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. 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 32 series with England winning 22, New Zealand 3 and 7 drawn.

From 2012-13 they will compete for the Astle–Atherton Trophy in test matches.

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	01930-01-1010 January 1930	4	1	0	3	England
2	1931	England	01931-06-2727 June 1931	3	1	0	2	England
3	1932–33	New Zealand	01933-03-2424 March 1933	2	0	0	2	Drawn
4	1937	England	01937-06-2626 June 1937	3	1	0	2	England
5	1946–47	New Zealand	01947-03-2121 March 1947	1	0	0	1	Drawn
6	1949	England	01949-06-1111 June 1949	4	0	0	4	Drawn
7	1950–51	New Zealand	01951-03-1717 March 1951	2	1	0	1	England
8	1954–55	New Zealand	01955-03-1111 March 1955	2	2	0	0	England
9	1958	England	01958-06-055 June 1958	5	4	0	1	England
10	1958–59	New Zealand	01959-02-2727 February 1959	2	1	0	1	England
11	1962–63	New Zealand	01963-02-2323 February 1963	3	3	0	0	England
12	1965	England	01965-05-2727 May 1965	3	3	0	0	England
13	1965–66	New Zealand	01966-02-2525 February 1966	3	0	0	3	Drawn
14	1969	England	01969-07-2424 July 1969	3	2	0	1	England
15	1970–71	New Zealand	01971-02-2525 February 1971	2	1	0	1	England
16	1973	England	01973-06-077 June 1973	3	2	0	1	England
17	1974–75	New Zealand	01975-02-2020 February 1975	2	1	0	1	England
18	1977–78	New Zealand	01978-02-1010 February 1978	3	1	1	1	Drawn
19	1978	England	01978-07-2727 July 1978	3	3	0	0	England
20	1983	England	01983-07-1414 July 1983	4	3	1	0	England
21	1983–84	New Zealand	01984-01-2020 January 1984	3	0	1	2	New Zealand
22	1986	England	01986-07-2424 July 1986	3	0	1	2	New Zealand
23	1987–88	New Zealand	01988-02-1212 February 1988	3	0	0	3	Drawn
24	1990	England	01990-06-077 June 1990	3	1	0	2	England
25	1991–92	New Zealand	01992-01-1818 January 1992	3	2	0	1	England
26	1994	England	01994-06-022 June 1994	3	1	0	2	England
27	1996–97	New Zealand	01997-01-2424 January 1997	3	2	0	1	England
28	1999	England	01999-07-011 July 1999	4	1	2	1	New Zealand
29	2001–02	New Zealand	02002-03-1313 March 2002	3	1	1	1	Drawn
30	2004	England	02004-05-2020 May 2004	3	3	0	0	England
31	2007–08	New Zealand	02008-03-055 March 2008	3	2	1	0	England
32	2008	England	02008-05-1515 May 2008	3	2	0	1	England

Summary of results

	Played	Won by England	Won by New Zealand	Drawn
All Tests	94	45 (47.9%)	8 (8.5%)	41 (43.6%)
Tests in England	50	27 (54%)	4 (8%)	19 (38%)
Tests in New Zealand	44	18 (40.9%)	4 (9.1%)	22 (50%)
All series	32	22 (68.8%)	3 (9.4%)	7 (21.9%)
Series in England	15	12 (80%)	2 (13.3%)	1 (6.7%)
Series in New Zealand	17	10 (58.8%)	1 (5.9%)	6 (35.3%)
All totals correct as of February 2011. Totals compiled from table above.