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New Zealand v England
England in New Zealand 1996/97 (1st Test)
VenueEden Park, Auckland on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th January 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over6
TossEngland won the toss and decided to field
ResultMatch drawn
UmpiresSA Bucknor, RS Dunne
TV umpireDB Cowie
RefereePJP Burge
Close of play day 1New Zealand (1) 233/5 (Fleming 58*, Cairns 15*)
Close of play day 2England (1) 123/1 (Atherton 48*, Stewart 67*)
Close of play day 3England (1) 366/6 (Thorpe 57*, Cork 16*)
Close of play day 4New Zealand (2) 56/3 (Parore 16*, Germon 4*)
Player of the MatchAJ Stewart, NJ Astle
New Zealand first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
BA Younglbw b Mullally441191415- 
BA Pococklbw b Gough701972868- 
AC Parorec Stewart b Cork628481- 
SP Flemingc and b Cork129254368181 
NJ Astlec Stewart b White1025272- 
JTC Vaughanlbw b Cork32125-- 
CL Cairnsc Stewart b White6711314072 
*+LK Germonc Stewart b Gough14264011 
DN Patellbw b Gough011-- 
SB Doullc Knight b Gough510161- 
DK Morrisonnot out61517-- 
Extras(5 b, 12 lb, 17 nb, 2 w)36
Total(all out, 560 minutes, 131.5 overs)390
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Young), 2-114 (Parore), 3-193 (Pocock), 4-210 (Astle), 5-215 (Vaughan), 6-333 (Cairns), 7-362 (Germon), 8-362 (Patel), 9-380 (Doull), 10-390 (Fleming)
England bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Cork32.58963-4
Mullally27   1155124
Gough32   5914-6
Tufnell25   5800--
White15   3512-4
England first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
NV Knightlbw b Doull528311- 
*MA Athertonc and b Patel8321327311- 
+AJ Stewartc and b Doull173277362231 
N Hussainc Fleming b Patel822251- 
GP Thorpe hit wkt b Cairns11924534117- 
JP Crawleyrun out (Doull)1443611- 
C Whitelbw b Vaughan011-- 
DG Corkc Young b Morrison5919223661 
D Goughc Germon b Morrison21929-- 
AD Mullallyc Germon b Morrison2140832- 
PCR Tufnellnot out1949552- 
Extras(2 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)18
Total(all out, 753 minutes, 187.4 overs)521
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Knight), 2-200 (Atherton), 3-222 (Hussain), 4-304 (Stewart), 5-339 (Crawley), 6-339 (White), 7-453 (Thorpe), 8-471 (Gough), 9-478 (Cork), 10-521 (Mullally)
New Zealand bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Morrison24.441043-3
Doull39   1011821-
Cairns30   310311-
Astle14   3330--
Vaughan36   10571--
Patel44   10922--
New Zealand second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
BA Pococklbw b Gough2062742- 
BA Youngc Hussain b Cork32435-- 
AC Parorest Stewart b Tufnell331061384- 
SP Flemingc Crawley b Tufnell93136-- 
*+LK Germonrun out (Hussain)1336533- 
NJ Astlenot out10221427913- 
JTC Vaughanlbw b Tufnell21016-- 
CL Cairnsb Mullally723241- 
DN Patellbw b Mullally01523-- 
SB Doullb Gough2640374- 
DK Morrisonnot out14133166-- 
Extras(11 lb, 8 nb)19
Total(9 wickets, declared, 445 minutes, 114 overs)248
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Young), 2-28 (Pocock), 3-47 (Fleming), 4-88 (Germon), 5-90 (Parore), 6-92 (Vaughan), 7-101 (Cairns), 8-105 (Patel), 9-142 (Doull)
England bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Cork16   3451-1
Mullally26   11472-3
White10   2260-1
Gough22   3662-4
Tufnell40   18533-2
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 72/0 (Young 37*, Pocock 25*)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 154/2 (Pocock 54*, Fleming 25*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 338/6 (Fleming 105*, Germon 2*)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 39/1 (Atherton 18*, Stewart 13*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (1) 193/1 (Atherton 79*, Stewart 104*)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (1) 285/3 (Stewart 165*, Thorpe 18*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (1) 448/6 (Thorpe 117*, Cork 38*)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (1) 521 all out
--> Day 5 Lunch: New Zealand (2) 105/8 (Astle 7*, Doull 0*)
--> Day 5 Tea: New Zealand (2) 207/9 (Astle 65*, Morrison 13*)
--> JTC Vaughan made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DK Morrison made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BA Pocock (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Test matches
--> BA Pocock (1) 50 in 160 balls, 229 minutes
--> SP Fleming (1) 50 in 89 balls, 106 minutes
--> SP Fleming (1) passed his previous highest score of 92 in Test matches
--> SP Fleming (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> SP Fleming (1) 100 in 198 balls, 276 minutes
--> SP Fleming (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> CL Cairns (1) 50 in 88 balls, 117 minutes
--> CL Cairns (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> MA Atherton (1) 50 in 177 balls
--> AJ Stewart (1) 50 in 57 balls, 79 minutes
--> AJ Stewart (1) 100 in 161 balls, 215 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> AJ Stewart (1) 150 in 254 balls, 329 minutes with 20 fours and 1 six
--> GP Thorpe (1) 50 in 118 balls, 177 minutes
--> GP Thorpe (1) 100 in 211 balls, 298 minutes
--> DG Cork (1) 50 in 162 balls
--> DG Cork (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Test matches
--> NJ Astle (2) 50 in 132 balls, 183 minutes
--> NJ Astle (2) 100 in 214 balls, 279 minutes with 13 fours
--> MA Atherton made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> N Hussain made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JTC Vaughan made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GP Thorpe made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> C White made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> D Gough made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JP Crawley made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> DG Cork made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> NV Knight made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AD Mullally made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> DN Patel reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed N Hussain, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
New ball taken by England after 80.2 overs.
CL Cairns dropped by D Gough off the bowling of AD Mullally with his score on 5 and the New Zealand total at 220/5 after 84.1 overs.
Stumps pulled 21 minutes early due to bad light.
New ball taken by New Zealand after 88.2 overs.
2nd new ball taken by New Zealand after 182 overs.
New ball taken by England after 81.2 overs.
Play finished at 4:55pm
Man of the match adjudicator: Sir RJ Hadlee