English cricket team in New Zealand in 1932–33 explained

Douglas Jardine's 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

Second Test

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Booth, Lawrence. The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. 12 April 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781472953582. 29 April 2018. Google Books.
2. Web site: Test matches – Batting records – Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder). ESPN. Cricinfo. 24 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20100311070202/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284258.html. 11 March 2010. live.