New Zealand cricket team in England in 1973

The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1973 season to play a three-match Test series against England.

England won the series 2–0 with 1 match drawn.

Test series summary[]

7–12 June 1973
(5-day match)
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England	v	New Zealand
250 (107.4 overs) G Boycott 51 (145) DR Hadlee 4/42 (19 overs)		97 (41.4 overs) Extras 20 BR Taylor 19 (28) AW Greig 4/33 (10.4 overs)
325/8d (97 overs) AW Greig 139 (178) V Pollard 2/24 (9 overs)		440 (188.1 overs) BE Congdon 176 (377) GG Arnold 5/131 (53 overs)

England won by 38 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: DJ Constant and AEG Rhodes

21–26 June 1973
(5-day match)
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England	v	New Zealand
253 (106 overs) AW Greig 63 (95) HJ Howarth 3/42 (25 overs)		551/9d (204.5 overs) BE Congdon 175 (454) CM Old 5/113 (41.5 overs)
463/9 (196 overs) KWR Fletcher 178 (380) HJ Howarth 4/144 (70 overs)

Match drawn
Lord's, London
Umpires: AE Fagg and TW Spencer

5–10 July 1973
(5-day match)
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New Zealand	v	England
276 (98.4 overs) MG Burgess 87 (171) CM Old 4/71 (20 overs)		419 (145.1 overs) G Boycott 115 (181) RO Collinge 5/74 (34 overs)
142 (70.3 overs) GM Turner 81 (207) GG Arnold 5/27 (22 overs)

England won by an innings and 1 run
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: HD Bird and CS Elliott

18 July 1973
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New Zealand 158 (52.5 overs)	v	England 159/3 (45.3 overs)
V Pollard 55 (112) JA Snow 4/32 (10 overs)		DL Amiss 100 (121) BE Congdon 1/32 (9 overs)

England won by 7 wickets
St. Helen's, Swansea
Umpires: DJ Constant (ENG) and CS Elliott (ENG)
Player of the match: DL Amiss (ENG)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
FC Hayes, GRJ Roope and DL Underwood (all ENG), and V Pollard, RE Redmond and BR Taylor (all NZ) made their ODI debuts.

20 July 1973
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England 167/8 (48.3 overs)	v	New Zealand
GRJ Roope 44 (103) BR Taylor 3/25 (10.3 overs)

No result
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and AEG Rhodes (ENG)