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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th March 1971 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | ECA Mackintosh, RWR Shortt |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 317/9 (Willis 4*, Underwood 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 208/4 (Burgess 50*, Shrimpton 20*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 78/4 (Knott 12*, Cowdrey 2*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | c Morgan b Webb | 1 | 28 | 26 | - | - | |
| BW Luckhurst | c Dowling b Cunis | 14 | 39 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Congdon b Cunis | 54 | 102 | 146 | 8 | - | |
| JH Hampshire | c Turner b Cunis | 9 | 31 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| BL D'Oliveira | c Morgan b Congdon | 58 | 94 | 124 | 9 | - | |
| *R Illingworth | c Wadsworth b Cunis | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| +APE Knott | b Collinge | 101 | 149 | 181 | 11 | 1 | |
| P Lever | c Wadsworth b Cunis | 64 | 124 | 165 | 6 | - | |
| K Shuttleworth | c Wadsworth b Cunis | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | c Burgess b Collinge | 7 | 11 | 32 | - | - | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 7 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 396 minutes, 72.6 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Edrich), 2-38 (Luckhurst), 3-59 (Hampshire), 4-111 (Cowdrey), 5-111 (Illingworth), 6-145 (D'Oliveira), 7-294 (Knott), 8-297 (Shuttleworth), 9-317 (Lever), 10-321 (Willis, 72.6 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Webb | 18 | 0 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Collinge | 18.6 | 5 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cunis | 24 | 4 | 76 | 6 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Turner | c and b Underwood | 65 | 237 | 264 | 5 | - | |
| *GT Dowling | c and b Underwood | 53 | 185 | 186 | 8 | - | |
| BE Congdon | b Underwood | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| RW Morgan | c and b Underwood | 8 | 40 | 43 | - | - | |
| MG Burgess | c Edrich b Willis | 104 | 176 | 237 | 12 | 1 | |
| MJF Shrimpton | lbw b Underwood | 46 | 146 | 183 | 2 | 1 | |
| +KJ Wadsworth | c Hampshire b Willis | 16 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| RS Cunis | not out | 5 | 31 | 27 | - | - | |
| HJ Howarth | not out | 2 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 495 minutes, 106 overs) | 313 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-91 (Dowling), 2-91 (Congdon), 3-121 (Morgan), 4-142 (Turner), 5-283 (Shrimpton), 6-302 (Wadsworth), 7-307 (Burgess) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 19 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shuttleworth | 17 | 3 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willis | 14 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 38 | 12 | 108 | 5 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 18 | 4 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | c Burgess b Collinge | 24 | 78 | 125 | 2 | - | |
| BW Luckhurst | c Wadsworth b Webb | 15 | 44 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| JH Hampshire | c Wadsworth b Cunis | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| *R Illingworth | c Turner b Collinge | 22 | 38 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| +APE Knott | b Cunis | 96 | 251 | 300 | 9 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | b Collinge | 45 | 121 | 131 | 7 | - | |
| P Lever | lbw b Howarth | 0 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| K Shuttleworth | c Wadsworth b Morgan | 11 | 44 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| BL D'Oliveira | b Collinge | 5 | 50 | 51 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | lbw b Cunis | 3 | 23 | 28 | - | - | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 8 | 22 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 416 minutes, 84.7 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Luckhurst), 2-27 (Hampshire), 3-62 (Illingworth), 4-67 (Edrich), 5-143 (Cowdrey), 6-152 (Lever), 7-177 (Shuttleworth), 8-199 (D'Oliveira), 9-218 (Willis), 10-237 (Knott, 84.7 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collinge | 19 | 6 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Webb | 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cunis | 21.7 | 5 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Howarth | 21 | 8 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Turner | not out | 8 | 68 | 78 | - | - | |
| *GT Dowling | not out | 31 | 60 | 78 | 2 | - | |
| BE Congdon | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Burgess | did not bat | ||||||
| MJF Shrimpton | did not bat | ||||||
| +KJ Wadsworth | did not bat | ||||||
| RS Cunis | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Collinge | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 78 minutes, 16 overs) | 40 | |||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shuttleworth | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willis | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Luckhurst | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |