Eden Park - results and stats. Previewing Day/Night Test 22 March 2017.

I have taken the liberty of reviewing the previous 10 tests at The Garden.  One thing to note - 8 of 10 tests were low scoring affairs.  The 10th was the last when BMac lashed to all parts.

I found this hard to fathom as Eden Park has long had a reputation for being boundary friendly, but not necessarily so.

In those last 10 tests we have had 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, not a bad record all round.  Below are the stat's (Blackcap players only)

Zimbabwe 1998 NZ Win by Innings and 13 runs.

Horne  157  Astle  114

Doull  two 4 fors.

South Africa - 1999- Drawn

Horne 93

Australia 2000  -  NZ Loss by 62 runs

Vettori  7- 87

Pakistan - 2001 - NZ Loss by 299 runs

Martin and Tuffey 4 fors.

  England - 2002 - NZ 78 Run Win

Tuffey  6 for 54

South Africa - 2004  -  NZ 9 wicket win.

Martin 11 wickets - 180

Styris  170

Cairns  158

Oram 90

Australia  -  2005  -  NZ 9 Wicket loss

Franklin 6 - 119

West Indies  2006 - NZ 27 run win.

Styris  103*

Bond 5 - 69

England - 2013 - Drawn

Fulton 136 and 110 (nice!!)

Williamson 91 and 4 for 44.

Boult  6-68

India  -  2014 -  NZ win by 40 runs.

Williamson  113

McCullum - 224

Wagner 4 for and 4 for (8 Wickets)

So given those figures, it appears that results are hard to come by for visiting teams.  2 out of 10 seem a turn out of the blue as high scoring and result driven.  With that in mind it is fair to say despite the advent of day/night cricket it's going to be a bit dicey for both teams anyway.  Essentially it's a clean slate with which both teams will have to feel their way.  Unless two or three batsmen use T20 form to take advantage of the awkward boundary positions.

And a footnote - between 2006 and 2014 (inclusive) there have been only 3 tests (2006, 2013 and 2014)

The Day/Night Test stats.

2018

England versus Blackcaps.

Won by NZ in an innings and 49 runs.

Williamson 102
Nichols  145
Boult 6 for 32 and 3 for 67 (9 for)
Southee  4 for 25.