Full Scorecard of New Zealand vs England 1st Test 1978 - Score Report

result

New Zealand

234 & 182

England

(52.3 ov, target 138)279 & 138/3

England won by 7 wickets

player of the match

England

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	c Radley b Willis	62	159	191	6	0	38.99

Robert Anderson	b Old	4	9	14	1	0	44.44

Geoff Howarth	c Edmonds b Botham	94	225	268	6	0	41.77

Bruce Edgar	c & b Miller	0	18	18	0	0	0.00

Mark Burgess (c)	lbw b Willis	34	130	147	3	0	26.15

Bevan Congdon	run out	2	18	15	0	0	11.11

Jock Edwards †	b Miller	6	6	11	0	0	100.00

Richard Hadlee	c Brearley b Willis	5	48	57	0	0	10.41

Lance Cairns	lbw b Willis	5	17	27	0	0	29.41

Brendon Bracewell	c †Taylor b Willis	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Stephen Boock	not out	3	8	8	0	0	37.50

Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 11)	19
TOTAL	(104.2 Ov, RR: 2.24)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Robert Anderson), 2-130 (John Wright), 3-131 (Bruce Edgar), 4-191 (Geoff Howarth), 5-197 (Bevan Congdon), 6-207 (Jock Edwards), 7-224 (Mark Burgess), 8-230 (Richard Hadlee), 9-230 (Brendon Bracewell), 10-234 (Lance Cairns)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	20.2	9	42	5	2.06	-	-	-
Chris Old	20	7	43	1	2.15	-	-	-
Ian Botham	22	7	58	1	2.63	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	25	10	31	2	1.24	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	17	2	41	0	2.41	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley (c)	c †Edwards b Bracewell	2	10	16	0	0	20.00

Graham Gooch	lbw b Bracewell	0	3	6	0	0	0.00

Clive Radley	run out	49	126	150	2	0	38.88

David Gower	run out	111	253	249	14	0	43.87

Graham Roope	b Boock	14	54	49	0	1	25.92

Geoff Miller	lbw b Cairns	0	11	10	0	0	0.00

Ian Botham	c Bracewell b Boock	22	80	80	2	0	27.50

Bob Taylor †	c †Edwards b Hadlee	8	67	63	0	0	11.94

Phil Edmonds	lbw b Hadlee	28	127	140	3	0	22.04

Chris Old	c †Edwards b Cairns	16	54	68	3	0	29.62

Bob Willis	not out	3	29	38	0	0	10.34

Extras	(b 15, lb 8, nb 3)	26
TOTAL	(134.5 Ov, RR: 2.06)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Graham Gooch), 2-7 (Mike Brearley), 3-123 (Clive Radley), 4-165 (Graham Roope), 5-166 (Geoff Miller), 6-208 (David Gower), 7-212 (Ian Botham), 8-232 (Bob Taylor), 9-257 (Chris Old), 10-279 (Phil Edmonds)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	21.5	6	43	2	1.96	-	-	-
Brendon Bracewell	17	8	46	2	2.70	-	-	-
Lance Cairns	40	16	65	2	1.62	-	-	-
Stephen Boock	35	18	61	2	1.74	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	21	6	38	0	1.80	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	lbw b Botham	25	61	66	2	0	40.98

Robert Anderson	c †Taylor b Botham	2	7	23	0	0	28.57

Geoff Howarth	b Willis	0	8	13	0	0	0.00

Bruce Edgar	b Edmonds	38	109	124	2	0	34.86

Mark Burgess (c)	lbw b Botham	7	59	69	0	0	11.86

Bevan Congdon	b Edmonds	36	207	217	3	0	17.39

Jock Edwards †	c Brearley b Edmonds	11	34	28	0	0	32.35

Richard Hadlee	b Edmonds	7	33	25	1	0	21.21

Lance Cairns	b Miller	27	117	119	1	0	23.07

Brendon Bracewell	b Miller	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Stephen Boock	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 11)	29
TOTAL	(105.1 Ov, RR: 1.73)	182
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Robert Anderson), 2-19 (Geoff Howarth), 3-30 (John Wright), 4-70 (Mark Burgess), 5-86 (Bruce Edgar), 6-105 (Jock Edwards), 7-113 (Richard Hadlee), 8-182 (Lance Cairns), 9-182 (Brendon Bracewell), 10-182 (Bevan Congdon)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	13	2	39	1	3.00	-	-	-
Chris Old	5	2	13	0	2.60	-	-	-
Ian Botham	19	2	46	3	2.42	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	34	19	35	2	1.02	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley (c)	lbw b Boock	11	50	60	1	0	22.00

Graham Gooch	not out	91	175	187	11	0	52.00

Clive Radley	lbw b Bracewell	2	35	38	0	0	5.71

David Gower	c Howarth b Cairns	11	23	29	0	0	47.82

Graham Roope	not out	10	41	53	0	0	24.39

Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 8)	13
TOTAL	(52.3 Ov, RR: 2.62)	138/3
Did not bat: Geoff Miller, Ian Botham, Bob Taylor †, Phil Edmonds, Chris Old, Bob Willis
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Mike Brearley), 2-51 (Clive Radley), 3-82 (David Gower)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	11.3	3	18	0	1.56	-	-	-
Brendon Bracewell	13	3	26	1	2.00	-	-	-
Lance Cairns	7	0	21	1	3.00	-	-	-
Stephen Boock	20	6	55	1	2.75	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of England and Netherlands
Season	1978
Player Of The Match	David Gower
Series result	England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 828
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Brendon Bracewell Bruce Edgar
Umpires	Barrie Meyer David Constant

Thu, 27 Jul - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 224/7 (Richard Hadlee 5*)

Fri, 28 Jul - day 2 - England 1st innings 225/7 (Bob Taylor 6*, Phil Edmonds 8*)

Sat, 29 Jul - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 123/7 (Bevan Congdon 15*, Lance Cairns 1*)

Sun, 30 Jul - rest day

Mon, 31 Jul - day 4 - no play

Tue, 01 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 138/3 (52.3 ov) - end of match