New Zealand cricket team in England in 1983

The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1983 season to play a four-match Test series against England. England won the series 3-1 with no matches drawn. New Zealand won the second Test of the series, their first Test win in England.^[1] In the same match, Bob Willis became the fourth bowler to take 300 Test wickets.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

14–18 July 1983 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
209 (70.4 overs) DW Randall 75* (128) RJ Hadlee 6/53 (23.4 overs)		196 (57 overs) RJ Hadlee 84 (78) RGD Willis 4/43 (20 overs)
446/6d (189.2 overs) CJ Tavaré 109 (259) RJ Hadlee 2/99 (37.2 overs)		270 (110.1 overs) JG Wright 88 (188) VJ Marks 3/78 (43 overs)

England won by 189 runs The Oval, London Umpires: HD Bird and DGL Evans Player of the match: RJ Hadlee (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

Second Test

28 July–1 August 1983 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
225 (89.2 overs) CJ Tavaré 69 (229) BL Cairns 7/74 (33.2 overs)		377 (139.3 overs) JG Wright 93 (226) RGD Willis 4/57 (23.3 overs)
252 (87 overs) DI Gower 112* (196) EJ Chatfield 5/95 (29 overs)		103/5 (27.1 overs) JG Wright 26 (43) RGD Willis 5/35 (14 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: DJ Constant and BJ Meyer Player of the match: BL Cairns (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• 31 July was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Third Test

11–15 August 1983 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
326 (120.3 overs) DI Gower 108 (200) RJ Hadlee 5/93 (40 overs)		191 (84.4 overs) BA Edgar 70 (190) NGB Cook 5/35 (26 overs)
211 (89.3 overs) IT Botham 61 (101) EJ Chatfield 3/29 (13.3 overs)		219 (69.2 overs) JV Coney 68 (118) RGD Willis 3/24 (12 overs)

England won by 127 runs Lord's, London Umpires: DJ Constant and DGL Evans Player of the match: DI Gower (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• 14 August was taken as a rest day.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• NGB Cook, NA Foster and CL Smith (all ENG), and EJ Gray (NZ) made their Test debuts.

Fourth Test

25–29 August 1983 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
420 (124.4 overs) IT Botham 103 (103) JG Bracewell 4/108 (28 overs)		207 (82 overs) BA Edgar 62 (164) NGB Cook 5/63 (32 overs)
297 (92 overs) AJ Lamb 137* (219) RJ Hadlee 4/85 (28 overs)		345 (129 overs) RJ Hadlee 92* (118) NGB Cook 4/87 (50 overs)

England won by 165 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer Player of the match: NGB Cook (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• TJ Franklin (NZ) made his Test debut.

References

External sources

• New Zealand in England 1983 at CricketArchive

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1984
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1984

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