List of Test cricket series between England and New Zealand

New Zealand playing England in a Test match at the Basin Reserve

England and New Zealand have been competing against each other in Test cricket series since 1929–30.^{[1][note 1]} The first series between the sides, which was also New Zealand's first as a Test nation, was won 1–0 by England with 3 matches drawn. Since that time the series have varied in length with multiple matches being played per series except for one occasion in 1946–47.

It took until 1977–78 for New Zealand to register their first Test victory against England; in the 18th series meeting, New Zealand won one match in a drawn series. New Zealand won their first series in 1983–84, which was followed by another victory in 1986. Their only other series victory was in 1999. The two sides have played in 35 series with England winning 23, New Zealand three and nine drawn.

Key

• Years denotes the cricket season in which the series takes place.
• Host denotes the host country for the series.
• First match denotes the date on which the first match of the series commenced.
• Tests denotes how many Tests were played in the series.
• Eng denotes how many matches in the series were won by England.
• NZ denotes how many matches in the series were won by New Zealand.
• Drawn denotes how many matches in the series were drawn.
• Result denotes which side won the series overall, or if it was drawn.

Series	Years	Host	First match	Tests	Eng	NZ	Drawn	Result	Ref
1	1929–30	New Zealand	10 January 1930	4	1	0	3	England	[3]
2	1931	England	27 June 1931	3	1	0	2	England	[4]
3	1932–33	New Zealand	24 March 1933	2	0	0	2	Drawn	[5]
4	1937	England	26 June 1937	3	1	0	2	England	[6]
5	1946–47	New Zealand	21 March 1947	1	0	0	1	Drawn	[7]
6	1949	England	11 June 1949	4	0	0	4	Drawn	[8]
7	1950–51	New Zealand	17 March 1951	2	1	0	1	England	[9]
8	1954–55	New Zealand	11 March 1955	2	2	0	0	England	[10]
9	1958	England	5 June 1958	5	4	0	1	England	[11]
10	1958–59	New Zealand	27 February 1959	2	1	0	1	England	[12]
11	1962–63	New Zealand	23 February 1963	3	3	0	0	England	[13]
12	1965	England	27 May 1965	3	3	0	0	England	[14]
13	1965–66	New Zealand	25 February 1966	3	0	0	3	Drawn	[15]
14	1969	England	24 July 1969	3	2	0	1	England	[16]
15	1970–71	New Zealand	25 February 1971	2	1	0	1	England	[17]
16	1973	England	7 June 1973	3	2	0	1	England	[18]
17	1974–75	New Zealand	20 February 1975	2	1	0	1	England	[19]
18	1977–78	New Zealand	10 February 1978	3	1	1	1	Drawn	[20]
19	1978	England	27 July 1978	3	3	0	0	England	[21]
20	1983	England	14 July 1983	4	3	1	0	England	[22]
21	1983–84	New Zealand	20 January 1984	3	0	1	2	New Zealand	[23]
22	1986	England	24 July 1986	3	0	1	2	New Zealand	[24]
23	1987–88	New Zealand	12 February 1988	3	0	0	3	Drawn	[25]
24	1990	England	7 June 1990	3	1	0	2	England	[26]
25	1991–92	New Zealand	18 January 1992	3	2	0	1	England	[27]
26	1994	England	2 June 1994	3	1	0	2	England	[28]
27	1996–97	New Zealand	24 January 1997	3	2	0	1	England	[29]
28	1999	England	1 July 1999	4	1	2	1	New Zealand	[30]
29	2001–02	New Zealand	13 March 2002	3	1	1	1	Drawn	[31]
30	2004	England	20 May 2004	3	3	0	0	England	[32]
31	2007–08	New Zealand	5 March 2008	3	2	1	0	England	[33]
32	2008	England	15 May 2008	3	2	0	1	England	[34]
33	2012–13	New Zealand	6 March 2013	3	0	0	3	Drawn	[35]
34	2013	England	16 May 2013	2	2	0	0	England	[36]
35	2015	England	21 May 2015	2	1	1	0	Drawn	[37]

Summary of results

	Played	Won by England	Won by New Zealand	Drawn
All Tests	101	48	9	44
Tests in England	54	30	5	19
Tests in New Zealand	47	18	4	25
All series	35	23	3	9
Series in England	17	13	2	2
Series in New Zealand	18	10	1	7
All totals correct as of June 2015. Totals compiled from table above.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Cricket is generally played during the summer months of the country in which it takes place: therefore in England it is typically played between May and September, while in New Zealand it typically takes place between October and April. To reflect this, cricket seasons are listed as YYYY in England, and YYYY–YY in New Zealand.^[2]

References

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2. "Match/series archive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
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4. "New Zealand in England Test Series 1931 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
5. "England in New Zealand Test Series 1932/33 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
6. "New Zealand in England Test Series 1937 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
7. "England in New Zealand Test Match 1946/47 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
8. "New Zealand in England Test Series 1949 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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33. "England in New Zealand Test Series 2007/08 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
34. "New Zealand in England Test Series 2008 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
35. "England in New Zealand Test Series, 2012/13 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
36. "New Zealand in England Test Series, 2013 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
37. "New Zealand in England Test Series, 2015 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-19.