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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th February 1963 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 215 runs |
| Umpires | JMA Brown, RWR Shortt |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 328/5 (Parfitt 33*, Knight 39*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 66/4 (Reid 34*, Sparling 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 42/4 (Sinclair 0*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DS Sheppard | c Dick b Cameron | 12 | 85 | - | - | ||
| R Illingworth | c Reid b Cameron | 20 | 48 | 4 | - | ||
| KF Barrington | c Playle b Cameron | 126 | 254 | 15 | 1 | ||
| *ER Dexter | c Barton b Yuile | 7 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Barton b Cameron | 86 | 162 | 9 | 1 | ||
| PH Parfitt | not out | 131 | 289 | 14 | - | ||
| BR Knight | b Alabaster | 125 | 215 | 14 | - | ||
| FJ Titmus | st Dick b Sparling | 26 | 25 | 3 | - | ||
| +JT Murray | not out | 9 | 14 | - | - | ||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Coldwell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (18 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 186 overs) | 562 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Illingworth), 2-45 (Sheppard), 3-63 (Dexter), 4-229 (Cowdrey), 5-258 (Barrington), 6-498 (Knight), 7-535 (Titmus) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 42 | 12 | 98 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 43 | 7 | 118 | 4 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 40 | 6 | 130 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yuile | 21 | 4 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 28 | 8 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 12 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | b Coldwell | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| WR Playle | c Dexter b Larter | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| PT Barton | c Sheppard b Larter | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| *JR Reid | b Titmus | 59 | 135 | 8 | 2 | ||
| BW Sinclair | c Coldwell b Titmus | 24 | 77 | 3 | - | ||
| JT Sparling | c Murray b Larter | 3 | 30 | - | - | ||
| +AE Dick | run out | 29 | 107 | 3 | - | ||
| BW Yuile | run out | 64 | 190 | 7 | - | ||
| RC Motz | c Murray b Knight | 60 | 114 | 7 | 1 | ||
| JC Alabaster | b Knight | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.4 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Playle), 2-7 (Dowling), 3-7 (Barton), 4-62 (Sinclair), 5-71 (Sparling), 6-109 (Reid), 7-161 (Dick), 8-256 (Yuile), 9-258 (Motz), 10-258 (Alabaster, 110.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Coldwell | 27 | 9 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larter | 26 | 12 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Knight | 10.4 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 25 | 9 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 12 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | b Illingworth | 14 | 82 | - | - | ||
| WR Playle | c Dexter b Coldwell | 4 | 35 | - | - | ||
| PT Barton | lbw b Titmus | 16 | 54 | 1 | - | ||
| JT Sparling | c Barrington b Illingworth | 0 | 12 | - | - | ||
| BW Sinclair | b Larter | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||
| *JR Reid | not out | 21 | 66 | 3 | - | ||
| +AE Dick | c Illingworth b Larter | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| BW Yuile | lbw b Larter | 1 | 16 | - | - | ||
| RC Motz | c and b Illingworth | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | ||
| JC Alabaster | c Titmus b Illingworth | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| FJ Cameron | b Larter | 1 | 7 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.1 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Playle), 2-42 (Dowling), 3-42 (Barton), 4-42 (Sparling), 5-46 (Sinclair), 6-46 (Dick), 7-56 (Yuile), 8-83 (Motz), 9-83 (Alabaster), 10-89 (Cameron, 53.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Larter | 14.1 | 3 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Coldwell | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 18 | 7 | 34 | 4 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BW Sinclair made his debut in Test matches
--> BW Yuile made his debut in Test matches
--> KF Barrington (1) 50 in 110 balls, 108 minutes
--> KF Barrington (1) 100 in 240 balls, 212 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 115
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 137 balls, 122 minutes
--> PH Parfitt (1) 50 in 97 balls, 114 minutes
--> PH Parfitt (1) 100 in 212 balls, 234 minutes with 14 fours
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in Test matches
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Test matches
--> BR Knight (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> BR Knight (1) 50 in 90 balls, 81 minutes
--> BR Knight (1) 100 in 168 balls, 149 minutes with 11 fours
--> JR Reid (1) 50 in 95 balls, 120 minutes
--> JR Reid (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> BW Yuile (1) 50 in 156 balls, 129 minutes
--> BW Yuile (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> RC Motz (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> RC Motz (1) 50 in 93 balls, 94 minutes
--> BW Yuile made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KF Barrington made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KF Barrington made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FJ Titmus made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> FJ Titmus made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> WR Playle made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> R Illingworth made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> R Illingworth made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JT Murray made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> BR Knight made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> BR Knight made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> PT Barton made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FJ Cameron made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AE Dick made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RC Motz made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GT Dowling made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> PH Parfitt made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> PH Parfitt made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> LJ Coldwell made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> LJ Coldwell made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JDF Larter made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JDF Larter reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JT Sparling, his 3rd wicket in the New Zealand first innings
--> BR Knight reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JC Alabaster, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand first innings
--> R Illingworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JC Alabaster in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 3-15)
--> R Illingworth reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JT Sparling, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand second innings
An umpiring error by Short allowed Sparling to bowl 11 balls (excluding wides and no-balls) in his sixth over
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