English cricket team in New Zealand in 1974–75

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1975 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 1–0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary[edit]

First Test[edit]

20–25 February 1975
(5-day match)
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England	v	New Zealand
593/6d (153 overs) KWR Fletcher 216 (413) DR Hadlee 2/102 (20 overs)		326 (89 overs) JM Parker 121 (297) AW Greig 5/98 (26 overs)
		184 (f/o) (57.5 overs) JFM Morrison 58 (114) AW Greig 5/51 (15 overs)

England won by an innings and 83 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DEA Copps (NZ) and WRC Gardiner (NZ)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
24 February was taken as a rest day.
EJ Chatfield and GP Howarth (both NZ) made their Test debuts.

Second Test[edit]

28 February–5 March 1975
(6-day match)
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New Zealand	v	England
342 (89.5 overs) GM Turner 98 (256) GG Arnold 3/80 (25 overs)		272/2 (83 overs) DL Amiss 164* (351) HJ Howarth 1/53 (18 overs)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: DEA Copps (NZ) and WRC Gardiner (NZ)

England won the toss and elected to field.
The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, by playing on the scheduled rest day.
There was no play on the first, second and final days.

One-day internationals[edit]

First ODI[edit]

8 March 1975 (35–over match)
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England 136 (34.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 15/0 (4 overs)
B Wood 33 (90) HJ Howarth 3/35 (7 overs)		GM Turner 8* (16)

No result
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: EW Dempster (NZ) and EG Wainscott (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
FJ Titmus (ENG), and BG Hadlee and GP Howarth (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.

Second ODI[edit]

9 March 1975 (35–over match)
Scorecard

New Zealand 227 (34.6 overs)	v	England 35/1 (10 overs)
BE Congdon 101 (110) P Lever 4/35 (6.6 overs)		KWR Fletcher 18* (22) RO Collinge 1/9 (4 overs)

No result
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: JBR Hastie (NZ) and RL Monteith (NZ)
Player of the match: BE Congdon (NZ) and P Lever (ENG)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
JFM Morrison (NZ) made his ODI debut.

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