English cricket team in New Zealand in 1974–75

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1975 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 1–0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

20–25 February 1975 (5-day match) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
593/6d (153 overs) KWR Fletcher 216 (413) DR Hadlee 2/102 (20 overs)		326 (89 overs) JM Parker 121 (297) AW Greig 5/98 (26 overs)
		184 (f/o) (57.5 overs) JFM Morrison 58 (114) AW Greig 5/51 (15 overs)

England won by an innings and 83 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DEA Copps (NZ) and WRC Gardiner (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 24 February was taken as a rest day.
• EJ Chatfield and GP Howarth (both NZ) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

28 February–5 March 1975 (6-day match) Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
342 (89.5 overs) GM Turner 98 (256) GG Arnold 3/80 (25 overs)		272/2 (83 overs) DL Amiss 164* (351) HJ Howarth 1/53 (18 overs)

Match drawn Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: DEA Copps (NZ) and WRC Gardiner (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.
• There was no play on the first, second and final days.

One-day internationals

First ODI

8 March 1975 (35–over match) Scorecard

England  136 (34.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 15/0 (4 overs)
B Wood 33 (90) HJ Howarth 3/35 (7 overs)		GM Turner 8* (16)

No result Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: EW Dempster (NZ) and EG Wainscott (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• FJ Titmus (ENG), and BG Hadlee and GP Howarth (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

Second ODI

9 March 1975 (35–over match) Scorecard

New Zealand  227 (34.6 overs)	v	England 35/1 (10 overs)
BE Congdon 101 (110) P Lever 4/35 (6.6 overs)		KWR Fletcher 18* (22) RO Collinge 1/9 (4 overs)

No result Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: JBR Hastie (NZ) and RL Monteith (NZ) Player of the match: BE Congdon (NZ) and P Lever (ENG)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• JFM Morrison (NZ) made his ODI debut.

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