English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23

The England cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2023 to play two Test matches.^[1][2] The Test matches were not part of the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship.^[3][4] New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour in June 2022.^[5]

English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23
	New Zealand	England
Dates	16 – 28 February 2023
Captains	Tim Southee	Ben Stokes
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Tom Blundell (267)	Harry Brook (329)
Most wickets	Neil Wagner (11)	James Anderson (10) Stuart Broad (10) Jack Leach (10)
Player of the series	Harry Brook (Eng)

Squads

Tests
New Zealand[6]	England[7]
Tim Southee (c) Tom Latham (vc) Tom Blundell (wk) Michael Bracewell Devon Conway Jacob Duffy Matt Henry Kyle Jamieson Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell Henry Nicholls Ish Sodhi Blair Tickner Neil Wagner Kane Williamson Will Young	Ben Stokes (c) Ollie Pope (vc) James Anderson Stuart Broad Harry Brook Zak Crawley Ben Duckett Ben Foakes (wk) Will Jacks Dan Lawrence Jack Leach Matthew Potts Ollie Robinson Joe Root Olly Stone

Ahead of the first Test, Kyle Jamieson was ruled out of the series due to the recurrence of the stress fracture while Matt Henry was unavailable for the first Test due to family reasons.^[8] Both of these players were replaced by Jacob Duffy and Scott Kuggeleijn in New Zealand's squad.^[9]

Tour match

8–9 February 2023 (D/N) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand XI
465 (69.2 overs) Harry Brook 97 (71) Kyle Jamieson 3/65 (15 overs)		310 (82.1 overs) Quinn Sunde 91 (128) Olly Stone 3/54 (11.1 overs)

Match drawn Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Tim Parlane (NZ)

• Toss uncontested, England batted first.

Test series

1st Test

16–20 February 2023[n 1] (D/N) Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
325/9d (58.2 overs) Harry Brook 89 (81) Neil Wagner 4/82 (16.2 overs)		306 (82.5 overs) Tom Blundell 138 (181) Ollie Robinson 4/54 (19 overs)
374 (73.5 overs) Joe Root 57 (62) Blair Tickner 3/55 (12 overs)		126 (45.3 overs) Daryl Mitchell 57* (101) James Anderson 4/18 (10.3 overs)

England won by 267 runs Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Harry Brook (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Scott Kuggeleijn and Blair Tickner (NZ) both made their Test debuts.
• Ben Stokes (Eng) surpassed Brendon McCullum's (NZ) record of 107 sixes to become the highest six hitter in Test cricket.^[10]
• James Anderson and Stuart Broad (Eng) became the highest wicket takers as a pair in Tests, surpassing Warne-McGrath (Aus) record of 1001 wickets.^[11]

2nd Test

24–28 February 2023 Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
435/8d (87.1 overs) Harry Brook 186 (176) Matt Henry 4/100 (22.1 overs)		209 (53.2 overs) Tim Southee 73 (49) Stuart Broad 4/61 (14.2 overs)
256 (74.2 overs) Joe Root 95 (113) Neil Wagner 4/62 (15.2 overs)		483 (162.3 overs) (f/o) Kane Williamson 132 (282) Jack Leach 5/157 (61.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 run Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Only 65 overs per day were possible on Day 1 & 2 due to rain.
• Kane Williamson surpassed Ross Taylor's record of 7,683 runs to become the highest run scorer for New Zealand in Tests.^[12]
• New Zealand became the fourth side to win a Test match after being asked to follow-on.^[13]
• This was only the second time that a side has won a Test by one run.^[14]

Notes

1. While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in four days.

References

1. "Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced". International Cricket Council. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
3. "ICC confirms details of next World Test Championship". International Cricket Council. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
4. "Everything you need to know about World Test Championship 2021-23". International Cricket Council. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
5. "India/England tours headline 2022-23 home summer". New Zealand Cricket. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
6. "Jamieson set for potential international return against England | Sodhi retained". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
7. "England Men's Test squad announced for the tour of New Zealand". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
8. "Jamieson & Henry withdrawn from Test squad, Duffy & Kuggeleijn called in". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
9. "Jamieson ruled out of England series with recurrence of stress fracture". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
10. "NZ vs ENG: Ben Stokes Breaks Brendon McCullum's Record For Test Sixes". Cricket Addictor. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
11. "Broad and Anderson surpass Warne and McGrath with record-breaking haul". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
12. "Kane Williamson becomes New Zealand's record Test run-scorer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
13. "New Zealand beat England in one-run thriller, make history by overcoming follow-on". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
14. "New Zealand beat England by one run in a classic Test thriller". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo