English cricket team in New Zealand in 1950–51

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1951 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 1–0 with one match drawn.

Test series summary

First Test

17–21 February 1951 (4-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
417/8d (157.2 overs) B Sutcliffe 116 TE Bailey 2/51 (30 overs)		550 (221.3 overs) TE Bailey 134* AM Moir 6/155 (56.3 overs)
46/3 (13 overs) JA Hayes 19 RT Simpson 2/4 (4 overs)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: EG Brook and SB Tomkinson

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
18 March was taken as a rest day.
AR MacGibbon, AM Moir and JA Hayes (all NZ), and JB Statham (ENG) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

24–28 March 1951 (4-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
125 (70 overs) AM Moir 26* DVP Wright 5/48 (19 overs)		227 (97 overs) L Hutton 57 GF Cresswell 3/18 (15 overs)
189 (72.2 overs) VJ Scott 60 R Tattersall 6/44 (21 overs)		91/4 (45.2 overs) L Hutton 29 GF Cresswell 2/31 (18 overs)

England won by 6 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: JM McLellan and MF Pengelly

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
24 March was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the first day.

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Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

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