Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Athey	c †Edgar b Thomson	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Larkins	c †Edgar b Hadlee	4	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Tavaré	c †Edgar b Hadlee	19	-	-	-	-	-
David Gower (c)	c †Edgar b Hadlee	108	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Sharp	lbw b Collinge	14	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	c Hadlee b Congdon	88	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Carrick	b Hadlee	0	-	-	-	-	-
John Emburey	not out	5	-	-	-	-	-
Graham Stevenson	c Parker b Congdon	10	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 4, nb 1)	12
Total	85.4 Ov (RR: 3.17)	272/8d
Did not bat: Paul Downton †, Kevin Jarvis
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-34, 3-59, 4-83, 5-240, 6-244, 7-262, 8-272

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	17	5	40	4	2.35	-	-	-
Richard Collinge	18	3	70	1	3.88	-	-	-
Graeme Thomson	15	3	52	1	3.46	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	26.4	8	61	2	2.28	-	-	-
John McIntyre	9	1	37	0	4.11	-	-	-

New Zealanders 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	b Stevenson	21	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Anderson	run out	42	-	-	-	-	-
Geoff Howarth	c †Downton b Emburey	17	-	-	-	-	-
John Parker (c)	c Emburey b Gatting	44	-	-	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	lbw b Carrick	58	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Edgar †	b Emburey	25	-	-	-	-	-
Jock Edwards	lbw b Gatting	2	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hadlee	c Tavare b Emburey	1	-	-	-	-	-
John McIntyre	lbw b Carrick	4	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Collinge	c Larkins b Carrick	5	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Thomson	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 6, w 2)	21
Total	98.4 Ov (RR: 2.43)	240
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-94, 3-95, 4-197, 5-199, 6-207, 7-208, 8-230, 9-236, 10-240

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kevin Jarvis	13	4	44	0	3.38	-	-	-
Graham Stevenson	20	6	36	1	1.80	-	-	-
Phil Carrick	22.4	3	49	3	2.16	-	-	-
John Emburey	30	7	62	3	2.06	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	13	2	28	2	2.15	-	-	-

Young England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Athey	lbw b Thomson	17	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne Larkins	lbw b McIntyre	14	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Carrick	c †Edgar b Hadlee	9	-	-	-	-	-
John Emburey	c Hadlee b Congdon	42	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Tavaré	c Congdon b McIntyre	83	-	-	-	-	-
David Gower (c)	c †Edgar b Howarth	37	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Sharp	not out	23	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	10
Total	75.2 Ov (RR: 3.11)	235/6d
Did not bat: Mike Gatting, Graham Stevenson, Paul Downton †, Kevin Jarvis
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-35, 3-45, 4-116, 5-187, 6-235

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Richard Hadlee	12	3	39	1	3.25	-	-	-
Richard Collinge	11	4	18	0	1.63	-	-	-
Graeme Thomson	12	2	28	1	2.33	-	-	-
Bevan Congdon	7	2	23	1	3.28	-	-	-
John McIntyre	27.2	9	82	2	3.00	-	-	-
Geoff Howarth	6	0	35	1	5.83	-	-	-

New Zealanders 2nd Innings (T: 268 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	c & b Carrick	48	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Anderson	not out	58	-	-	-	-	-
Jock Edwards	not out	18	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, nb 2, w 2)	8
Total	46 Ov (RR: 2.86)	132/1
Did not bat: Geoff Howarth, John Parker (c), Bevan Congdon, Bruce Edgar †, Richard Hadlee, John McIntyre, Richard Collinge, Graeme Thomson
Fall of wickets: 1-97

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kevin Jarvis	6	1	29	0	4.83	-	-	-
Graham Stevenson	6	0	21	0	3.50	-	-	-
Phil Carrick	11	3	31	1	2.81	-	-	-
John Emburey	16	7	21	0	1.31	-	-	-
Mike Gatting	5	0	19	0	3.80	-	-	-
David Gower	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-
Kevin Sharp	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 16 Aug - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 25/0 (John Wright 5*, Robert Anderson 16*)

Thu, 17 Aug - day 2 - 2nd innings 38/2 (Phil Carrick 5*, John Emburey 0*)

Fri, 18 Aug - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 132/1 (46 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Young England, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of England and Netherlands
Season	1978
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bill Alley Ron Aspinall