Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	c †Taylor b Lever	4	32	42	0	0	12.50
Robert Anderson	c Gatting b Botham	17	60	94	1	0	28.33
Geoff Howarth	c Roope b Willis	122	356	515	12	0	34.26
Mark Burgess (c)	c Randall b Botham	50	133	140	5	0	37.59
Bevan Congdon	c Miller b Botham	5	29	41	0	0	17.24
John Parker	lbw b Botham	14	82	97	0	0	17.07
Jock Edwards †	lbw b Lever	55	105	137	7	1	52.38
Richard Hadlee	c Roope b Botham	1	13	23	0	0	7.69
Lance Cairns	b Lever	11	29	41	2	0	37.93
Richard Collinge	not out	5	15	30	1	0	33.33
Stephen Boock	c Edmonds b Willis	1	8	9	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 15)	30
Total	105.6 Ov (RR: 2.97)	315
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (John Wright), 2-32 (Robert Anderson), 3-113 (Mark Burgess), 4-129 (Bevan Congdon), 5-182 (John Parker), 6-278 (Jock Edwards), 7-285 (Richard Hadlee), 8-302 (Geoff Howarth), 9-314 (Lance Cairns), 10-315 (Stephen Boock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	26.6	8	57	2	1.59	-	-	-
John Lever	34	5	96	3	2.11	-	-	-
Ian Botham	34	4	109	5	2.40	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	10	2	23	0	1.72	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott (c)	c Burgess b Collinge	54	177	232	4	0	30.50
Derek Randall	lbw b Hadlee	30	59	76	2	0	50.84
Clive Radley	c Wright b Collinge	158	524	648	15	0	30.15
Graham Roope	c Burgess b Boock	68	210	257	10	0	32.38
Mike Gatting	b Boock	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Ian Botham	c †Edwards b Collinge	53	114	132	9	0	46.49
Bob Taylor †	b Boock	16	111	166	0	0	14.41
Geoff Miller	lbw b Collinge	15	14	24	3	0	107.14
Phil Edmonds	b Boock	8	33	38	1	0	24.24
John Lever	c & b Boock	1	13	15	0	0	7.69
Bob Willis	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 10, w 4)	26
Total	156.3 Ov (RR: 2.74)	429
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Derek Randall), 2-115 (Geoff Boycott), 3-254 (Graham Roope), 4-258 (Mike Gatting), 5-355 (Ian Botham), 6-396 (Clive Radley), 7-418 (Geoff Miller), 8-427 (Phil Edmonds), 9-428 (Bob Taylor), 10-429 (John Lever)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	31	6	107	1	2.58	-	-	-
Richard Collinge	38	9	98	4	1.93	-	-	-
Lance Cairns	33	9	63	0	1.43	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	26	8	68	0	1.96	-	-	-
Stephen Boock	28.3	4	67	5	1.77	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	c †Taylor b Edmonds	25	75	106	3	0	33.33
Robert Anderson	c Botham b Miller	55	120	163	8	0	45.83
Geoff Howarth	b Miller	102	301	320	13	0	33.88
Mark Burgess (c)	c †Taylor b Edmonds	17	82	71	2	0	20.73
Bevan Congdon	c Roope b Lever	20	67	78	2	0	29.85
Jock Edwards †	c Randall b Lever	54	67	89	9	1	80.59
John Parker	not out	47	138	136	5	0	34.05
Richard Hadlee	b Miller	10	35	30	2	0	28.57
Lance Cairns	lbw b Edmonds	20	26	35	3	0	76.92
Richard Collinge	not out	12	45	46	0	1	26.66
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 10)	20
Total	118 Ov (RR: 3.23)	382/8
Did not bat: Stephen Boock
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (John Wright), 2-98 (Robert Anderson), 3-125 (Mark Burgess), 4-185 (Bevan Congdon), 5-272 (Jock Edwards), 6-287 (Geoff Howarth), 7-305 (Richard Hadlee), 8-350 (Lance Cairns)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	10	3	42	0	3.15	-	-	-
John Lever	17	4	59	2	2.60	-	-	-
Ian Botham	13	1	51	0	2.94	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	45	15	107	3	1.78	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	30	10	99	3	2.47	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	1	0	1	0	0.75	-	-	-
Graham Roope	1	0	2	0	1.50	-	-	-
Derek Randall	1	0	1	0	0.75	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 04 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 162/4 (Geoff Howarth 64*, John Parker 7*)

Sun, 05 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 30/0 (Geoff Boycott 6*, Derek Randall 21*)

Mon, 06 Mar - day 3 - England 1st innings 172/2 (Clive Radley 49*, Graham Roope 28*)

Tue, 07 Mar - rest day

Wed, 08 Mar - day 4 - England 1st innings 390/5 (Clive Radley 154*, Bob Taylor 6*)

Thu, 09 Mar - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 112/2 (Geoff Howarth 20*, Mark Burgess 7*)

Fri, 10 Mar - day 6 - New Zealand 2nd innings 382/8 (118 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Geoff Howarth was only the 2nd New Zealander (after Glenn Turner) to score a century in each innings of a test. That in the 1st innings was his maiden test century.

Match Details

Eden Park, Auckland
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1977/78
Series result	3-match series drawn 1-1
Match number	Test no. 820
Match days	day (6-day match)
Umpires	John Hastie Ralph Gardiner

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	10	3	42	0	3.15
JK Lever	17	4	59	2	2.6
IT Botham	13	1	51	0	2.94
PH Edmonds	45	15	107	3	1.78
G Miller	30	10	99	3	2.47
MW Gatting	1	0	1	0	0.75
GRJ Roope	1	0	2	0	1.5
DW Randall	1	0	1	0	0.75

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