English cricket team in New Zealand in 1983–84
# 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
* 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 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
* 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.
