New Zealand v England @ Eden Park, Auckland
23 February 1997
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, DB Cowie
Third Umpire: CE King
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: England won by 6 wickets
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Alec Stewart b Ronnie Irani | 46 | 59 | 91 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Alec Stewart b Alan Mullally | 4 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| 3. Adam Parore | run out (Ronnie Irani > ) | 2 | 7 | 16 | - | - | |
| 4. Stephen Fleming | c Andy Caddick b Darren Gough | 42 | 74 | 89 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Chris Cairns | run out (Dominic Cork > ) | 79 | 74 | 104 | 5 | 3 | |
| 6. Chris Harris | c sub b Andy Caddick | 14 | 40 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| *+7. Lee Germon | b Andy Caddick | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| 8. Dipak Patel | run out (Andy Caddick > ) | 24 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9. Gavin Larsen | not out | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Simon Doull | |||||||
| 11. Heath Davis |
| FOW | 1-24 (Nathan Astle), 2-44 (Adam Parore), 3-96 (Bryan Young), 4-138 (Stephen Fleming), 5-189 (Chris Harris), 6-202 (Lee Germon), 7-219 (Chris Cairns), 8-253 (Dipak Patel). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 16w, 4nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dominic Cork | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (6w,0nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 6 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | (3w,2nb) |
| Ronnie Irani | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Nick Knight | not out | 84 | 70 | 93 | 12 | - | |
| +2. Alec Stewart | lbw b Heath Davis | 30 | 27 | 47 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Dominic Cork | c Bryan Young b Gavin Larsen | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Ronnie Irani | c Nathan Astle b Simon Doull | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | c & b Simon Doull | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| *6. Nasser Hussain | not out | 9 | 11 | 22 | - | - | |
| 7. John Crawley | |||||||
| 8. Robert Croft | |||||||
| 9. Darren Gough | |||||||
| 10. Andy Caddick | |||||||
| 11. Alan Mullally |
| FOW | 1-86 (Alec Stewart), 2-91 (Dominic Cork), 3-92 (Ronnie Irani), 4-100 (Graham Thorpe). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 19.3 ovs) 134 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Davis | 6 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Simon Doull | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 1.3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Bryan Young, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Lee Germon, Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Simon Doull, Heath Davis
England: Nick Knight, Alec Stewart, Dominic Cork, Ronnie Irani, Graham Thorpe, Nasser Hussain, John Crawley, Robert Croft, Darren Gough, Andy Caddick, Alan Mullally
