English cricket team in New Zealand in 1932–33
England national cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1933 as an afterword to their "bodyline" tour of Australia. England and New Zealand played a two-match Test series. New Zealand were captained by Curly Page. Both Tests were drawn. The second Test of the series, at Auckland, was the 200th Test match to be played by England.[1]
Test series summary
First Test
24–27 March 1933
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 March was taken as a rest day
- PE Whitelaw, HD Smith and DL Freeman (all NZ) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
31 March–3 April 1933
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 April was taken as a rest day.
- JA Dunning (NZ) made his Test debut.
Wally Hammond's score of 336 not out in the second Test was the highest individual score in a Test match, breaking the record of 334 set by Don Bradman three years earlier.[2]
References
- ISBN 9781472953582. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Test matches – Batting records – Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder)". Cricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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