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Fri, 10 Feb - Wed, 15 Feb 1978 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Basin Reserve, Wellington
New Zealand won by 72 runs
New Zealand
503/10 (47.00) & 123/10 (44.3)
England
462/8 (20.00) & 64/10 (27.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
503/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
lbw b Botham
55
244
348
3
0
22.54
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
c †Taylor b Old
28
42
53
5
0
66.66
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c Botham b Old
13
70
110
0
0
18.57
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
b Willis
9
42
55
1
0
21.42
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
c †Taylor b Old
44
160
228
4
0
27.50
In 1978
Career
John Parker
c Rose b Willis
16
75
79
1
0
21.33
In 1978
Career
Warren Lees (WK)
c †Taylor b Old
1
5
14
0
0
20.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
not out
27
39
60
4
0
69.23
In 1978
Career
Dayle Hadlee
c †Taylor b Old
1
3
8
0
0
33.33
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
b Old
1
12
13
0
0
8.33
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
b Botham
4
23
31
0
0
17.39
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 12, lb 3, nb 13, w 1)
29
Total
228 87.6 Ov (RR: 2.59)
4332
13585
0
342
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
25.00
7
65
2
1.95
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
17.00
2
46
0
2.02
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
30.00
11
54
6
1.35
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
3.00
1
7
0
1.75
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
12.60
2
27
2
1.58
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
462/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Rose
c †Lees b Collinge
21
54
76
1
0
38.88
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott (c)
c Congdon b Collinge
77
302
442
9
0
25.49
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
b Boock
24
94
110
2
0
25.53
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
c & b Collinge
8
51
72
1
0
15.68
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
c Burgess b RJ Hadlee
4
45
43
0
0
8.88
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
c †Lees b RJ Hadlee
37
109
111
6
0
33.94
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c Burgess b RJ Hadlee
7
43
59
0
0
16.27
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
b RJ Hadlee
10
36
36
0
0
27.77
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
lbw b Congdon
4
25
22
0
0
16.00
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
lbw b Congdon
0
2
4
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
not out
6
8
16
1
0
75.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(lb 4, nb 13)
17
Total
215 94.4 Ov (RR: 2.27)
4085
14611
0
380
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
28.00
5
74
4
1.98
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
18.00
5
42
3
1.75
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Dayle Hadlee
21.00
5
47
0
1.67
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
10.00
5
21
1
1.57
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
17.40
11
14
2
0.60
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
New Zealand innigs
123/10 (44.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Roope b Willis
19
105
169
0
0
18.09
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
lbw b Old
26
62
105
4
0
41.93
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c Edmonds b Willis
21
75
84
1
0
28.00
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
c Boycott b Botham
6
37
55
1
0
16.21
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
c Roope b Willis
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
John Parker
c Edmonds b Willis
4
18
23
0
0
22.22
In 1978
Career
Warren Lees (WK)
lbw b Hendrick
11
35
41
2
0
31.42
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
c Boycott b Willis
2
5
10
0
0
40.00
In 1978
Career
Dayle Hadlee
c Roope b Botham
2
18
38
0
0
11.11
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
c Edmonds b Hendrick
6
12
12
1
0
50.00
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
not out
0
1
3
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 9, nb 13, w 2)
26
Total
123 44.3 Ov (RR: 2.77)
2337
7011
0
171
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
15.00
2
32
5
1.60
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
10.00
2
16
2
1.20
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
9.00
2
32
1
2.66
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
1.00
0
4
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
9.30
3
13
2
1.04
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
64/10 (27.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Rose
not out
5
31
43
0
0
16.12
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott (c)
b Collinge
1
6
8
0
0
16.66
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
c Anderson b Collinge
4
7
14
0
0
57.14
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
lbw b Collinge
9
8
16
1
0
112.50
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
c †Lees b RJ Hadlee
0
9
14
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c Boock b RJ Hadlee
19
24
34
3
0
79.16
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
run out (Boock)
0
10
27
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
lbw b RJ Hadlee
9
20
27
2
0
45.00
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
c Parker b RJ Hadlee
11
61
88
0
0
18.03
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
c Parker b RJ Hadlee
0
6
10
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
c Howarth b RJ Hadlee
3
41
61
0
0
7.31
In 1978
Career
Extras
(nb 3)
3
Total
64 27.3 Ov (RR: 2.33)
1216
4237
0
114
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Collinge
13.00
5
35
3
2.01
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
13.30
4
26
6
1.45
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Dayle Hadlee
1.00
1
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
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