Fri, 10 Feb - Wed, 15 Feb 1978 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Basin Reserve, Wellington
New Zealand won by 72 runs
New ZealandNew Zealand
503/10 (47.00) & 123/10 (44.3)
EnglandEngland
462/8 (20.00) & 64/10 (27.3)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Wickets 10 Sir Richard Hadlee 7 Bob Willis 7 Chris Old 6 Richard Collinge 4 Sir Ian Botham
Best Average 7 Bev Congdon 10 Sir Richard Hadlee 10 Sir Ian Botham 12.29 Chris Old 12.83 Richard Collinge
Best Bowling Fig 6 Chris Old 6 Sir Richard Hadlee 5 Bob Willis 3 Richard Collinge 2 Bev Congdon
Best Strike Rate 0.66 Sir Richard Hadlee 0.52 Robert Anderson 0.39 Sir Ian Botham
Most Runs Conceed 100 Sir Richard Hadlee 97 Bob Willis 86 Chris Old
Best Strike Rate 0.34 Chris Old 0.31 Graham Roope 0.31 Brian Rose
Most Runs Conceed 77 Richard Collinge 62 Mike Hendrick 47 Dayle Hadlee
Most 50s 2 Geoff Boycott 2 John Wright
Best Economy 0.8 Bev Congdon 1.83 Sir Ian Botham 2.1 Stephen Boock 2.14 Dayle Hadlee 2.21 Chris Old
Most Runs 78 Geoff Boycott 74 John Wright 54 Robert Anderson 44 Bev Congdon 37 Graham Roope
Highest Score 77 Geoff Boycott 55 John Wright 44 Bev Congdon
Most Fours 9 Geoff Boycott 9 Robert Anderson 6 Graham Roope
Highest Score 37 Graham Roope 28 Robert Anderson 27 Sir Richard Hadlee
Most Fours 4 Bev Congdon 4 Sir Richard Hadlee 3 John Wright 3 Sir Ian Botham 2 Geoff Miller
Best Averages 39 Geoff Boycott 37 John Wright 29 Sir Richard Hadlee 27 Robert Anderson 26 Brian Rose
Most Runs Conceed 40 Sir Ian Botham
Best Bowling Fig 2 Mike Hendrick 1 Stephen Boock
Most Not Outs 2 Bob Willis 2 Brian Rose 2 Sir Richard Hadlee 2 Stephen Boock
Best Economy 2.42 Sir Richard Hadlee
Best Strike Rate 24.78 Sir Richard Hadlee 31 Richard Collinge 32.85 Sir Ian Botham 33.43 Chris Old 34.29 Bob Willis
Most Wickets 2 Mike Hendrick 1 Stephen Boock
Best Strike Rate 0.3 Warren Lees
Best Average 21 Stephen Boock 31 Mike Hendrick
Best Strike Rate 52.2 Bev Congdon 60 Stephen Boock
Most Runs 29 Sir Richard Hadlee
Most Ducks 2 Bob Taylor 2 Graham Roope
Best Averages 18.5 Graham Roope
Worst Bowling Fig 74 Sir Richard Hadlee 65 Bob Willis 54 Chris Old 47 Dayle Hadlee 46 Mike Hendrick
Most Ducks 2 Mike Hendrick 2 Bev Congdon
Most Fours 1 Bob Willis 1 Bob Taylor
Most Balls Faced 349 John Wright 308 Geoff Boycott 161 Bev Congdon 145 Geoff Howarth 118 Graham Roope
Worst Bowling Fig 42 Richard Collinge 27 Sir Ian Botham
John Wright vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.3
✔ Batsman advantage
John Wright vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Sir Richard Hadlee vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 34.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Burgess vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Sir Richard Hadlee vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Howarth vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 75.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Howarth vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 137.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Bev Congdon vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Boycott vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 132.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Burgess vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 87.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Sir Ian Botham vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 96.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Stephen Boock vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.8
Balanced matchup
Robert Anderson vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Robert Anderson vs Chris Old
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Howarth vs Chris Old
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Warren Lees vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.3
Balanced matchup
Richard Collinge vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.7
Balanced matchup
Bev Congdon vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.7
âš  Bowler dominance
John Parker vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Miller vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 98.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Boycott vs Bev Congdon
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 134.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Bob Taylor vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 95.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Chris Old vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Roope vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.5
Balanced matchup
Graham Roope vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 132.0
✔ Batsman advantage
John Parker vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.5
Balanced matchup
John Parker vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Burgess vs Chris Old
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 97.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dayle Hadlee vs Chris Old
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Bev Congdon vs Chris Old
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 307.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Brian Rose vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Howarth vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Robert Anderson vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 27.0
Balanced matchup
Sir Ian Botham vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 96.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Warren Lees vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 27.5
Balanced matchup
Stephen Boock vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Warren Lees vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Warren Lees vs Chris Old
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Robert Anderson vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Sir Richard Hadlee vs Chris Old
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Richard Collinge vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 75.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Richard Collinge vs Chris Old
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Richard Collinge vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Bev Congdon vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 87.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dayle Hadlee vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Mike Hendrick vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mike Hendrick vs Bev Congdon
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Phil Edmonds vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 70.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Phil Edmonds vs Bev Congdon
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Phil Edmonds vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Bob Willis vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Bob Taylor vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Miller vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Derek Randall vs Richard Collinge
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Derek Randall vs Stephen Boock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.0
Balanced matchup