New Zealand vs England Scorecard 1996/97

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	b Cork	11	11	9	2	0	100.00
Blair Pocock	c Atherton b Croft	22	65	96	1	0	33.84
Matt Horne	c Thorpe b Gough	42	124	153	4	0	33.87
Stephen Fleming (c)	st †Stewart b Croft	62	167	218	6	0	37.12
Nathan Astle	c Hussain b Croft	15	23	37	1	0	65.21
Adam Parore †	c Hussain b Croft	59	167	216	4	1	35.32
Chris Cairns	c †Stewart b Caddick	57	126	158	4	1	45.23
Simon Doull	run out (Tufnell)	1	5	13	0	0	20.00
Daniel Vettori	run out (Thorpe)	25	59	72	2	0	42.37
Heath Davis	c Hussain b Croft	8	31	46	0	0	25.80
Geoff Allott	not out	8	18	14	1	0	44.44
Extras	(b 1, lb 16, nb 19)	36
TOTAL	129.1 Ov (RR: 2.67, 522 Mins)	346
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Bryan Young), 2-78 (Blair Pocock), 3-106 (Matt Horne), 4-137 (Nathan Astle), 5-201 (Stephen Fleming), 6-283 (Adam Parore), 7-288 (Simon Doull), 8-310 (Chris Cairns), 9-337 (Daniel Vettori), 10-346 (Heath Davis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dominic Cork	20	3	78	1	3.90	-	-	-	14
Andy Caddick	32	8	64	1	2.00	-	-	-	2
Darren Gough	21	3	70	1	3.33	-	-	-	2
Robert Croft	39.1	5	95	5	2.42	-	-	-	1
Phil Tufnell	16	6	22	0	1.37	-	-	-	0
Graham Thorpe	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	c Fleming b Allott	14	22	25	2	0	63.63
Mike Atherton (c)	not out	94	235	346	10	0	40.00
Alec Stewart †	c sub (CZ Harris) b Allott	15	10	14	3	0	150.00
Nasser Hussain	c †Parore b Cairns	12	34	45	1	0	35.29
Graham Thorpe	b Astle	18	49	54	3	0	36.73
John Crawley	c †Parore b Allott	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Dominic Cork	c †Parore b Davis	16	44	60	2	0	36.36
Robert Croft	c Davis b Astle	31	67	83	5	0	46.26
Darren Gough	b Vettori	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Andy Caddick	c sub (CZ Harris) b Allott	4	23	26	0	0	17.39
Phil Tufnell	c Young b Doull	13	15	16	2	0	86.66
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5, w 1)	10
TOTAL	84.4 Ov (RR: 2.69, 346 Mins)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Nick Knight), 2-40 (Alec Stewart), 3-70 (Nasser Hussain), 4-103 (Graham Thorpe), 5-104 (John Crawley), 6-145 (Dominic Cork), 7-198 (Robert Croft), 8-199 (Darren Gough), 9-210 (Andy Caddick), 10-228 (Phil Tufnell)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Geoff Allott	18	3	74	4	4.11	-	-	-	1	3
Simon Doull	17.4	3	49	1	2.77	-	-	-	0	0
Heath Davis	18	2	50	1	2.77	-	-	-	0	2
Daniel Vettori	12	4	13	1	1.08	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Cairns	8	5	12	1	1.50	-	-	-	0	0
Nathan Astle	11	2	26	2	2.36	-	-	-	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blair Pocock	b Cork	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Bryan Young	c Knight b Tufnell	49	135	165	5	0	36.29
Adam Parore †	c †Stewart b Gough	8	55	83	0	0	14.54
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Knight b Tufnell	11	34	30	1	0	32.35
Nathan Astle	c Hussain b Croft	5	36	37	1	0	13.88
Chris Cairns	c Knight b Tufnell	52	106	133	4	1	49.05
Simon Doull	c Knight b Croft	5	19	22	1	0	26.31
Matt Horne	c †Stewart b Caddick	13	32	29	1	0	40.62
Daniel Vettori	not out	29	78	103	5	0	37.17
Heath Davis	b Gough	1	25	23	0	0	4.00
Geoff Allott	c †Stewart b Gough	1	12	8	0	0	8.33
Extras	(lb 8, nb 4)	12
TOTAL	88.3 Ov (RR: 2.10, 322 Mins)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Blair Pocock), 2-42 (Adam Parore), 3-61 (Stephen Fleming), 4-76 (Nathan Astle), 5-80 (Bryan Young), 6-89 (Simon Doull), 7-107 (Matt Horne), 8-178 (Chris Cairns), 9-184 (Heath Davis), 10-186 (Geoff Allott)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dominic Cork	6	2	5	1	0.83	-	-	-	0
Andy Caddick	10	1	25	1	2.50	-	-	-	2
Robert Croft	31	13	48	2	1.54	-	-	-	0
Darren Gough	13.3	5	42	3	3.11	-	-	-	0
Phil Tufnell	28	9	58	3	2.07	-	-	-	3

