New Zealand vs England, 1st Test at Wellington, , Feb 10 1978 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Wellington, February 10 - 15, 1978, England tour of New Zealand

New Zealand

228 & 123

England

(T:137) 215 & 64

New Zealand won by 72 runs

Summary

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New Zealand 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

New Zealand 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	lbw b Botham	55	244	348	3	0	22.54
Robert Anderson	c †Taylor b Old	28	42	53	5	0	66.66
Geoff Howarth	c Botham b Old	13	70	110	0	0	18.57
Mark Burgess (c)	b Willis	9	42	55	1	0	21.42
Bevan Congdon	c †Taylor b Old	44	160	228	4	0	27.50
John Parker	c Rose b Willis	16	75	79	1	0	21.33
Warren Lees †	c †Taylor b Old	1	5	14	0	0	20.00
Richard Hadlee	not out	27	39	60	4	0	69.23
Dayle Hadlee	c †Taylor b Old	1	3	8	0	0	33.33
Richard Collinge	b Old	1	12	13	0	0	8.33
Stephen Boock	b Botham	4	23	31	0	0	17.39
Extras	(b 12, lb 3, nb 13, w 1)	29
TOTAL	87.6 Ov (RR: 2.59)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Robert Anderson), 2-96 (Geoff Howarth), 3-114 (Mark Burgess), 4-152 (John Wright), 5-191 (John Parker), 6-193 (Warren Lees), 7-194 (Bevan Congdon), 8-196 (Dayle Hadlee), 9-208 (Richard Collinge), 10-228 (Stephen Boock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	25	7	65	2	1.95	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	17	2	46	0	2.02	-	-	-
Chris Old	30	11	54	6	1.35	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	3	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-
Ian Botham	12.6	2	27	2	1.58	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Rose	c †Lees b Collinge	21	54	76	1	0	38.88
Geoff Boycott (c)	c Congdon b Collinge	77	302	442	9	0	25.49
Geoff Miller	b Boock	24	94	110	2	0	25.53
Bob Taylor †	c & b Collinge	8	51	72	1	0	15.68
Derek Randall	c Burgess b RJ Hadlee	4	45	43	0	0	8.88
Graham Roope	c †Lees b RJ Hadlee	37	109	111	6	0	33.94
Ian Botham	c Burgess b RJ Hadlee	7	43	59	0	0	16.27
Chris Old	b RJ Hadlee	10	36	36	0	0	27.77
Phil Edmonds	lbw b Congdon	4	25	22	0	0	16.00
Mike Hendrick	lbw b Congdon	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	not out	6	8	16	1	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 13)	17
TOTAL	94.4 Ov (RR: 2.27)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Brian Rose), 2-89 (Geoff Miller), 3-108 (Bob Taylor), 4-126 (Derek Randall), 5-183 (Graham Roope), 6-188 (Geoff Boycott), 7-203 (Ian Botham), 8-205 (Chris Old), 9-206 (Mike Hendrick), 10-215 (Phil Edmonds)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	28	5	74	4	1.98	-	-	-
Richard Collinge	18	5	42	3	1.75	-	-	-
Dayle Hadlee	21	5	47	0	1.67	-	-	-
Stephen Boock	10	5	21	1	1.57	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	c Roope b Willis	19	105	169	0	0	18.09
Robert Anderson	lbw b Old	26	62	105	4	0	41.93
Geoff Howarth	c Edmonds b Willis	21	75	84	1	0	28.00
Mark Burgess (c)	c Boycott b Botham	6	37	55	1	0	16.21
Bevan Congdon	c Roope b Willis	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
John Parker	c Edmonds b Willis	4	18	23	0	0	22.22
Warren Lees †	lbw b Hendrick	11	35	41	2	0	31.42
Richard Hadlee	c Boycott b Willis	2	5	10	0	0	40.00
Dayle Hadlee	c Roope b Botham	2	18	38	0	0	11.11
Richard Collinge	c Edmonds b Hendrick	6	12	12	1	0	50.00
Stephen Boock	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 9, nb 13, w 2)	26
TOTAL	44.3 Ov (RR: 2.77)	123
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Robert Anderson), 2-82 (John Wright), 3-93 (Geoff Howarth), 4-93 (Bevan Congdon), 5-98 (John Parker), 6-99 (Mark Burgess), 7-104 (Richard Hadlee), 8-116 (Warren Lees), 9-123 (Richard Collinge), 10-123 (Dayle Hadlee)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	15	2	32	5	1.60	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	10	2	16	2	1.20	-	-	-
Chris Old	9	2	32	1	2.66	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	1	0	4	0	3.00	-	-	-
Ian Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 137 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Rose	not out	5	31	43	0	0	16.12
Geoff Boycott (c)	b Collinge	1	6	8	0	0	16.66
Geoff Miller	c Anderson b Collinge	4	7	14	0	0	57.14
Derek Randall	lbw b Collinge	9	8	16	1	0	112.50
Graham Roope	c †Lees b RJ Hadlee	0	9	14	0	0	0.00
Ian Botham	c Boock b RJ Hadlee	19	24	34	3	0	79.16
Bob Taylor †	run out (Boock)	0	10	27	0	0	0.00
Chris Old	lbw b RJ Hadlee	9	20	27	2	0	45.00
Phil Edmonds	c Parker b RJ Hadlee	11	61	88	0	0	18.03
Mike Hendrick	c Parker b RJ Hadlee	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	c Howarth b RJ Hadlee	3	41	61	0	0	7.31
Extras	(nb 3)	3
TOTAL	27.3 Ov (RR: 2.33)	64
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Geoff Boycott), 2-8 (Geoff Miller), 2-14* (Brian Rose, retired not out), 3-18 (Derek Randall), 4-18 (Graham Roope), 5-38 (Ian Botham), 6-38 (Bob Taylor), 7-53 (Chris Old), 8-53 (Mike Hendrick), 9-63 (Phil Edmonds), 10-64 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Collinge	13	5	35	3	2.01	-	-	-
Richard Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45	-	-	-
Dayle Hadlee	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

