Read the article of New Zealand vs England 3rd ODI 1983 - England tour of New Zealand 3-match one-day international series of the 3rd ODI match played between England and New Zealand at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in 26th February 1983.
Glenn Turner, Bruce Edgar, Lance Cairns, Jeremy Coney and Martin Snedden stars as New Zealand domineering 84-run victory over England and clinch the their historic first 3-0 whitewash in the third ODI.
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New Zealand scored 211-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Glenn Turner struck 34 off 45-balls including 4-fours & a six.
Bruce Edgar hit 32 off 58-balls including 4-fours, Martin Snedden cracked a unbeaten 31 off 30-balls included 3-fours.
Jeremy Coney hit 30 off 45-balls including 3-fours, John Morrison scored a unbeaten 24 off 30-balls included 2-fours.
Lance Cairns blasted a 21 off 17-balls including 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 123.52 and Jeff Crowe 18.
England best bowler by Vic Marks, Robin Jackman both took 2-wickets, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller and Norman Cowans each took one-wickets.
England scored 127 for all-out in 40.1 overs with top scorer by David Gower struck 53 off 75-balls including 6-fours.
Allan Lamb scored 37 off 76-balls including 4-fours, Geoff Miller 7 and Bob Willis 6.
New Zealand best bowler by John Morrison picked up 3-wickets for 24-runs in 8.1-overs.
Lance Cairns, Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield each took 2-wickets and one for Jeremy Coney.
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England's four months of cricket miseries ended in yet another defeat today when New Zealand completed a hat-trick of one-day wins within a week.
Only David Gower, 53, and Allan Lamb, 37, gave England any hope of a face-saving win at Lancaster Park today but those hopes vanished when they were separated Chasing New Zealands's total of eight for 211 in 50 veers, England was all out for 127 in 40.1 ovcrs..
New Zealand's 84-run victory followed victories in Auckland last Saturday and Wellington on Wednesday.
It compounded the woes of Rob Willis' team, which had already lost the Ashes to Australia and failed to make the finals of the one-day series in Australia.
In today's match, New Zealand compiled a modest 211 in its 50 overs after Geoff Howarth won the toss. Openers Glenn Turner and Bruce Edgar put on 64 but New Zealand's middle-order collapsed. At one stage New Zealand was eight for 156 but Martin Snedden and John Morrison refused to surrender.
"We should have won," Willis said after the match. "But we didn't bat with any great skill so I'm afraid we lost the game.- Willis said the four mouths in Australia and New Zealand had been disappointing.
Howarth attributed the win to a team effort and said the record home crowds in the three New Zealand matches had made a difference England's innings began disastrously on the second ball when Glenn Turner took a simple catch from opener Ian Gould off Snedden.
Chris Tavaré was out with eight runs on the board but Gower and Lamb then began to swing the game England's way They played some fluent, piercing strokes and the score rose steadily to 94 before Lamb was caught at deep mid-on by Ewen Chatfield.
Gower went nine runs later and from then on it became an England procession.
None of the remaining England batsmen offered any resistance to the relatively gentle New Zealand attack which, for the fifth one-day match in succession, was without top fast bowler Richard Hadlee.
Snedden won the man-of-the-match award for his combined contribution of an unbeaten 31 and two for 14 off seven oven.
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