The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1973 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 2–0 with 1 match drawn.
Test series summary
First Test
| 7–12 June 1973 (5-day match) Scorecard |
England 
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v |  New Zealand
|
| 250 (107.4 overs) G Boycott 51 (145) DR Hadlee 4/42 (19 overs) |
97 (41.4 overs) Extras 20 BR Taylor 19 (28) AW Greig 4/33 (10.4 overs) | |
| 325/8d (97 overs) AW Greig 139 (178) V Pollard 2/24 (9 overs) |
440 (188.1 overs) BE Congdon 176 (377) GG Arnold 5/131 (53 overs) |
| England won by 38 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: DJ Constant and AEG Rhodes |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 10 June was taken as a rest day.
Second Test
| 21–26 June 1973 (5-day match) Scorecard |
| England
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v | New Zealand
|
| 253 (106 overs) AW Greig 63 (95) HJ Howarth 3/42 (25 overs) |
551/9d (204.5 overs) BE Congdon 175 (454) CM Old 5/113 (41.5 overs) | |
| 463/9 (196 overs) KWR Fletcher 178 (380) HJ Howarth 4/144 (70 overs) |
| Match drawn Lord's, London Umpires: AE Fagg and TW Spencer |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- 24 June was taken as a rest day.
Third Test
| 5–10 July 1973 (5-day match) Scorecard |
| New Zealand
|
v | England
|
| 276 (98.4 overs) MG Burgess 87 (171) CM Old 4/71 (20 overs) |
419 (145.1 overs) G Boycott 115 (181) RO Collinge 5/74 (34 overs) | |
| 142 (70.3 overs) GM Turner 81 (207) GG Arnold 5/27 (22 overs) |
| England won by an innings and 1 run Headingley, Leeds Umpires: HD Bird and CS Elliott |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- 8 July was taken as a rest day.
Prudential Trophy
First ODI
| 18 July 1973 Scorecard |
| New Zealand 158 (52.5 overs) |
v | England 159/3 (45.3 overs) |
| V Pollard 55 (112) JA Snow 4/32 (10 overs) |
DL Amiss 100 (121) BE Congdon 1/32 (9 overs) |
| England won by 7 wickets St. Helen's, Swansea Umpires: DJ Constant (ENG) and CS Elliott (ENG) Player of the match: DL Amiss (ENG) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- FC Hayes, GRJ Roope and DL Underwood (all ENG), and V Pollard, RE Redmond and BR Taylor (all NZ) made their ODI debuts.
Second ODI
| 20 July 1973 Scorecard |
| England 167/8 (48.3 overs) |
v | New Zealand |
| GRJ Roope 44 (103) BR Taylor 3/25 (10.3 overs) |
| No result Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and AEG Rhodes (ENG) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
External sources
Annual reviews
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
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