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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th January 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | England XI won by an innings and 113 runs |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, DM Quested |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 106/3 (Stewart 40*, Hussain 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England XI (1) 154/3 (Stewart 75*, Hussain 11*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand Selection XI (2) 25/1 (Pocock 11*, Parore 8*) |
| New Zealand Selection XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Pocock | c Thorpe b Caddick | 16 | 59 | 66 | 1 | - | |
| CM Spearman | b White | 41 | 60 | 95 | 8 | - | |
| +AC Parore | c Atherton b Silverwood | 0 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| MJ Horne | c Silverwood b Cork | 22 | 51 | 79 | 1 | - | |
| *MJ Greatbatch | c Cork b White | 5 | 34 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| LG Howell | c Caddick b Cork | 10 | 24 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| JTC Vaughan | b White | 24 | 62 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Stewart b Silverwood | 0 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | run out | 8 | 32 | 41 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | c Thorpe b White | 4 | 12 | 18 | - | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48 (Pocock), 2-53 (Parore), 3-58 (Spearman), 4-81 (Greatbatch), 5-93 (Horne), 6-97 (Howell), 7-98 (Wiseman), 8-125 (Haslam), 9-137 (Morrison), 10-138 (Vaughan) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cork | 17 | 6 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Caddick | 16 | 3 | 48 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Silverwood | 12 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| White | 9.4 | 3 | 15 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Tufnell | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Knight | c Parore b Morrison | 46 | 83 | 109 | 6 | - | |
| *MA Atherton | lbw b Kennedy | 7 | 16 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | retired hurt | 153 | 249 | 321 | 20 | 2 | |
| AR Caddick | c Parore b Morrison | 7 | 19 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Horne b Wiseman | 139 | 236 | 303 | 19 | - | |
| GP Thorpe | c Morrison b Kennedy | 6 | 16 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| JP Crawley | c Kennedy b Morrison | 35 | 53 | 80 | 4 | 1 | |
| C White | c Spearman b Wiseman | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| DG Cork | not out | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| CEW Silverwood | c Vaughan b Morrison | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| PCR Tufnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 7 nb, 4 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 113.5 overs) | 427 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Atherton), 2-94 (Knight), 3-106 (Caddick), 4-321 (Thorpe), 5-411 (Hussain), 6-423 (White), 7-423 (Crawley), 8-427 (Silverwood) | |||||||
| New Zealand Selection XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morrison | 28.5 | 6 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kennedy | 21 | 4 | 80 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Vaughan | 22 | 4 | 84 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 17 | 2 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Haslam | 25 | 7 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Selection XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Atherton b Cork | 6 | 17 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| BA Pocock | c Hussain b Tufnell | 43 | 146 | 189 | 3 | - | |
| +AC Parore | c Stewart b Silverwood | 13 | 38 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Horne | c Knight b Tufnell | 11 | 44 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| *MJ Greatbatch | run out | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| JTC Vaughan | c Knight b Silverwood | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| LG Howell | c Tufnell b Silverwood | 31 | 95 | 109 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | lbw b Tufnell | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c Stewart b Tufnell | 3 | 30 | 35 | - | - | |
| DK Morrison | st Stewart b Tufnell | 30 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 1 | |
| RJ Kennedy | not out | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 5 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.1 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Spearman), 2-34 (Parore), 3-65 (Horne), 4-75 (Greatbatch), 5-78 (Vaughan), 6-99 (Pocock), 7-99 (Wiseman), 8-122 (Haslam), 9-158 (Morrison), 10-176 (Howell) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cork | 14 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Caddick | 18 | 7 | 24 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Silverwood | 14.1 | 5 | 29 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Tufnell | 23 | 9 | 58 | 5 | - | 2 | |