NA Foster	c Wright b Hadlee	3	34	44	-	-
NGB Cook	c Bracewell b Chatfield	5	15	20	1	-
*RGD Willis	not out	2	5	9	-	-
NG Cowans	c Smith b Chatfield	1	5	4	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 319 minutes, 89.3 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Tavaré), 2-79 (Gower), 3-87 (Lamb), 4-119 (Gatting), 5-147 (Smith), 6-195 (Taylor), 7-199 (Botham), 8-208 (Cook), 9-210 (Foster), 10-211 (Cowans, 89.3 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	26	7	42	3	-	8
Chatfield	13.3	4	29	3	-	-
Cairns	3	0	9	0	-	-
Bracewell	11	4	29	0	-	-
Gray	30	8	73	3	-	-
Coney	6	4	9	1	-	1

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Taylor b Botham	12	15	17	3	-
BA Edgar	c Lamb b Cowans	27	95	125	3	-
*GP Howarth	c Taylor b Willis	0	7	13	-	-
MD Crowe	c Foster b Cowans	12	55	80	1	-
JV Coney	c Gatting b Foster	68	118	152	8	-
EJ Gray	c Lamb b Cook	17	33	42	1	-
RJ Hadlee	b Willis	30	35	38	5	-
JG Bracewell	lbw b Willis	4	6	7	1	-
BL Cairns	b Cook	16	20	31	-	2
+IDS Smith	not out	17	30	36	2	-
EJ Chatfield	c and b Cook	2	11	16	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 286 minutes, 69.2 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Wright), 2-17 (Howarth), 3-57 (Crowe), 4-61 (Edgar), 5-108 (Gray), 6-154 (Hadlee), 7-158 (Bracewell), 8-190 (Cairns), 9-206 (Coney), 10-219 (Chatfield, 69.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	12	5	24	3	-	7
Botham	7	2	20	1	-	-
Cowans	11	1	36	2	-	-
Cook	27.2	9	90	3	-	-
Foster	12	0	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> CL Smith made his debut in Test matches
--> NA Foster made his debut in Test matches
--> NGB Cook made his debut in Test matches
--> EJ Gray made his debut in Test matches
--> CJ Tavaré (1) 50 in 154 balls, 177 minutes with 1 four
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 104 balls, 120 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 191 balls, 220 minutes with 15 fours
--> DI Gower (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> MW Gatting (1) 50 in 74 balls, 83 minutes
--> MW Gatting (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Test matches
--> BA Edgar (1) 50 in 165 balls, 206 minutes
--> MD Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Test matches
--> DI Gower (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> IT Botham (2) 50 in 65 balls, 82 minutes
--> JV Coney (2) 50 in 83 balls, 114 minutes
--> JV Coney (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 10
--> RJ Hadlee (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 24
--> NGB Cook made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> NA Foster made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> EJ Gray made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> CL Smith made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> NGB Cook achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings
--> NGB Cook reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed RJ Hadlee, his 5th wicket in the New Zealand first innings
--> RJ Hadlee reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ Tavaré, his 1st wicket in the England second innings

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