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| Venue | Victoria Park, Wanganui on 30th, 31st January, 1st, 2nd February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand A won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand A won by 90 runs |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, EA Watkin |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 30/3 (Hussain 5*, White 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand A (2) 187/4 (Harris 31*, Howell 51*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England XI (2) 166/6 (Russell 19*, Croft 16*) |
| New Zealand A first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Hussain b Silverwood | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| *DJ Murray | c Russell b Tufnell | 49 | 125 | 145 | 5 | - | |
| PJB Chandler | lbw b Silverwood | 3 | 7 | 21 | - | - | |
| MJ Horne | b Silverwood | 64 | 109 | 144 | 8 | - | |
| CZ Harris | c Knight b Silverwood | 16 | 36 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| LG Howell | c Russell b Silverwood | 3 | 30 | 32 | - | - | |
| +JM Mills | not out | 28 | 74 | 121 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | b Caddick | 8 | 38 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| HT Davis | c Atherton b Caddick | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | c Knight b Croft | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| GI Allott | c Hussain b Silverwood | 5 | 51 | 44 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.1 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Spearman), 2-12 (Chandler), 3-109 (Murray), 4-121 (Horne), 5-134 (Harris), 6-139 (Howell), 7-159 (Wiseman), 8-161 (Davis), 9-164 (Kennedy), 10-181 (Allott) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Silverwood | 20.1 | 4 | 44 | 6 | - | - | |
| Caddick | 15 | 2 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| White | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Croft | 15 | 4 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 23 | 13 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c Chandler b Allott | 11 | 26 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | c Mills b Davis | 5 | 13 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Harris b Davis | 14 | 50 | 90 | 3 | - | |
| JP Crawley | c Murray b Allott | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| C White | c Chandler b Allott | 7 | 39 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| RC Irani | c Chandler b Allott | 40 | 68 | 101 | 7 | - | |
| RDB Croft | c Horne b Davis | 2 | 12 | 16 | - | - | |
| +RC Russell | c Harris b Davis | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| AR Caddick | c and b Wiseman | 6 | 26 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| CEW Silverwood | c Chandler b Wiseman | 11 | 21 | 31 | - | 1 | |
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.3 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Atherton), 2-17 (Knight), 3-23 (Crawley), 4-39 (White), 5-51 (Hussain), 6-57 (Croft), 7-57 (Russell), 8-79 (Caddick), 9-107 (Irani), 10-107 (Silverwood) | |||||||
| New Zealand A bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allott | 15.3 | 6 | 44 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Davis | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 8 | 2 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| New Zealand A second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ Murray | b Caddick | 12 | 26 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| CM Spearman | c Knight b Irani | 47 | 81 | 102 | 7 | - | |
| PJB Chandler | c Atherton b Croft | 31 | 77 | 101 | 4 | - | |
| MJ Horne | lbw b Tufnell | 8 | 43 | 44 | - | - | |
| CZ Harris | c Knight b White | 71 | 179 | 246 | 4 | 1 | |
| LG Howell | lbw b Tufnell | 66 | 107 | 155 | 10 | - | |
| +JM Mills | c Silverwood b White | 20 | 45 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | not out | 12 | 54 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| HT Davis | lbw b Caddick | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | c Atherton b Caddick | 11 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| GI Allott | c Russell b Irani | 1 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.5 overs) | 288 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Murray), 2-84 (Spearman), 3-101 (Chandler), 4-101 (Horne), 5-218 (Howell), 6-253 (Mills), 7-266 (Harris), 8-267 (Davis), 9-281 (Kennedy), 10-288 (Allott) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Silverwood | 17 | 1 | 74 | 0 | - | - | |
| Caddick | 27 | 7 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 17 | 4 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Croft | 24 | 6 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 6.5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| White | 14 | 2 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c Spearman b Allott | 4 | 5 | 13 | - | - | |
| *MA Atherton | lbw b Allott | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| N Hussain | c Allott b Davis | 57 | 99 | 125 | 7 | - | |
| JP Crawley | c Mills b Allott | 38 | 35 | 50 | 6 | - | |
| C White | c Chandler b Wiseman | 21 | 40 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| RC Irani | b Allott | 4 | 12 | 29 | - | - | |
| +RC Russell | not out | 61 | 129 | 130 | 7 | - | |
| RDB Croft | c Chandler b Wiseman | 49 | 88 | 100 | 7 | - | |
| AR Caddick | c Horne b Davis | 12 | 15 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| CEW Silverwood | run out | 10 | 30 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| PCR Tufnell | c Kennedy b Harris | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.4 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Atherton), 2-6 (Knight), 3-72 (Crawley), 4-126 (White), 5-126 (Hussain), 6-143 (Irani), 7-216 (Croft), 8-241 (Caddick), 9-266 (Silverwood), 10-272 (Tufnell) | |||||||
| New Zealand A bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allott | 16 | 1 | 76 | 4 | - | - | |
| Davis | 18 | 3 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 10 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 30 | 6 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harris | 2.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |