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England tour of New Zealand, 1977/78 / Scorecard

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England in New Zealand Test Series - 2nd Test

New Zealand v England

England won by 174 runs

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BC Rose c Howarth b Chatfield 11 60 22 1 0 50.00
G Boycott* lbw b Collinge 8 33 31 1 0 25.80
DW Randall c Burgess b Hadlee 0 8 7 0 0 0.00
GRJ Roope c Burgess b Hadlee 50 235 185 5 0 27.02
G Miller c Congdon b Collinge 89 338 273 10 0 32.60
CT Radley c †Lees b Hadlee 15 47 46 2 0 32.60
IT Botham c †Lees b Boock 103 313 288 12 1 35.76
RW Taylor† run out 45 283 217 4 0 20.73
CM Old b Hadlee 8 14 12 2 0 66.66
PH Edmonds c †Lees b Collinge 50 75 70 8 1 71.42
RGD Willis not out 6 66 20 0 0 30.00
Extras (b 14, lb 9, nb 10) 33
Total (all out; 145.5 overs) 418 (2.15 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Boycott), 2-18 (Randall), 3-26 (Rose), 3-103* (Miller, retired not out), 4-127 (Radley), 5-128 (Roope), 6-288 (Taylor), 7-294 (Botham), 8-305 (Old), 9-375 (Edmonds), 10-418 (Miller)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Hadlee 43 10 147 4 2.56
RO Collinge 26.5 6 89 3 2.50
EJ Chatfield 37 8 94 1 1.90
BE Congdon 18 11 14 0 0.58
SL Boock 21 11 41 1 1.46
New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JG Wright c & b Edmonds 4 75 47 1 0 8.51
RW Anderson b Edmonds 62 186 162 8 0 38.27
GP Howarth c Edmonds b Willis 5 56 52 0 0 9.61
MG Burgess* c Roope b Botham 29 189 152 3 0 19.07
BE Congdon lbw b Botham 20 73 64 2 0 31.25
JM Parker not out 53 226 165 5 0 32.12
WK Lees† c Miller b Botham 0 10 9 0 0 0.00
RJ Hadlee b Edmonds 1 5 3 0 0 33.33
RO Collinge c Edmonds b Botham 32 93 63 4 0 50.79
SL Boock c †Taylor b Edmonds 2 27 27 0 0 7.40
EJ Chatfield c Edmonds b Botham 3 25 26 0 0 11.53
Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 19) 24
Total (all out; 92.7 overs) 235 (1.89 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-37 (Wright), 2-52 (Howarth), 3-82 (Anderson), 4-119 (Congdon), 5-148 (Burgess), 6-151 (Lees), 7-153 (Hadlee), 8-211 (Collinge), 9-216 (Boock), 10-235 (Chatfield)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RGD Willis 20 5 45 1 1.68
CM Old 14 4 55 0 2.94
IT Botham 24.7 6 73 5 2.20
PH Edmonds 34 11 38 4 0.83
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
BC Rose c †Lees b Collinge 7 79 40 0 0 17.50
G Boycott* run out 26 120 80 3 0 32.50
DW Randall run out 13 21 16 1 0 81.25
IT Botham not out 30 46 31 3 0 96.77
CM Old b Collinge 1 7 3 0 0 33.33
GRJ Roope not out 9 19 10 1 0 90.00
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 3) 10
Total (4 wickets dec; 22 overs) 96 (3.27 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat G Miller, CT Radley, RW Taylor†, PH Edmonds, RGD Willis
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Rose), 2-47 (Randall), 3-67 (Boycott), 4-74 (Old)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Hadlee 6 1 17 0 2.12
RO Collinge 9 2 29 2 2.41
EJ Chatfield 5 0 22 0 3.30
BE Congdon 2 0 18 0 6.75
New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 280 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JG Wright c Roope b Willis 0 5 8 0 0 0.00
RW Anderson b Willis 15 80 39 2 0 38.46
GP Howarth c Edmonds b Old 1 29 19 0 0 5.26
MG Burgess* not out 6 33 13 1 0 46.15
BE Congdon c Botham b Willis 0 6 5 0 0 0.00
JM Parker c Botham b Edmonds 16 64 53 2 0 30.18
WK Lees† b Willis 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
RJ Hadlee c Botham b Edmonds 39 80 62 8 0 62.90
RO Collinge c Miller b Botham 0 11 5 0 0 0.00
SL Boock c †Taylor b Botham 0 11 11 0 0 0.00
EJ Chatfield lbw b Botham 6 14 18 1 0 33.33
Extras (lb 6, nb 16) 22
Total (all out; 27 overs) 105 (2.91 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Wright), 2-14 (Howarth), 2-18* (Burgess, retired not out), 3-19 (Congdon), 4-25 (Anderson), 5-25 (Lees), 6-59 (Parker), 7-81 (Collinge), 8-90 (Boock), 9-95 (Hadlee), 10-105 (Chatfield)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RGD Willis 7 2 14 4 1.50
CM Old 7 4 9 1 0.96
IT Botham 7 1 38 3 4.07
PH Edmonds 6 2 22 2 2.75
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series 3-match series level 1-1
Test debut CT Radley (England)
Umpires FR Goodall and RL Monteith
Close of play
Fri, 24 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 172/5 (IT Botham 22*, RW Taylor 18*)
Sat, 25 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 394/9 (G Miller 66*, RGD Willis 5*)
Sun, 26 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 122/4 (MG Burgess 16*, JM Parker 0*)
Mon, 27 Feb - rest day
Tue, 28 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 96/4 (IT Botham 30*, GRJ Roope 9*)
Wed, 1 Mar - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 105 (27 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • Ian Botham became only the 2nd Englishman to take 5 wickets in an innings and score a century in the same test (Tony Greig was 1st).
  • G Miller (1) retired hurt on 31* from 103/3 to 288/6
  • MG Burgess (2) retired hurt on 1* from 18/2 to 95/9
 
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Series Results
New Zealand v England at Auckland - Mar 4-10, 1978
Match drawn
New Zealand v England at Christchurch - Feb 24-Mar 1, 1978
England won by 174 runs
New Zealand v England at Wellington - Feb 10-15, 1978
New Zealand won by 72 runs
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