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New Zealand v England 3rd Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1966 (1965/66) · Eden Park, Auckland · 11 March 1966

Match drawn

Match drawn. Barry Sinclair top-scored with 114 for New Zealand. David Allen took 5/123.

New Zealand ARCHIVEEngland ARCHIVE1966 TESTSEden Park ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of New Zealand - 1966 (1965/66)
Ground
Eden Park, Auckland
Dates
11 March 1966 to 15 March 1966
Toss
New Zealand, chose to bat
Result
Match drawn
Captains
Barry Sinclair (New Zealand), Mike Smith (England)
Umpires
RWR Shortt and WT Martin

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.

New Zealand batted first and made 296 all out. Barry Sinclair top-scored with 114 off 213 balls, and Bevan Congdon made 64. David Allen took 5 for 123 for England.

England replied with 222 for 9. Colin Cowdrey top-scored with 59 off 118 balls, and Eric Russell made 56. Vic Pollard took 3 for 3 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 118-run stand for the second wicket between Colin Cowdrey and Eric Russell, 53% of the total. From 195 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 27 runs, to 222 for 9. New Zealand led by 74 on first innings.

New Zealand made 129 all out in their second innings. Ross Morgan top-scored with 25 off 117 balls. Ken Higgs took 3 for 27 for England.

Set 204 to win, England made 159 for 4. Jim Parks top-scored with 45 not out off 101 balls.

Match drawn.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 296 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Terry Jarvisc Jim Parks39150
Mike Shrimptonbowled622
Bevan Congdonlbw64167
Barry Sinclairc Eric Russell114213
Ross Morganc Mike Smith520
Vic Pollardc Barry Knight222
Eric Petriec Mike Smith1267
Dick Motzc Jeff Jones1644
Bruce Taylorbowled1827
Bob Cunisnot out648
Tom Punac Eric Russell725

Extras 7 · Total 296 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
David Brown186321
Jeff Jones214522
Ken Higgs2813332
David Allen47.5121235
Barry Knight167400
Peter Parfitt2090

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Mike Shrimpton), 2-99 (Terry Jarvis), 3-142 (Bevan Congdon), 4-153 (Ross Morgan), 5-189 (Vic Pollard), 6-237 (Eric Petrie), 7-262 (Barry Sinclair), 8-264 (Dick Motz), 9-288 (Bruce Taylor), 10-296 (Tom Puna)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstMike Shrimpton and Terry Jarvis22
secondBevan Congdon and Terry Jarvis77
thirdBarry Sinclair and Bevan Congdon43
fourthBarry Sinclair and Ross Morgan11
fifthBarry Sinclair and Vic Pollard36
sixthEric Petrie and Barry Sinclair48
seventhDick Motz and Barry Sinclair25
eighthDick Motz and Bruce Taylor2
ninthBob Cunis and Bruce Taylor24
tenthBob Cunis and Tom Puna8
ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 222 FOR 9
BatterHow outRB
Peter Parfittbowled36
Eric Russelllbw56154
Colin Cowdreyrun out59118
Mike Smithbowled1884
Jim Parkslbw3865
Barry Knightc Bruce Taylor2555
David Allennot out735
David Brownbowled05
Ken Higgsc Eric Petrie011
Jeff Jonesbowled02

Did not bat: John Edrich

Extras 16 · Total 222 for 9

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Dick Motz154421
Bruce Taylor216463
Bob Cunis25.58451
Tom Puna222700
Vic Pollard5233

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Peter Parfitt), 2-121 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-128 (Eric Russell), 4-175 (Jim Parks), 5-195 (Mike Smith), 6-215 (Barry Knight), 7-215 (David Brown), 8-219 (Ken Higgs), 9-222 (Jeff Jones)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstEric Russell and Peter Parfitt3
secondColin Cowdrey and Eric Russell118
thirdMike Smith and Eric Russell7
fourthJim Parks and Mike Smith47
fifthMike Smith and Barry Knight20
sixthDavid Allen and Barry Knight20
seventhDavid Allen and David Brown0
eighthDavid Allen and Ken Higgs4
ninthDavid Allen and Jeff Jones3
NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 129 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Terry Jarvisc Jim Parks08
Mike Shrimptonlbw010
Bevan Congdonrun out23100
Barry Sinclairbowled947
Ross Morganlbw25117
Vic Pollardc Jim Parks25141
Dick Motzc Mike Smith1434
Eric Petriebowled672
Bruce Taylorbowled625
Bob Cuniscaught840
Tom Punanot out224

Extras 11 · Total 129 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
David Brown8.1381
Jeff Jones259283
Ken Higgs2811273
David Allen23.37341
Barry Knight189211

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Mike Shrimpton), 2-0 (Terry Jarvis), 3-20 (Barry Sinclair), 4-48 (Bevan Congdon), 5-68 (Ross Morgan), 6-88 (Dick Motz), 7-109 (Vic Pollard), 8-118 (Bruce Taylor), 9-121 (Eric Petrie), 10-129 (Bob Cunis)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstMike Shrimpton and Terry Jarvis0
secondBevan Congdon and Terry Jarvis0
thirdBarry Sinclair and Bevan Congdon20
fourthBevan Congdon and Ross Morgan28
fifthRoss Morgan and Vic Pollard20
sixthDick Motz and Vic Pollard20
seventhEric Petrie and Vic Pollard21
eighthEric Petrie and Bruce Taylor9
ninthEric Petrie and Bob Cunis3
tenthBob Cunis and Tom Puna8
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 159 FOR 4
BatterHow outRB
Peter Parfittbowled30114
Eric Russellc Eric Petrie13
Colin Cowdreylbw2786
Mike Smithlbw3091
Jim Parksnot out45101
Barry Knightnot out1360

Did not bat: David Brown, Ken Higgs, Jeff Jones, John Edrich, David Allen

Extras 13 · Total 159 for 4

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Dick Motz161320
Bruce Taylor124202
Bob Cunis185331
Tom Puna124271
Vic Pollard143300
Mike Shrimpton2110
Terry Jarvis1030

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Eric Russell), 2-50 (Peter Parfitt), 3-79 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-112 (Mike Smith)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstEric Russell and Peter Parfitt2
secondColin Cowdrey and Peter Parfitt48
thirdColin Cowdrey and Mike Smith29
fourthJim Parks and Mike Smith33
fifthJim Parks and Barry Knight47
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