English cricket team in New Zealand in 1991–92

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in January to mid-February 1992 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 2–0 with one match drawn. The concurrent three-match ODI series was won 3-0 by England. The tour immediately preceded the 1992 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand where New Zealand did surprisingly well due to a series of innovations under captain Martin Crowe.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test

18–22 January 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
580/9d (163 overs) AJ Stewart 148 (265) C Pringle 3/127 (36 overs)		312 (127.4 overs) DN Patel 99 (134) PCR Tufnell 4/100 (39 overs)
		264 (f/o) (132.1 overs) JG Wright 99 (323) PCR Tufnell 7/47 (46.1 overs)

England won by an innings and 4 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: PCR Tufnell (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• BR Hartland (NZ) and DA Reeve (ENG) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

30 January–3 February 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
203 (83 overs) DR Pringle 41 (93) CL Cairns 6/52 (21 overs)		142 (63 overs) MD Crowe 45 (113) CC Lewis 5/31 (21 overs)
321 (93.4 overs) GA Gooch 114 (220) ML Su'a 2/43 (10 overs)		214 (79 overs) MD Crowe 56 (110) PAJ De Freitas 4/62 (27 overs)

England won by 168 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: GA Gooch (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• ML Su'a (NZ) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

6–10 February 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
305 (118.1 overs) AJ Stewart 107 (241) DN Patel 4/87 (34 overs)		432/9d (192 overs) AH Jones 143 (398) GA Hick 4/126 (69 overs)
359/7d (119.3 overs) AJ Lamb 142 (230) ML Su'a 3/87 (33 overs)		43/3 (24 overs) BR Hartland 19 (36) IT Botham 2/23 (8 overs)

Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: AJ Stewart (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• RT Latham (NZ) made his Test debut.
• Ian Botham became the first player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Chris Cairns in the first innings, having previously dismissed Lance Cairns.^[2]

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Bank of New Zealand Trophy 3-0.

1st ODI

11 January 1992 Scorecard

New Zealand  178/7 (50 overs)	v	England 179/3 (33.5 overs)
CL Cairns 42 (59) DA Reeve 3/20 (10 overs)		RA Smith 61* (71) CZ Harris 2/40 (8 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DB Cowie and SJ Woodward Player of the match: DA Reeve (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

12 February 1992 Scorecard

New Zealand  186/7 (50 overs)	v	England 188/7 (49.1 overs)
KR Rutherford 52 (86) DA Reeve 1/19 (10 overs)		AJ Lamb 40 (61) RT Latham 3/25 (8 overs)

England won by 3 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: KR Rutherford (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• ML Su'a (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

15 February 1992 Scorecard

England  255/7 (40 overs)	v	New Zealand 184/8 (40 overs)
RA Smith 85 (71) CL Cairns 2/37 (6 overs)		KR Rutherford 37 (49) CZ Harris 37 (62) DR Pringle 2/11 (6 overs)

England won by 71 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: RL McHarg and SJ Woodward Player of the match: IT Botham (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced before play started from 50 to 40 overs per side.

References

1. Anderson, Ian (13 December 2014). "Ken Rutherford digs in on racing's sticky wicket". Where are they now?. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
2. Bandarupalli, Sampath (12 July 2023). "Like father, like son - R Ashwin snaps up Shivnarine then, Tagenarine now". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2023.