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The England cricket team toured New Zealand between October and December 2019 to play two Tests and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] New Zealand Cricket confirmed the fixtures for the tour in June 2019.[3] The Bay Oval hosted its first ever Test match, becoming the ninth Test venue in the country.[4][5]
| English cricket team in New Zealand in 2019–20 | |||
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| New Zealand | England | ||
| Dates | 27 October – 3 December 2019 | ||
| Captains |
Kane Williamson (Tests) Tim Southee (T20Is) |
Joe Root (Tests) Eoin Morgan (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | New Zealand won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | BJ Watling (260) | Joe Root (239) | |
| Most wickets | Neil Wagner (13) | Sam Curran (6) | |
| Player of the series | Neil Wagner (NZ) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Martin Guptill (153) | Dawid Malan (208) | |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Santner (11) | Chris Jordan (7) | |
| Player of the series | Mitchell Santner (NZ) | ||
The Test matches were not part of the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship (WTC),[6][7] as the tour was confirmed prior to the formation of the WTC.[8] Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men's cricket, suggested that the tour could have a stand-in captain and coach.[9] However, when the squads were announced in September 2019, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan were retained as the captains of England's Test and T20I teams respectively, but Jonny Bairstow was dropped from the Test squad.[10] Sam Billings was named as the vice-captain of England's T20I squad.[11] In November 2019, Bairstow was added to England's Test squad, as cover for Joe Denly.[12]
Kane Williamson was ruled out of T20I series due to a hip injury,[13] with Tim Southee named as New Zealand's captain.[14] New Zealand's Trent Boult was rested for the first three T20Is, in order to focus on his Test preparations.[15]
The final T20I finished in a tie, with the match decided by a Super Over.[16] England won the Super Over to win the T20I series 3–2.[17] In the Test series, New Zealand won the first match by an innings and 65 runs.[18] This stretched New Zealand's unbeaten run at home in Tests to ten matches, going back to March 2017, which includes wins in seven of those fixtures.[19] New Zealand won the two-match Test series 1–0, after the second Test was drawn.[20]
| Tests | T20Is | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand[21] |
 England[22] |
New Zealand[23] |
England[24] |
In New Zealand's T20I squad, Lockie Ferguson was selected for the first three matches,[25] and Trent Boult was selected for the last two matches.[26] Ahead of the second T20I, Joe Denly was ruled out of England's squad for the rest of the T20I series due to an ankle injury.[27] Jonny Bairstow was added to England's Test squad as cover for Denly.[28] Ahead of the first Test, Lockie Ferguson and Todd Astle were released from the New Zealand squad to participate in the Ford Trophy.[29] Ahead of the second Test, both Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme were ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to injury.[30] Daryl Mitchell was called up as cover for de Grandhomme, with Lockie Ferguson and Todd Astle also rejoining the New Zealand squad for the second Test.[31]
20-over match: New Zealand XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
20-over match: New Zealand XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Two-day match: New Zealand XI vs England
Three-day match: New Zealand A vs England
15–17 November 2019 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand A) was replaced by Scott Kuggeleijn on Day 2.[32]
1st T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Pat Brown, Sam Curran and Lewis Gregory (Eng) all made their T20I debuts.
- This was the first T20I match to be played at this ground.[33]
2nd T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Saqib Mahmood (Eng) made his T20I debut.
- Lewis Gregory became the second bowler for England to take a wicket with his first delivery in T20Is.[34][35]
3rd T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson (Eng) both made their T20I debuts.
4th T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Dawid Malan scored his first century, and the fastest by an England batsman in T20Is (48 balls).[36]
- This was England's highest total in T20Is.[37]
5th T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
1st Test
21–25 November 2019 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dom Sibley (Eng) made his Test debut.
- This was the first Test match to be played at this ground.[38]
- BJ Watling became the first wicketkeeper-batsman for New Zealand to score a double century in Tests.[39]
- Mitchell Santner (NZ) scored his maiden century in Tests.[40]
2nd Test
29 November – 3 December 2019 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 3 balls were bowled after Tea on Day 1.
- Daryl Mitchell (NZ) and Zak Crawley (Eng) both made their Test debuts.
- Joe Root scored his first double century as captain of England,[41] and became the first visiting captain to score a double century in New Zealand in Tests.[42]
- Ross Taylor became the second batsman for New Zealand to score 7,000 runs in Tests.[43]
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