English cricket team in New Zealand in 2001–02

English cricket team in New Zealand in 2001-02
	New Zealand	England
Dates	8 February 2002 – 3 April 2002
Captains	Stephen Fleming	Nasser Hussain
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Nathan Astle (314)	Nasser Hussain (280)
Most wickets	Chris Drum (12)	Andy Caddick (19)
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Nathan Astle (221)	Nick Knight (224)
Most wickets	Chris Cairns (11)	Darren Gough (13)

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand between February and April 2002 to play a five-match One Day International series against the New Zealand national cricket team, followed by a three-match Test series. New Zealand won the ODI series 3–2, while the Test series was drawn 1-1.^[1]

Tour matches

List A: Northern Districts v England XI

8 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England XI  288/6 (50 overs)	v	Northern Districts 293/7 (49.1 overs)
Nick Knight 126 (125) Graeme Aldridge 2/39 (10 overs)		Simon Doull 80 (47) Darren Gough 2/59 (10 overs)

Northern Districts won by 3 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Steve Dunne (NZ)

• Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field

List A: Northern Districts v England XI

10 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

Northern Districts 160 (49.2 overs)	v	England XI  163/5 (33.4 overs)
Grant Bradburn 46* (84) Andrew Flintoff 3/20 (9 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 45* (25) Joseph Yovich 3/33 (6 overs)

England XI won by 5 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)

• Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat

First Class: Otago v England XI

2–4 March 2002 Scorecard

England XI	v	Otago
153 (49.4 overs) Warren Hegg 32 (59) Craig Pryor 5/45 (12 overs)		150/6d (56 overs) Brendon McCullum 34 (45) Andy Caddick 4/42 (18 overs)
257 (57.1 overs) Marcus Trescothick 68 (85) Kerry Walmsley 5/51 (15 overs)		124/6 (42 overs) Craig Cumming 57* (116) Andy Caddick 3/43 (14 overs)

Match drawn Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Steven Dunne (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)

• Otago won the toss and elected to field

First Class: Canterbury v England XI

7–9 March 2002 Scorecard

Canterbury	v	England XI
212/8d (74.1 overs) Chris Harris 82 (154) Andy Caddick 5/69 (24 overs)		432/9d (106 overs) Michael Vaughan 156 (198) Warren Wisneski 3/88 (20 overs)
175/2 (73 overs) Robbie Frew 72 (205) Craig White 1/28 (12 overs)

Match drawn Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Robert Anderson (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)

• England XI won the toss and elected to field

ODI series

1st ODI

13 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England  196 (40.2 overs)	v	New Zealand 198/6 (38.3 overs)
Nick Knight 73 (70) Daniel Vettori 3/17 (8 overs)		Nathan Astle 67 (105) Darren Gough 4/44 (9 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ) Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat
• Reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain
• Ian Butler (NZ) made his ODI debut

2nd ODI

16 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand 244/8 (50 overs)	v	England  89 (37.2 overs)
Craig McMillan 69 (91) Darren Gough 3/47 (10 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 26 (57) Nathan Astle 3/4 (2.2 overs)

New Zealand won by 155 runs Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ) Player of the match: Andre Adams (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to field

3rd ODI

20 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England  244/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 201 (46.3 overs)
Nick Knight 80 (129) Chris Cairns 3/51 (10 overs)		Stephen Fleming 76 (112) Paul Collingwood 4/38 (8 overs)

England won by 43 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

4th ODI

23 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England  193/6 (40 overs)	v	New Zealand 189 (38 overs)
Michael Vaughan 59 (53) Chris Cairns 2/39 (8 overs)		Chris Cairns 58 (56) Andrew Flintoff 4/17 (7 overs)

England won by 33 runs (D/L) Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat
• Reduced to 40 overs per side due to rain

5th ODI

26 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England  218/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 223/5 (48.5 overs)
Owais Shah 57 (81) Chris Cairns 3/32 (10 overs)		Nathan Astle 122* (150) Craig White 2/30 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ) Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat

Test series

1st Test

13–16 March 2002 Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
228 (81.2 overs) Nasser Hussain 106 (244) Chris Drum 3/36 (20.2 overs)		147 (51.2 overs) Daniel Vettori 42 (57) Matthew Hoggard 7/63 (21.2 overs)
468/6d (96.4 overs) Graham Thorpe 200* (231) Ian Butler 3/137 (23 overs)		451 (93.3 overs) Nathan Astle 222 (168) Andy Caddick 6/122 (25 overs)

England won by 98 runs Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Graham Thorpe (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
• Ian Butler (NZ) made his Test debut
• Nathan Astle scored the fastest 200 in Test history in terms of balls faced, & 2nd in minutes, after Don Bradman^[2]

2nd Test

21–25 March 2002 Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
280 (88.3 overs) Nasser Hussain 66 (160) Ian Butler 4/60 (18.3 overs)		218 (88.3 overs) Mark Richardson 42 (57) Andy Caddick 6/63 (28.3 overs)
293/4d (65 overs) Marcus Trescothick 88 (129) Daniel Vettori 3/90 (24 overs)		158/4 (84 overs) Lou Vincent 71 (170) Matthew Hoggard 2/31 (13 overs)

Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Andy Caddick (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
• Play abandoned on Day 1, and start of play delayed on Day 2

3rd Test

30 March-3 April 2002 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
202 (88.3 overs) Chris Harris 71 (185) Andy Caddick 4/70 (25 overs)		160 (45.4 overs) Graham Thorpe 42 (89) Daryl Tuffey 6/54 (19 overs)
269/9d (63.1 overs) Nathan Astle 65 (51) Matthew Hoggard 4/68 (19.1 overs)		233 (63 overs) Nasser Hussain 82 (119) Chris Drum 3/52 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 78 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
• Play shortened on Day 2, and late start on Day 3 due to rain
• Andre Adams (NZ) made his Test debut; Adam Parore achieved 200 wicket-keeping dismissals in his last game;^[3] Stephen Fleming held his 100th Test catch^[4]

External sources

• CricInfo

References

1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary
2. "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest double hundreds". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
3. McConnell, Lynn (3 April 2002). "Parore gets his milestone just in time". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. "New Zealand v England". Cricinfo. 15 April 2002. Retrieved 22 September 2021.