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New Zealand vs England, 1st Test at Auckland, Jan 24 1997 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Auckland, January 24 - 28, 1997, England tour of New Zealand

New Zealand

390 & 248/9d

England

521

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Alec Stewart

, ENG

173

Player Of The Match

Nathan Astle

, NZ

102*

New Zealand 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	lbw b Mullally	44	119	141	5	0	36.97
Blair Pocock	lbw b Gough	70	197	286	8	0	35.53
Adam Parore	c †Stewart b Cork	6	28	48	1	0	21.42
Stephen Fleming	c & b Cork	129	254	368	18	1	50.78
Nathan Astle	c †Stewart b White	10	25	27	2	0	40.00
Justin Vaughan	lbw b Cork	3	21	25	0	0	14.28
Chris Cairns	c †Stewart b White	67	113	140	7	2	59.29
Lee Germon (c)†	c †Stewart b Gough	14	26	40	1	1	53.84
Dipak Patel	lbw b Gough	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Simon Doull	c Knight b Gough	5	10	16	1	0	50.00
Danny Morrison	not out	6	15	17	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 17, w 2)	36
Total	131.5 Ov (RR: 2.95, 560 Mins)	390
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Bryan Young), 2-114 (Adam Parore), 3-193 (Blair Pocock), 4-210 (Nathan Astle), 5-215 (Justin Vaughan), 6-333 (Chris Cairns), 7-362 (Lee Germon), 8-362 (Dipak Patel), 9-380 (Simon Doull), 10-390 (Stephen Fleming)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dominic Cork	32.5	8	96	3	2.92	-	-	-	0	4
Alan Mullally	27	11	55	1	2.03	-	-	-	2	4
Darren Gough	32	5	91	4	2.84	-	-	-	0	6
Phil Tufnell	25	5	80	0	3.20	-	-	-	0	0
Craig White	15	3	51	2	3.40	-	-	-	0	4

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	lbw b Doull	5	28	31	1	0	17.85
Mike Atherton (c)	c & b Patel	83	213	273	11	0	38.96
Alec Stewart †	c & b Doull	173	277	362	23	1	62.45
Nasser Hussain	c Fleming b Patel	8	22	25	1	0	36.36
Graham Thorpe	hit wicket b Cairns	119	245	341	17	0	48.57
John Crawley	run out (Doull)	14	43	61	1	0	32.55
Craig White	lbw b Vaughan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dominic Cork	c Young b Morrison	59	192	236	6	1	30.72
Darren Gough	c †Germon b Morrison	2	19	29	0	0	10.52
Alan Mullally	c †Germon b Morrison	21	40	83	2	0	52.50
Phil Tufnell	not out	19	49	55	2	0	38.77
Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 2, w 2)	18
Total	187.4 Ov (RR: 2.77, 753 Mins)	521
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Nick Knight), 2-200 (Mike Atherton), 3-222 (Nasser Hussain), 4-304 (Alec Stewart), 5-339 (John Crawley), 6-339 (Craig White), 7-453 (Graham Thorpe), 8-471 (Darren Gough), 9-478 (Dominic Cork), 10-521 (Alan Mullally)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Danny Morrison	24.4	4	104	3	4.21	-	-	-	0	3
Simon Doull	39	10	118	2	3.02	-	-	-	1	0
Chris Cairns	30	3	103	1	3.43	-	-	-	1	0
Nathan Astle	14	3	33	0	2.35	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Vaughan	36	10	57	1	1.58	-	-	-	0	0
Dipak Patel	44	10	92	2	2.09	-	-	-	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blair Pocock	lbw b Gough	20	62	74	2	0	32.25
Bryan Young	c Hussain b Cork	3	24	35	0	0	12.50
Adam Parore	st †Stewart b Tufnell	33	106	138	4	0	31.13
Stephen Fleming	c Crawley b Tufnell	9	31	36	0	0	29.03
Lee Germon (c)†	run out (Hussain)	13	36	53	3	0	36.11
Nathan Astle	not out	102	214	279	13	0	47.66
Justin Vaughan	lbw b Tufnell	2	10	16	0	0	20.00
Chris Cairns	b Mullally	7	23	24	1	0	30.43
Dipak Patel	lbw b Mullally	0	15	23	0	0	0.00
Simon Doull	b Gough	26	40	37	4	0	65.00
Danny Morrison	not out	14	133	166	0	0	10.52
Extras	(lb 11, nb 8)	19
Total	114 Ov (RR: 2.17, 445 Mins)	248/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Bryan Young), 2-28 (Blair Pocock), 3-47 (Stephen Fleming), 4-88 (Lee Germon), 5-90 (Adam Parore), 6-92 (Justin Vaughan), 7-101 (Chris Cairns), 8-105 (Dipak Patel), 9-142 (Simon Doull)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dominic Cork	16	3	45	1	2.81	-	-	-	1
Alan Mullally	26	11	47	2	1.80	-	-	-	3
Craig White	10	2	26	0	2.60	-	-	-	1
Darren Gough	22	3	66	2	3.00	-	-	-	4
Phil Tufnell	40	18	53	3	1.32	-	-	-	2

