English cricket team in New Zealand in 1990–91

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February 1991 and played a three-match One Day International (ODI) series against the New Zealand national cricket team. New Zealand won the series 2–1. England were captained by Graham Gooch and New Zealand by Martin Crowe.

England cricket team in New Zealand in 1990-91
	New Zealand	England
Dates	9 February – 16 February 1991
Captains	Martin Crowe	Graham Gooch
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Andrew Jones (145)	Robin Smith (138)
Most wickets	Chris Pringle (9)	Angus Fraser (5) Martin Bicknell (5)

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

New Zealand won the Bank of New Zealand Trophy 2–1.

1st ODI

9 February 1991 Scorecard Wisden report

England 230/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 216/8 (50 overs)
RA Smith 65 (95) C Pringle 3/54 (10 overs)		KR Rutherford 77 (111) MP Bicknell 3/55 (10 overs)

England won by 14 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: BL Aldridge and RS Dunne Player of the match: KR Rutherford (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

13 February 1991 Scorecard Wisden report

New Zealand 196/8 (49 overs)	v	England 187 (48 overs)
AH Jones 64 (91) ARC Fraser 3/22 (9 overs)		GA Gooch 41 (60) CZ Harris 3/33 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: GIJ Cowan and SJ Woodward Player of the match: AH Jones (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced from 50 to 49 overs per side.
• CL Cairns (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

16 February 1991 Scorecard Wisden report

New Zealand 224/7 (50 overs)	v	England 217 (49.5 overs)
AH Jones 64 (84) PAJ DeFreitas 2/51 (10 overs)		GA Gooch 47 (74) CL Cairns 4/55 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: RL McHarg and SJ Woodward Player of the match: CZ Harris (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

References

Sources

• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Cricket Archive: Bank of New Zealand Trophy 1990/91
• ESPNCricinfo: England tour of New Zealand, 1990/91
• Thicknesse, John (1992). "England in Australia and New Zealand, 1990-91". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1992. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 959–984. ISBN 0-947766-18-9.