England 2nd Innings (T: 305 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	c Davis b Vettori	29	80	107	2	0	36.25
Mike Atherton (c)	c †Parore b Astle	118	311	398	11	0	37.94
Alec Stewart †	c Pocock b Vettori	17	108	115	1	0	15.74
Andy Caddick	c Fleming b Doull	15	52	63	0	1	28.84
Nasser Hussain	c Fleming b Vettori	33	88	112	3	0	37.50
Graham Thorpe	c & b Vettori	2	8	11	0	0	25.00
John Crawley	not out	40	113	149	5	0	35.39
Dominic Cork	not out	39	123	140	5	0	31.70
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 3, w 1)	14
TOTAL	146.4 Ov (RR: 2.09)	307/6
Did not bat: Robert Croft, Darren Gough, Phil Tufnell
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Nick Knight), 2-116 (Alec Stewart), 3-146 (Andy Caddick), 4-226 (Mike Atherton), 5-226 (Nasser Hussain), 6-231 (Graham Thorpe)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Geoff Allott	12.4	2	32	0	2.52	-	-	-	1	0
Heath Davis	18	6	43	0	2.38	-	-	-	0	2
Simon Doull	21	8	57	1	2.71	-	-	-	0	0
Daniel Vettori	57	18	97	4	1.70	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Cairns	10	1	23	0	2.30	-	-	-	0	1
Nathan Astle	28	10	45	1	1.60	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 14 Feb - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 229/5 (Adam Parore 38*, Chris Cairns 10*)

Sat, 15 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 145/5 (Mike Atherton 66*, Dominic Cork 16*)

Sun, 16 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 95/6 (Chris Cairns 5*, Matt Horne 4*)

Mon, 17 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 118/2 (Mike Atherton 65*, Andy Caddick 0*)

Tue, 18 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 307/6 (146.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Lunch: Eng 210/8 (Atherton 92*, Caddick 4*)
MA Atherton carried his bat through the innings. This was the 8th time by an Englishman and the 35th occasion in Test history, the most recent being MH Dekker for Zimbabwe against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in 1993/94.
BA Young dropped by Knight off Cork when 0
Young was reported to the match referee for dissent after he refused to go when being given out. The match referee accepted his word that he didn't see the umpire giving him out.

Day 4

Day 5

AR Caddick was given not out by DB Hair after trapping the ball between his pad and bat and then being caught by a close-in fielder. TV replays showed that the catch was fair
Only the 2nd time England have chased more than 300 to win a Test, the other being 7/332 against Australia in 1928/29. It was the 15th time by any team, the most recent being Pakistan 9/315 against Australia at Karachi in 1994/95.
The first time England have won consecutive Tests since a run of 4 wins in a row against West Indies, Sri Lanka, and 2 against New Zealand from Aug 1991 - Feb 1992.
England's first overseas series win since 1991/92 in the corresponding series against New Zealand
England finish their 5-Test winter season unbeaten. The last time this occured for 5 or more Tests was in 1970/71 when they were unbeaten in 8 Tests against Australia and New Zealand

MATCH DETAILS

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Mike Atherton
Series result	England won the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1355
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Matt Horne
Umpires	Darrell Hair Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Dave Quested
Match Referee	Peter Burge

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GI Allott	12.4	2	32	0	2.52
HT Davis	18	6	43	0	2.38 (2 nb)
SB Doull	21	8	57	1	2.71
DL Vettori	57	18	97	4	1.7
CL Cairns	10	1	23	0	2.3 (1 nb)
NJ Astle	28	10	45	1	1.6

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