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Close of Play

Fri, 24 Jan - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 233/5 (Stephen Fleming 58*, Chris Cairns 15*)

Sat, 25 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 123/1 (Mike Atherton 48*, Alec Stewart 67*)

Sun, 26 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 366/6 (Graham Thorpe 57*, Dominic Cork 16*)

Mon, 27 Jan - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 56/3 (Adam Parore 16*, Lee Germon 4*)

Tue, 28 Jan - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 248/9d (114 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Lunch: Eng 193/1 (Atherton 79*, Stewart 104*)
Tea: Eng 285/3 (Stewart 165*, Thorpe 18*)
AJ Stewart 100 off 161 balls, 215 mins, 14x4 1x6, 10th Test 100, 4th against New Zealand.
AJ Stewart 150 off 254 balls, in 329 mins, 20x4, 1x6.
GP Thorpe 50 off 118 balls, in 177 mins.
New ball taken by New Zealand after 88.2 overs.
AJ Stewart 173 is the highest score in Tests by an England wicketkeeper and 6th equal highest in Test history.

Day 4

Day 5

Lunch: NZ 105/8 (Astle 7*, Doull 0*)
Tea: NZ 207/9 (Astle 65*, Morrison 13*)
New ball taken by England after 81.2 overs.
Record 10th wicket partnership of 106* between NJ Astle and DK Morrison for New Zealand and England (previous best: 57 by FLH Mooney and J Cowie at Leeds in 1949). 13th century partnership for the 10th wicket in Test history. Last one: CL Hooper and CA Walsh 106 for West Indies v Pakistan at Antigua in 1992-93. Best ever: BF Hastings and RO Collinge 151 for New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 1972-73. 3rd ever 100 partnership for the 10th wicket by New Zealand.
Play finished at 4:55pm
Man of the match adjudicator: Sir RJ Hadlee

Match Details

Eden Park, Auckland
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Alec Stewart Nathan Astle
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1351
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Steve Bucknor Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Doug Cowie
Match Referee	Peter Burge

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
BA Pocock	lbw	20	62
BA Young	caught	3	24
AC Parore	stumped	33	106
SP Fleming	caught	9	31
LK Germon	run out	13	36
NJ Astle	not out	102	214
JTC Vaughan	lbw	2	10
CL Cairns	bowled	7	23
DN Patel	lbw	0	15
SB Doull	bowled	26	40
DK Morrison	not out	14	133
Extras	(lb 11, nb 8)
Total	248(9 wkts; 114 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DG Cork	16	3	45	1	2.81 (1 nb)
AD Mullally	26	11	47	2	1.8 (3 nb)
C White	10	2	26	0	2.6 (1 nb)
D Gough	22	3	66	2	3 (4 nb)
PCR Tufnell	40	18	53	3	1.32 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	Blair Pocock	Bryan Young
2nd	11	Adam Parore	Blair Pocock
3rd	19	Adam Parore	Stephen Fleming
4th	41	Adam Parore	Lee Germon
5th	2	Adam Parore	Nathan Astle
6th	2	Justin Vaughan	Nathan Astle
7th	9	Chris Cairns	Nathan Astle
8th	4	Dipak Patel	Nathan Astle
9th	37	Simon Doull	Nathan Astle
10th	106	Danny Morrison	Nathan Astle

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