English cricket team in New Zealand in 1983–84

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1984 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. New Zealand won the Test series 1–0, with two matches drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

20–24 January 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
219 (93.4 overs) JJ Crowe 52 (104) IT Botham 5/59 (27.4 overs)		463 (132.5 overs) DW Randall 164 (269) BL Cairns 7/143 (45 overs)
537 (187.3 overs) JV Coney 174* (374) NGB Cook 3/153 (66.3 overs)		69/0 (22 overs) CJ Tavaré 36* (36)

Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: FR Goodall and SJ Woodward Player of the match: IT Botham (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Second Test

3–5 February 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
307 (72.1 overs) RJ Hadlee 99 (81) RGD Willis 4/51 (22.1 overs)		82 (50.2 overs) MW Gatting 19* (82) EJ Chatfield 3/10 (8.2 overs)
		93 (f/o) (51 overs) DW Randall 25 (52) RJ Hadlee 5/28 (18 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: FR Goodall and SJ Woodward Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
• ACS Pigott (ENG) made his Test debut.

Third Test

10–15 February 1984 (5-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
496/9d (169.2 overs) JG Wright 130 (297) RGD Willis 3/109 (34 overs)		439 (227.3 overs) DW Randall 104 (338) SL Boock 3/103 (61.3 overs)
16/0 (5 overs) JG Wright 11* (25)

Match drawn Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: FR Goodall and SJ Woodward Player of the match: IDS Smith (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• 13 February was taken as a rest day.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Rothmans Cup 2-1.

1st ODI

18 February 1984 Scorecard

England  188/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 134 (42.1 overs)
DW Randall 70 (85) RJ Hadlee 5/32 (10 overs)		BL Cairns 23 (26) RJ Hadlee 23 (31) IT Botham 2/7 (6 overs)

England won by 54 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: FR Goodall and IC Higginson Player of the match: DW Randall (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• NA Foster and CL Smith (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

22 February 1984 Scorecard

New Zealand  135 (47.1 overs)	v	England 139/4 (45.1 overs)
JV Coney 44 (73) VJ Marks 5/20 (10 overs)		CL Smith 70 (118) EJ Chatfield 2/16 (10 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: GC Morris and SJ Woodward Player of the match: VJ Marks (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

25 February 1984 Scorecard

England  209/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/3 (45.3 overs)
AJ Lamb 97* (140) EJ Chatfield 3/29 (10 overs)		MD Crowe 105* (105) IT Botham 1/22 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DA Kinsella and GC Morris Player of the match: MD Crowe (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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