English cricket team in New Zealand in 1991–92
# English cricket team in New Zealand in 1991–92

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in January to mid-February 1992 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 2–0 with one match drawn. The concurrent three-match ODI series was won 3-0 by England. The tour immediately preceded the 1992 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand where New Zealand did surprisingly well due to a series of innovations under captain Martin Crowe.

## Test series summary

### 1st Test

* 18–22 January 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard
* England won by an innings and 4 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: PCR Tufnell (ENG)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* BR Hartland (NZ) and DA Reeve (ENG) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 30 January–3 February 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard
* England won by 168 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: GA Gooch (ENG)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* ML Su'a (NZ) made his Test debut.

### 3rd Test

* 6–10 February 1992 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: AJ Stewart (ENG)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* RT Latham (NZ) made his Test debut.
* Ian Botham became the first player to dismiss a father-son duo in Test cricket when he dismissed Chris Cairns in the first innings, having previously dismissed Lance Cairns.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

England won the Bank of New Zealand Trophy 3-0.

### 1st ODI

* 11 January 1992 Scorecard

| New Zealand 178/7 (50 overs) | v | England 179/3 (33.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| CL Cairns 42 (59) DA Reeve 3/20 (10 overs) | | RA Smith 61* (71) CZ Harris 2/40 (8 overs) |

* England won by 7 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DB Cowie and SJ Woodward Player of the match: DA Reeve (ENG)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 February 1992 Scorecard

| New Zealand 186/7 (50 overs) | v | England 188/7 (49.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| KR Rutherford 52 (86) DA Reeve 1/19 (10 overs) | | AJ Lamb 40 (61) RT Latham 3/25 (8 overs) |

* England won by 3 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: KR Rutherford (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* ML Su'a (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 15 February 1992 Scorecard

| England 255/7 (40 overs) | v | New Zealand 184/8 (40 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| RA Smith 85 (71) CL Cairns 2/37 (6 overs) | | KR Rutherford 37 (49) CZ Harris 37 (62) DR Pringle 2/11 (6 overs) |

* England won by 71 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: RL McHarg and SJ Woodward Player of the match: IT Botham (ENG)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started from 50 to 40 overs per side.
