TestNo. 681MenScorecard

New Zealand v England

England won by 8 wickets

25 February to 1 March 1971Christchurch

New Zealand

65 & 25497.3 ov

Englandwon by 8 wickets

231 & 89/225 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

New Zealand innings

6537.6 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Dowling	caught	13	109	122	1	0	11.9
Bruce Murray	caught	1	7	26	0	0	14.3
Bevan Congdon	caught	1	21	24	0	0	4.8
Ross Morgan	caught	6	18	22	0	0	33.3
Mike Shrimpton	caught	0	32	29	0	0	0.0
Glenn Turner	bowled	11	48	45	1	0	22.9
Vic Pollard	bowled	18	35	36	4	0	51.4
Ken Wadsworth	caught	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Bob Cunis	bowled	0	6	7	0	0	0.0
Hedley Howarth	stumped	0	11	13	0	0	0.0
Richard Collinge	not out	3*	24	9	0	0	12.5
Extras	b 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 1	12
Total	all out, 37.6 overs (8-ball)	65

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-4 Bruce Murray2-7 Bevan Congdon3-19 Ross Morgan4-28 Mike Shrimpton5-33 Graham Dowling6-54 Glenn Turner7-54 Ken Wadsworth8-62 Vic Pollard9-62 Bob Cunis10-65 Hedley Howarth

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Peter Lever	5	4	1	0	0.20
Ken Shuttleworth	8	1	14	3	1.75
Basil D'Oliveira	3	1	2	0	0.67
Derek Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	1.02
Ray Illingworth	6	3	12	0	2.00
Don Wilson	4	2	12	1	3.00

England innings

23167.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Brian Luckhurst	caught	10	32	45	0	0	31.3
John Edrich	lbw	12	22	30	0	0	54.5
Keith Fletcher	bowled	4	26	28	0	0	15.4
John Hampshire	caught	40	81	94	7	0	49.4
Basil D'Oliveira	bowled	100	216	216	13	2	46.3
Ray Illingworth	bowled	36	102	110	4	0	35.3
Bob Taylor	stumped	4	35	45	0	0	11.4
Don Wilson	caught	5	6	10	1	0	83.3
Peter Lever	bowled	4	3	2	1	0	133.3
Ken Shuttleworth	bowled	5	13	12	1	0	38.5
Derek Underwood	not out	0*	6	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 9, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 67.5 overs (8-ball)	231

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-20 John Edrich2-26 Brian Luckhurst3-31 Keith Fletcher4-95 John Hampshire5-188 Ray Illingworth6-213 Basil D'Oliveira7-220 Bob Taylor8-224 Don Wilson9-231 Peter Lever10-231 Ken Shuttleworth

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Richard Collinge	12	2	39	2	3.25
Bob Cunis	13	2	44	1	3.38
Hedley Howarth	19	7	46	4	2.42
Vic Pollard	9	3	45	0	5.00
Mike Shrimpton	11.5	0	35	3	3.01
Bevan Congdon	3	0	11	0	3.67

New Zealand innings

25497.3 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Dowling	caught	1	5	30	0	0	20.0
Bruce Murray	bowled	1	14	10	0	0	7.1
Bevan Congdon	bowled	55	140	131	6	0	39.3
Glenn Turner	bowled	76	315	309	7	0	24.1
Ross Morgan	bowled	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Mike Shrimpton	caught	8	16	17	1	0	50.0
Vic Pollard	lbw	34	87	86	2	0	39.1
Ken Wadsworth	caught	1	8	10	0	0	12.5
Bob Cunis	bowled	35	91	125	3	0	38.5
Hedley Howarth	caught	25	77	83	3	0	32.5
Richard Collinge	not out	7*	26	36	1	0	26.9
Extras	b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 97.3 overs (8-ball)	254

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-1 Bruce Murray2-6 Graham Dowling3-83 Bevan Congdon4-83 Ross Morgan5-99 Mike Shrimpton6-151 Vic Pollard7-152 Ken Wadsworth8-209 Glenn Turner9-231 Bob Cunis10-254 Hedley Howarth

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Peter Lever	15	3	30	1	2.00
Ken Shuttleworth	12	1	27	2	2.25
Derek Underwood	32.3	7	85	6	2.63
Ray Illingworth	17	5	45	0	2.65
Don Wilson	21	6	56	1	2.67

England innings chasing 89

89/225 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Brian Luckhurst	not out	29*	95	124	2	0	30.5
John Edrich	caught	2	11	16	0	0	18.2
Keith Fletcher	caught	2	25	23	0	0	8.0
John Hampshire	not out	51*	69	83	7	0	73.9
Extras	b 1, lb 4	5
Total	2 wickets, 25 overs (8-ball)	89

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-3 John Edrich2-11 Keith Fletcher

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Richard Collinge	7	2	20	2	2.86
Bob Cunis	8	0	17	0	2.13
Hedley Howarth	4	0	17	0	4.25
Vic Pollard	3	1	9	0	3.00
Mike Shrimpton	3	0	21	0	7.00

Tests in February 1971

3 matches

TestScorecardEngland184 & 302100.7Australia264 & 16062.6England won by 62 runsSydney, 12 February TestScorecardIndia387158.4West Indies217 & 385/5136Match drawnKingston, 18 February TestScorecardNew Zealand65 & 25497.3England231 & 89/225England won by 8 wicketsChristchurch, 25 February

Match facts

Format: Test No. 681
Dates: 25 February to 1 March 1971
Ground: Christchurch
Result: England won by 8 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1971-02-25-new-zealand-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "new-zealand", "runs": 65,
    "batting": [{"player": "Vic Pollard", "dismissal": "bowled",
      "runs": 18, "balls": 35, "minutes": 36, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Peter Lever", "overs": "5", "wickets": 0, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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New Zealand v England

Previous meetingTest, England won by 8 wickets, 21 August 1969 Next meetingTest, Match drawn, 5 March 1971