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NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND - Factsheet
by Lynn McConnell
NEW ZEALAND -

BATTING - Most runs:

John Wright 1518 runs 37.02 (43 Tests)
Martin Crowe 1421 40.60 (38)
Bevan Congdon 1143 28.58 (41)
Bert Sutcliffe 1049 40.35 (28)
John Reid 953 28.03 (36)
Geoff Howarth 910 37.92 (27)
Richard Hadlee 798 26.60 (34)
Vic Pollard 739 36.95 (24)
Jeremy Coney 622 47.85 (16)
Stewie Dempster 619 88.43 (11)
Bruce Edgar 615 27.95 (24)
Mark Burgess 610 30.50 (21)
Martin Donnelly 582 52.91 (12)
Stephen Fleming 548 32.24 (19)
Walter Hadlee 534 33.38 (17)
Graham Dowling 517 24.62 (22)
Chris Cairns 510 30.00 (17)
Glenn Turner 510 36.43 (16)
Adam Parore 481 24.05 (22)
Barry Sinclair 459 25.50 (18)

Highest scores:

Martin Donnelly 206 Lord's 1949
Bevan Congdon 176 Trent Bridge 1973
Bevan Congdon 175 Lord's 1973
Jeremy Coney 174* Basin Reserve 1984
Martin Crowe 143 Basin Reserve 1988
Andrew Jones 143 Basin Reserve 1992
Martin Crowe 142 Lord's 1992
Stewie Dempster 136 Basin Reserve 1930
John Wright 130 Eden Park 1984
Stephen Fleming 129 Eden Park 1997

ENGLAND

Most runs -

Graham Gooch 1148 52.18 (24 Tests)
Alec Stewart 1145 45.80 (26)
Colin Cowdrey 1133 59.63 (24)
Mike Atherton 1088 68.00 (17)
David Gower 1051 50.05 (22)
Wally Hammond 1015 112.78 (11)
Allan Lamb 941 47.05 (23)
Geoff Boycott 916 38.17 (25)
Ian Botham 846 40.29 (23)
John Edrich 840 60.00 (15)
Len Hutton 777 45.71 (17)
Peter May 603 67.00 (11)
Ken Barrington 594 99.00 (6)
Keith Fletcher 578 52.55 (11)
KD Duleepsinhji 566 70.75 (10)
Derek Randall 543 38.79 (15)
Denis Compton 510 46.36 (11)
Robin Smith 485 34.64 (14)
Ted Dexter 477 59.63 (10)
Trevor Bailey 439 48.78 (13)

Highest scores:

Wally Hammond 336* Eden Park 1933
John Edrich 310* Headingley 1965
Wally Hammond 227 Lancaster Park 1933
Keith Fletcher 216 Eden Park 1975
Graham Gooch 210 Trent Bridge 1994
Len Hutton 206 The Oval 1949
Geoff Legge 196 Eden Park 1930
Graham Gooch 183 Lord's 1990
Mike Denness 181 Eden Park 1975
Keith Fletcher 178 Lord's 1973

BOWLING

NEW ZEALAND - Most wickets

Richard Hadlee 97 24.73 (35 Tests)
Richard Collinge 48 27.81 (24)
Jack Cowie 39 23.82 (12)
Ewen Chatfield 34 32.65 (19)
Dion Nash 34 21.35 (12)
Lance Cairns 32 30.94 (17)
Chris Cairns 32 30.59 (17)
John Bracewell 31 36.29 (19)
Bruce Taylor 28 31.25 (14)
Dick Motz 28 41.75 (18)

Best bowling:

Innings -
Lance Cairns 7-74 Headingley 1983
Lance Cairns 7-143 Basin Reserve 1984
Richard Hadlee 6-26 Basin Reserve 1978
Chris Cairns 6-52 Eden Park 1992
Richard Hadlee 6-53 The Oval 1983
Jack Cowie 6-67 Old Trafford 1937
Bob Cunis 6-76 Eden Park 1971
Dion Nash 6-76 Lord's 1994
Chris Cairns 6-77 Lord's 1999
Richard Hadlee 6-80 Lord's 1986

Match -

Dion Nash 11-169 Lord's 1994
Richard Hadlee 10-100 Basin Reserve 1978
Richard Hadlee 10-140 Trent Bridge 1986
Jack Cowie 10-140 Old Trafford 1937
Lance Cairns 10-144 Headingley 1983
Bob Cunis 9-128 Eden Park 1971
Richard Hadlee 8-44 Lancaster Park 1984
Tony MacGibbon 8-105 Edgbaston 1958
Ewen Chatfield 8-123 Lancaster Park 1988
Richard Hadlee 8-135 Lord's 1983

ENGLAND

Most wickets:

Ian Botham 64 23.44 (28 Tests)
Bob Willis 60 18.87 (27)
Derek Underwood 48 12.21 (15)
Tony Lock 47 7.81 (13)
Fred Trueman 40 19.05 (21)
Phil DeFreitas 39 26.56 (17)
Phil Tufnell 37 25.03 (18)
Trevor Bailey 32 27.06 (20)
Phil Edmonds 31 25.13 (19)
Andrew Caddick 28 20.93 (11)

Best bowling - innings

Derek Underwood 7-32 Lord's 1969
Tony Lock 7-35 Old Trafford 1958
Phil Tufnell 7-47 Lancaster Park 1992
Tony Lock 7-51 Headingley 1958
Fred Trueman 7-75 Lancaster Park 1963
Frank Woolley 7-76 Basin Reserve 1930
Derek Underwood 6-12 Lancaster Park 1971
Tom Goddard 6-29 Old Trafford 1937
Bill Bowes 6-34 Eden Park 1933
Ian Botham 6-34 Trent Bridge 1978

Best bowling - match

Derek Underwood 12-97 Lancaster Park 1971
Derek Underwood 12-101 The Oval 1969
Tony Lock 11-65 Headingley 1958
Derek Underwood 11-70 Lord's 1969
Tony Lock 11-84 Lancaster Park 1959
Ian Botham 11-140 Lord's 1978
Phil Tufnell 11-147 Lancaster Park 1992
Tony Greig 10-149 Eden Park 1975
Tony Lock 9-29 Lord's 1958
Fred Trueman 9-91 Lancaster Park 1963