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Here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in 112 Test matches played so far between New Zealand and England.
New Zealand will face England in a three-match Test series. (Picture Credit: AFP)
2021 World Test Championship winners New Zealand will face England in a three-match Test series that starts on Thursday (November 28). The series opener is scheduled to take place at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, and the next two matches will be played at Basin Reserve in Wellington (December 6-10) and Seddon Park in Hamilton from December 14-18.
After whitewashing India in a three-match Test series, Kiwis will be high on confidence, and they would like to maintain the good show against the Poms as well in the home series to keep its chances of qualifying for WTC 2025 alive. New Zealand will get knocked out of the WTC 2025 final race if they lose the series.
Former Test captain and star batter Kane Williamson is back in New Zealand’s squad after missing the India tour due to injury-related issues. The three-match series will be a special one for legendary pacer Tim Southee, who is set to retire from Test cricket at the end of the series.
England is coming into the away series after losing 1-2 against Pakistan last month. England is no longer in the race to qualify for the WTC 2025 final, but it can certainly end New Zealand’s chances.
Ahead of the start of the New Zealand-England Test series, here’s a look at top performers and record holders in 112 matches played so far between the two teams.
- Most wins: England (52 wins in 112 Tests).
- Highest total: 615 for 9 (declare) in 201 overs by New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, November 2019.
- Lowest total: 26 all out in 27 overs by New Zealand in Auckland, March 1955.
- Biggest win (by runs): England beat New Zealand by 267 runs in Mount Maunganui, February 2023.
- Biggest win (by innings): England beat New Zealand by an innings and 215 runs in Auckland, February 1963.
- Biggest win (by wickets): England beat New Zealand by 9 wickets (95-run target) in Birmingham, May 1965.
- Smallest win (by runs): New Zealand beat England by 1 run in Wellington, February 2023.
- Smallest win (by wickets): England beat New Zealand by 4 wickets (305-run target) in Christchurch, February 1997.
- Most runs: 1707 runs in 18 Tests by Joe Root of England.
- Highest score: 336 not out by Wally Hammond of England in Auckland, March 1933.
- Highest average (min 10 innings): 112.77 by Wally Hammond (1015 runs in nine Tests).
- Most 100s: 5 centuries each by Joe Root (ENG) and Martin Crowe (NZ).
- Most 50s: 10 half-centuries by Brendon McCullum of New Zealand.
- Most ducks: 6 zeros each by Bob Blair, Richard Collinge, Bevan Congdon, John Wright (all 4 from NZ) and Stuart Broad (ENG).
- Most sixes: 25 sixes in 19 Tests by Tim Southee of New Zealand.
- Most sixes in an innings: 11 sixes by Nathan Astle of New Zealand during his 168-ball 222 run knock in Christchurch, March 2002.
- Most runs in a series: 563 runs in two matches by Wally Hammond of England during the England tour of New Zealand in March-April 1933.
- Most wickets: 97 wickets in 21 Tests by Richard Hadlee of New Zealand.
- Best bowling figures (innings): 7 wickets for 32 runs in 31 overs by Derek Underwood of England at Lord’s in July 1969.
- Best bowling figures (match): 12 wickets for 97 runs in 44.1 overs (8 balls per over) by Derek Underwood of England in Christchurch, February 1971.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 8 fifers in 21 Tests by Richard Hadlee of New Zealand.
- Most 10 wickets in a match: 3 10-wicket hauls in 8 Tests by Derek Underwood of England.
- Most wickets in a series: 34 wickets in five Tests by Tony Lock of England during the New Zealand tour of England in 1958.
- Most dismissals: 46 (45 catches, 1 stumping) by Adam Parore of New Zealand.
- Most catches: 33 catches in 19 Tests by Stephen Fleming of New Zealand.
- Highest partnership: 369 runs for the 2nd wicket between John Edrich and Ken Barrington in Leeds, July 1965.
- Most matches: 23 Tests each by Stuart Broad (ENG) and John Wright (NZ).
- Most wins as captain: 6 wins in eight Tests by Michael Vaughan of England.
In the last Test series played between the two teams in New Zealand, both Poms and Kiwis managed to win one match each.
Squads
New Zealand: Tom Latham (C), Tom Blundell (wk), Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner (2nd & 3rd Tests), Nathan Smith, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young
England: Ben Stokes (C), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Shoaib Bashir, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes
