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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