RESULT
1st Test, The Oval, July 27 - August 01, 1978, New Zealand tour of England and Netherlands
234 & 182
(T:138) 279 & 138/3
England won by 7 wickets
New Zealand 1st INNINGS
| 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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 20.2 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 2.06 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Old | 20 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 2.15 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 22 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 2.63 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 25 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1.24 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 17 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 2.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st INNINGS
| 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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 21.5 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 17 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 2.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 40 | 16 | 65 | 2 | 1.62 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 35 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 1.74 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 21 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 1.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd INNINGS
| 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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 13 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Old | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 19 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 34 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 1.02 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 34.1 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd INNINGS (Target: 138 runs)
| 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 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Mike Brearley), 2-51 (Clive Radley), 3-82 (David Gower) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 11.3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.56 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 13 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 20 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 2.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Kennington Oval, London | |
| Toss | New Zealand, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1978 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| 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 | |
CLOSE OF PLAY
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
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