The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1959 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. England won the series 1âÂÂ0 with one match drawn. Three first-class matches against provincial sides were also played, of which the English team (playing as Marylebone Cricket Club) won two by an innings, and the other was drawn.
The English team had just completed a five-Test tour of Australia. Of the 18 players on that tour, six were injured and unable to take part in the New Zealand tour.