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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th March 1963 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | LC Johnston, WT Martin |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 238/8 (Motz 1*, Alabaster 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 244/8 (Knight 31*, Smith 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 41/0 (Barrington 30*, Sheppard 8*) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | c Dexter b Titmus | 40 | 132 | 4 | - | ||
| WR Playle | c Barrington b Trueman | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| BW Sinclair | hit wkt b Trueman | 44 | 148 | 6 | - | ||
| *JR Reid | c Parfitt b Knight | 74 | 147 | 8 | - | ||
| PT Barton | c Smith b Knight | 11 | 48 | 1 | - | ||
| MJF Shrimpton | c Knight b Trueman | 31 | 142 | 2 | - | ||
| +AE Dick | b Trueman | 16 | 61 | 2 | - | ||
| RC Motz | c Parfitt b Trueman | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| RW Blair | c Parfitt b Trueman | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JC Alabaster | not out | 20 | 33 | 3 | - | ||
| FJ Cameron | c Smith b Trueman | 1 | 15 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 9 lb, 9 nb, 3 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 118.2 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Playle), 2-83 (Dowling), 3-98 (Sinclair), 4-128 (Barton), 5-195 (Reid), 6-234 (Shrimpton), 7-235 (Dick), 8-235 (Blair), 9-251 (Motz), 10-266 (Cameron, 118.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 30.2 | 9 | 75 | 7 | - | - | |
| Larter | 21 | 5 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 23 | 5 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 30 | 13 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DS Sheppard | b Cameron | 42 | 123 | 3 | - | ||
| R Illingworth | c Dick b Cameron | 2 | 28 | - | - | ||
| KF Barrington | lbw b Motz | 47 | 122 | 5 | - | ||
| *ER Dexter | b Alabaster | 46 | 125 | 7 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Motz b Blair | 43 | 106 | 2 | - | ||
| PH Parfitt | lbw b Reid | 4 | 25 | - | - | ||
| BR Knight | b Blair | 32 | 87 | 2 | 2 | ||
| FJ Titmus | c Dick b Motz | 4 | 18 | - | - | ||
| FS Trueman | c Reid b Alabaster | 11 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| +AC Smith | not out | 2 | 20 | - | - | ||
| JDF Larter | b Motz | 2 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 5 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.5 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Illingworth), 2-87 (Sheppard), 3-103 (Barrington), 4-186 (Dexter), 5-188 (Cowdrey), 6-210 (Parfitt), 7-225 (Titmus), 8-244 (Trueman), 9-250 (Knight), 10-253 (Larter, 95.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 19.5 | 3 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 24 | 6 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Blair | 24 | 12 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 20 | 6 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reid | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | c Smith b Larter | 22 | 118 | 2 | - | ||
| WR Playle | c Smith b Trueman | 3 | 24 | - | - | ||
| BW Sinclair | lbw b Larter | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| *JR Reid | b Titmus | 100 | 224 | 13 | - | ||
| PT Barton | lbw b Knight | 12 | 53 | - | - | ||
| MJF Shrimpton | b Titmus | 8 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| +AE Dick | c Parfitt b Titmus | 1 | 13 | - | - | ||
| RC Motz | b Larter | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| RW Blair | b Titmus | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| JC Alabaster | c Parfitt b Trueman | 1 | 18 | - | - | ||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Playle), 2-17 (Sinclair), 3-66 (Dowling), 4-91 (Barton), 5-129 (Shrimpton), 6-133 (Dick), 7-151 (Motz), 8-154 (Blair), 9-159 (Reid), 10-159 (Alabaster, 83.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 19.4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Larter | 23 | 8 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Knight | 10 | 3 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 21 | 8 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KF Barrington | c Reid b Blair | 45 | 87 | 5 | - | ||
| DS Sheppard | b Alabaster | 31 | 129 | 2 | - | ||
| PH Parfitt | c Shrimpton b Alabaster | 31 | 90 | 3 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 35 | 70 | 5 | - | ||
| BR Knight | not out | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | ||
| R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| *ER Dexter | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Titmus | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Trueman | did not bat | ||||||
| +AC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 59.3 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70 (Barrington), 2-96 (Sheppard), 3-149 (Parfitt) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 20 | 6 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 12 | 3 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blair | 12 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 15.3 | 5 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WR Playle made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PT Barton made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DS Sheppard made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DS Sheppard made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AC Smith made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BW Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Test matches
--> JR Reid (1) 50 in 120 balls
--> MJF Shrimpton (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Test matches
--> MJF Shrimpton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> BR Knight (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> FS Trueman (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JR Reid (2) 50 in 143 balls
--> JR Reid (2) 100 in 229 balls, 251 minutes with 13 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> FS Trueman reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JC Alabaster, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand second innings
Knight finished the match by hitting 14 runs (6, 4, 4) off successive balls from Alabaster.
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