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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 R BF 4s 6s SR      % of 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   7-224  Burgess   8-230  Hadlee   
9-230  Bracewell   10-234  Cairns   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of 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 R BF 4s 6s SR      % of 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   7-212  Botham   8-232  Taylor   
9-257  Old   10-279  Edmonds   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of 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 R BF 4s 6s SR      % of 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   7-113  Hadlee   8-182  Cairns   
9-182  Bracewell   10-182  Congdon   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of 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) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of 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%
Geoff Miller              
Ian Botham              
Robert Taylor†              
Phillippe Edmonds              
Chris Old              
Bob Willis              
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 8) 13  
Total 3 wickets   (52.3 overs @ 2.63 rpo) 138  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-26  Brearley   2-51  Radley   3-82  Gower   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of 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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