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Fri, 10 Feb - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 152/3 (John Wright 55*, Bevan Congdon 26*)

Sat, 11 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 89/2 (Geoff Boycott 36*, Bob Taylor 0*)

Sun, 12 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 12/0 (John Wright 0*, Robert Anderson 2*)

Mon, 13 Feb - rest day

Tue, 14 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 53/8 (Phil Edmonds 6*, Bob Willis 0*)

Wed, 15 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 64 (27.3 ov) - end of match

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General

Richard Collinge took his 100th test wicket (Rose).
BC Rose (2) retired hurt on 4* from 14/2 to 63/9 (bruised right arm).

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of New Zealand
Season	1977/78
Series result	New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 817
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	John Wright Stephen Boock
Umpires	Ralph Gardiner Robert Monteith

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
BC Rose	not out	5	31
G Boycott	bowled	1	6
G Miller	caught	4	7
DW Randall	lbw	9	8
GRJ Roope	caught	0	9
IT Botham	caught	19	24
RW Taylor	run out	0	10
CM Old	lbw	9	20
PH Edmonds	caught	11	61
M Hendrick	caught	0	6
RGD Willis	caught	3	41
Extras	(nb 3)
Total	64(10 wkts; 27.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RO Collinge	13	5	35	3	2.01
RJ Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45
DR Hadlee	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Geoff Boycott	Brian Rose
2nd	6	Geoff Miller	Brian Rose
3rd	6	Derek Randall	Brian Rose
4th	4	Graham Roope	Derek Randall
5th	0	Graham Roope	Ian Botham
6th	20	Bob Taylor	Ian Botham
7th	0	Bob Taylor	Chris Old
8th	15	Chris Old	Phil Edmonds
9th	0	Mike Hendrick	Phil Edmonds
10th	10	Bob Willis	Phil Edmonds
11th	1	Bob Willis	Brian Rose

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