New Zealand vs England, 3rd Test at Christchurch, Mar 15 1963, England tour of New Zealand

RESULT
3rd Test, Christchurch, March 15 - 19, 1963, England tour of New Zealand
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266 & 159
(T:173) 253 & 173/3

England won by 7 wickets

New Zealand 1st Innings
England 1st Innings
New Zealand 2nd Innings
England 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
New Zealand 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Dexter b Titmus40-13240-
c Barrington b Trueman012000.00
hit wicket b Trueman44-14860-
c Parfitt b Knight74-14780-
c †Smith b Knight11-4810-
c Knight b Trueman31-14220-
b Trueman16-6120-
c Parfitt b Trueman7-3110-
c Parfitt b Trueman0-200-
not out 20-3330-
c †Smith b Trueman1-1500-
Extras(b 1, lb 9, nb 9, w 3)22
TOTAL118.2 Ov (RR: 2.24)266
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Bill Playle), 2-83 (Graham Dowling), 3-98 (Barry Sinclair), 4-128 (Paul Barton), 5-195 (John Reid), 6-234 (Mike Shrimpton), 7-235 (Artie Dick), 8-235 (Bob Blair), 9-251 (Dick Motz), 10-266 (Frank Cameron)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
30.297572.47---00
2155902.80---00
2353921.69---00
30134511.50---00
93800.88---00
501803.60---00
England 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Cameron42-12330-
c †Dick b Cameron2-2800-
lbw b Motz47-12250-
b Alabaster46-12570-
c Motz b Blair43-10620-
lbw b Reid4-2500-
b Blair32-8722-
c †Dick b Motz4-1800-
c Reid b Alabaster11-2710-
not out 2-2000-
b Motz2-500-
Extras(b 4, lb 6, nb 3, w 5)18
TOTAL95.5 Ov (RR: 2.64)253
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Ray Illingworth), 2-87 (David Sheppard), 3-103 (Ken Barrington), 4-186 (Ted Dexter), 5-188 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-210 (Peter Parfitt), 7-225 (Fred Titmus), 8-244 (Fred Trueman), 9-250 (Barry Knight), 10-253 (David Larter)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
19.536833.42---00
2464721.95---00
24124221.75---00
2064722.35---00
813113.87---00
New Zealand 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Smith b Larter22-11820-
c †Smith b Trueman3-2400-
lbw b Larter0-1000-
b Titmus100-224130-
lbw b Knight12-5300-
b Titmus8-1710-
c Parfitt b Titmus1-1300-
b Larter3-1700-
b Titmus0-1000-
c Parfitt b Trueman1-1800-
not out 0-300-
Extras(lb 7, nb 2)9
TOTAL83.4 Ov (RR: 1.90)159
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Bill Playle), 2-17 (Barry Sinclair), 3-66 (Graham Dowling), 4-91 (Paul Barton), 5-129 (Mike Shrimpton), 6-133 (Artie Dick), 7-151 (Dick Motz), 8-154 (Bob Blair), 9-159 (John Reid), 10-159 (Jack Alabaster)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
19.481620.81---00
2383231.39---00
1033813.80---00
2184642.19---00
1021801.80---00
England 2nd Innings (T: 173 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Reid b Blair45-8750-
b Alabaster31-12920-
c Shrimpton b Alabaster31-9030-
not out 35-7050-
not out 20-1931-
Extras(b 9, nb 2)11
TOTAL59.3 Ov (RR: 2.90)173/3
Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Ken Barrington), 2-96 (David Sheppard), 3-149 (Peter Parfitt)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2063301.65---00
1233803.16---00
1233412.83---00
15.355723.67---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 15 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 238/8 (Dick Motz 1*, Jack Alabaster 2*)
Sat, 16 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 244/8 (Barry Knight 31*, Alan Smith 0*)
Sun, 17 Mar - rest day
Mon, 18 Mar - day 3 - England 2nd innings 41/0 (Ken Barrington 30*, David Sheppard 8*)
Tue, 19 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 173/3 (59.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
General
  • NZ 1st innings
  • Trueman's analysis is the best by an English bowler in NZ. During this innings he overtook Statham's then world record of 242 wickets in a career.
  • NZ 2nd innings:
  • Trueman took his 250th wicket in tests when he dismissed Alabaster.
  • Eng 2nd innings:
  • Knight finished the match by hitting 14 runs (6, 4, 4) off successive balls from Alabaster.
MATCH DETAILS
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
TossNew Zealand, elected to bat first
Series
Season1962/63
Series resultEngland won the 3-match series 3-0
Match numberTest no. 542
Match daysday (4-day match)
Umpires
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