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345-9d
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlENG
265-7d
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Overs: 102.4 RR: 3.36 vs spin: 7.17
vs seam: 2.48
Overs: 83.0 RR: 3.19 vs spin: 3.37
vs seam: 2.96
Thu 20/03/47 New Zealand v England, Only Test, AMI Stadium, Christchurch
match drawn Match Drawn
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 345-9 (102.4; RR: 3.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Hadlee c Bedser b Yardley 116 0 11 0
B Sutcliffe c Evans b Bedser 58 0 7 0
VJ Scott c Hammond b Pollard 18 0 2 0
WM Wallace c Evans b Bedser 9 0 1 0
DD Taylor lbw b Bedser 12 0 1 0
FB Smith b Bedser 18 0 1 0
EWT Tindill b Pollard 1 0 0 0
RH Scott b Edrich 18 0 3 0
J Cowie b Pollard 45 0 4 1
TB Burtt not out 24 0 0 0
CA Snedden  
Extras (10b, 11lb, 0w, 5nb) 26  
TOTAL 345-9 (102.4 overs; RR: 3.36)

Fall of wickets

133-1 (B Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 195-2 (WA Hadlee 0.0 ov), 212-3 (WM Wallace 0.0 ov), 212-4 (VJ Scott 0.0 ov), 234-5 (FB Smith 0.0 ov), 238-6 (EWT Tindill 0.0 ov), 258-7 (DD Taylor 0.0 ov), 281-8 (RH Scott 0.0 ov), 345-9 (J Cowie 102.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 39.0 5 95 4 2.44 0 0
R Pollard 29.4 8 73 3 2.52 0 0
WJ Edrich 11.0 2 35 1 3.18 0 0
DVP Wright 13.0 1 61 0 4.69 0 0
TPB Smith 6.0 0 43 0 7.17 0 0
NWD Yardley 4.0 0 12 1 3.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 265-7 (83.0; RR: 3.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
C Washbrook c Smith b Cowie 2 0 0 0
NWD Yardley b Cowie 22 0 2 0
WJ Edrich c Taylor b Scott 42 0 3 0
DCS Compton b Cowie 38 0 2 1
WR Hammond c Sutcliffe b Cowie 79 0 10 0
JT Ikin c Tindill b Cowie 45 0 6 0
TG Evans not out 21 0 3 0
TPB Smith c b Cowie 1 0 0 0
AV Bedser not out 8 0 2 0
DVP Wright  
R Pollard  
Extras (5b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 265-7 (83.0 overs; RR: 3.19)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 46-2 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 79-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 125-4 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 222-5 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 241-6 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 249-7 (TPB Smith 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Cowie 30.0 4 83 6 2.77 0 0
RH Scott 23.0 3 74 1 3.22 0 0
TB Burtt 14.0 1 55 0 3.93 0 0
CA Snedden 16.0 5 46 0 2.88 0 0

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Only Test

Date

Thursday March 20, 1947

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:00pm UTC

Venue

AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Umpires

MF Pengelly, OR Montgomery

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

J Cowie, WA Hadlee, EWT Tindill, WM Wallace, VJ Scott, TB Burtt, RH Scott, FB Smith, CA Snedden, B Sutcliffe, DD Taylor

England Team

Playing XI

WR Hammond, DCS Compton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, JT Ikin, R Pollard, TG Evans, TPB Smith