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Test Match #828 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1978 England v New Zealand - 1st Test
Kennington Oval, London
27th July, 1978
 
 England 279 & 138/3
New Zealand 234 & 182
England won by 7 wickets

 
New Zealand   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Wright c Radley b Willis 62  159  6  0 38.99 26.50%
Robert Anderson b Old 4  9  1  0 44.44 1.71%
Geoff Howarth c Edmonds b Botham 94  225  6  0 41.78 40.17%
Bruce Edgar c & b Miller 0  18  0  0 0.00
Mark Burgess* lbw b Willis 34  130  3  0 26.15 14.53%
Bevan Congdon run out 2  18  0  0 11.11 0.85%
Graham Edwards† b Miller 6  6  0  0 100.00 2.56%
Richard Hadlee c Brearley b Willis 5  48  0  0 10.42 2.14%
Lance Cairns lbw b Willis 5  17  0  0 29.41 2.14%
Brendon Bracewell c †Taylor b Willis 0  3  0  0 0.00
Stephen Boock not out 3  8  0  0 37.50 1.28%
Extras (b 1, lb 7, nb 11) 19  
Total All Out   (104.2 overs @ 2.24 rpo) 234
Fall of Wickets
 
1-7 Anderson, 2-130 Wright, 3-131 Edgar, 4-191 Howarth, 5-197 Congdon, 6-207 Edwards,
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7-224 Burgess, 8-230 Hadlee, 9-230 Bracewell, 10-234 Cairns
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Willis 20.2 9 42 5 2.07 50.00
Chris Old 20.0 7 43 1 2.15 10.00
Ian Botham 22.0 7 58 1 2.64 10.00
Geoff Miller 25.0 10 31 2 1.24 20.00
Phillippe Edmonds 17.0 2 41 0 2.41
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mike Brearley* c †Edwards b Bracewell 2  10  0  0 20.00 0.72%
Graham Gooch lbw b Bracewell 0  3  0  0 0.00
Clive Radley run out 49  126  2  0 38.89 17.56%
David Gower run out 111  253  14  0 43.87 39.78%
Graham Roope b Boock 14  54  0  1 25.93 5.02%
Geoff Miller lbw b Cairns 0  11  0  0 0.00
Ian Botham c Bracewell b Boock 22  80  2  0 27.50 7.89%
Robert Taylor† c †Edwards b Hadlee 8  67  0  0 11.94 2.87%
Phillippe Edmonds lbw b Hadlee 28  127  3  0 22.05 10.04%
Chris Old c †Edwards b Cairns 16  54  3  0 29.63 5.73%
Bob Willis not out 3  29  0  0 10.34 1.08%
Extras (b 15, lb 8, nb 3) 26  
Total All Out   (134.5 overs @ 2.07 rpo) 279
Fall of Wickets
 
1-1 Gooch, 2-7 Brearley, 3-123 Radley, 4-165 Roope, 5-166 Miller, 6-208 Gower,
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7-212 Botham, 8-232 Taylor, 9-257 Old, 10-279 Edmonds
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Richard Hadlee 21.5 6 43 2 1.97 20.00
Brendon Bracewell 17.0 8 46 2 2.71 20.00
Lance Cairns 40.0 16 65 2 1.63 20.00
Stephen Boock 35.0 18 61 2 1.74 20.00
Bevan Congdon 21.0 6 38 0 1.81
 
 
New Zealand   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Wright lbw b Botham 25  61  2  0 40.98 13.74%
Robert Anderson c †Taylor b Botham 2  7  0  0 28.57 1.10%
Geoff Howarth b Willis 0  8  0  0 0.00
Bruce Edgar b Edmonds 38  109  2  0 34.86 20.88%
Mark Burgess* lbw b Botham 7  59  0  0 11.86 3.85%
Bevan Congdon b Edmonds 36  207  3  0 17.39 19.78%
Graham Edwards† c Brearley b Edmonds 11  34  0  0 32.35 6.04%
Richard Hadlee b Edmonds 7  33  1  0 21.21 3.85%
Lance Cairns b Miller 27  117  1  0 23.08 14.84%
Brendon Bracewell b Miller 0  3  0  0 0.00
Stephen Boock not out 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 8, lb 10, nb 11) 29  
Total All Out   (105.1 overs @ 1.73 rpo) 182
Fall of Wickets
 
1-15 Anderson, 2-19 Howarth, 3-30 Wright, 4-70 Burgess, 5-86 Edgar, 6-105 Edwards,
nbsp;
7-113 Hadlee, 8-182 Cairns, 9-182 Bracewell, 10-182 Congdon
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Willis 13.0 2 39 1 3.00 10.00
Chris Old 5.0 2 13 0 2.60
Ian Botham 19.0 2 46 3 2.42 30.00
Geoff Miller 34.0 19 35 2 1.03 20.00
Phillippe Edmonds 34.1 23 20 4 0.59 40.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 138)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mike Brearley* lbw b Boock 11  50  1  0 22.00 7.97%
Graham Gooch not out 91  175  11  0 52.00 65.94%
Clive Radley lbw b Bracewell 2  35  0  0 5.71 1.45%
David Gower c Howarth b Cairns 11  23  0  0 47.83 7.97%
Graham Roope not out 10  41  0  0 24.39 7.25%
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 8) 13  
Total 3 wickets   (52.3 overs @ 2.63 rpo) 138
 
Did not Bat
 
Geoff Miller, Ian Botham, Robert Taylor†, Phillippe Edmonds, Chris Old, Bob Willis
Fall of Wickets
 
1-26 Brearley, 2-51 Radley, 3-82 Gower
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Richard Hadlee 11.3 3 18 0 1.57
Brendon Bracewell 13.0 3 26 1 2.00 10.00
Lance Cairns 7.0 0 21 1 3.00 10.00
Stephen Boock 20.0 6 55 1 2.75 10.00
Bevan Congdon 1.0 0 5 0 5.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Kennington Oval, London
Toss New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1978 England v New Zealand - 1st Test
Match No. Test #828
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match David Gower
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 224/7 (RJ Hadlee 5*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 225/7 (RW Taylor 6*, PH Edmonds 8*)
Day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 123/7 (BE Congdon 15*, BL Cairns 1*)
Day 4 - No play
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 138/3, 52.3 overs - end of match

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