# English cricket team in New Zealand in 2001–02

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand between February and April 2002 to play a five-match One Day International series against the New Zealand national cricket team, followed by a three-match Test series. New Zealand won the ODI series 3–2, while the Test series was drawn 1-1.

## Tour matches
### List A: Northern Districts v England XI

* 8 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| England XI 288/6 (50 overs) | v | Northern Districts 293/7 (49.1 overs) |
| Nick Knight 126 (125) Graeme Aldridge 2/39 (10 overs) | | Simon Doull 80 (47) Darren Gough 2/59 (10 overs) |
* Northern Districts won by 3 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Steve Dunne (NZ)
* Northern Districts won the toss and elected to field

### List A: Northern Districts v England XI

* 10 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| Northern Districts 160 (49.2 overs) | v | England XI 163/5 (33.4 overs) |
| Grant Bradburn 46* (84) Andrew Flintoff 3/20 (9 overs) | | Andrew Flintoff 45* (25) Joseph Yovich 3/33 (6 overs) |
* England XI won by 5 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
* Northern Districts won the toss and elected to bat

### First Class: Otago v England XI

* 2–4 March 2002 Scorecard
* Match drawn Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Steven Dunne (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
* Otago won the toss and elected to field

### First Class: Canterbury v England XI

* 7–9 March 2002 Scorecard
* Match drawn Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Robert Anderson (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
* England XI won the toss and elected to field

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 13 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 196 (40.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 198/6 (38.3 overs) |
| Nick Knight 73 (70) Daniel Vettori 3/17 (8 overs) | | Nathan Astle 67 (105) Darren Gough 4/44 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ) Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to bat
* Reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain
* Ian Butler (NZ) made his ODI debut

### 2nd ODI

* 16 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 244/8 (50 overs) | v | England 89 (37.2 overs) |
| Craig McMillan 69 (91) Darren Gough 3/47 (10 overs) | | Andrew Flintoff 26 (57) Nathan Astle 3/4 (2.2 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 155 runs Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ) Player of the match: Andre Adams (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to field

### 3rd ODI

* 20 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 244/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 201 (46.3 overs) |
| Nick Knight 80 (129) Chris Cairns 3/51 (10 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 76 (112) Paul Collingwood 4/38 (8 overs) |
* England won by 43 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

### 4th ODI

* 23 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 193/6 (40 overs) | v | New Zealand 189 (38 overs) |
| Michael Vaughan 59 (53) Chris Cairns 2/39 (8 overs) | | Chris Cairns 58 (56) Andrew Flintoff 4/17 (7 overs) |
* England won by 33 runs (D/L) Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat
* Reduced to 40 overs per side due to rain

### 5th ODI

* 26 February 2002 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 218/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 223/5 (48.5 overs) |
| Owais Shah 57 (81) Chris Cairns 3/32 (10 overs) | | Nathan Astle 122* (150) Craig White 2/30 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ) Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
* England won the toss and elected to bat

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 13–16 March 2002 Scorecard
* England won by 98 runs Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Graham Thorpe (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
* Ian Butler (NZ) made his Test debut
* Nathan Astle scored the fastest 200 in Test history in terms of balls faced, & 2nd in minutes, after Don Bradman

### 2nd Test

* 21–25 March 2002 Scorecard
* Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Andy Caddick (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
* Play abandoned on Day 1, and start of play delayed on Day 2

### 3rd Test

* 30 March-3 April 2002 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 78 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
* Play shortened on Day 2, and late start on Day 3 due to rain
* Andre Adams (NZ) made his Test debut; Adam Parore achieved 200 wicket-keeping dismissals in his last game; Stephen Fleming held his 100th Test catch

## External sources

* CricInfo