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Thu, 24 Aug - Mon, 28 Aug 1978 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Lord's, London
England won by 7 wickets
England
429/10 (47.00) & 118/3 (30.5)
New Zealand
452/8 (20.00) & 67/10 (37.1)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
452/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Edmonds b Botham
17
76
90
2
0
22.36
In 1978
Career
Bruce Edgar (WK)
c Edmonds b Emburey
39
88
110
7
0
44.31
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c †Taylor b Botham
123
291
336
14
0
42.26
In 1978
Career
John Parker
lbw b Hendrick
14
48
59
1
0
29.16
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
lbw b Botham
68
145
144
8
0
46.89
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
c Emburey b Botham
2
8
9
0
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
b Botham
16
46
44
0
0
34.78
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
c Brearley b Botham
0
4
5
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
c Emburey b Willis
19
75
83
2
0
25.33
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
not out
4
60
64
0
0
6.66
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
st †Taylor b Emburey
4
26
24
1
0
15.38
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 18, nb 7, w 4)
33
Total
339 143.1 Ov (RR: 2.36)
6441
16473
0
665
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
29.00
9
79
1
2.72
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
28.00
14
39
1
1.39
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
38.00
13
101
6
2.65
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
12.00
3
19
0
1.58
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
26.10
12
39
2
1.49
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Graham Gooch
10.00
0
29
0
2.90
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
429/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
c Boock b Hadlee
2
2
1
0
0
100.00
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott
c Hadlee b Bracewell
24
73
103
3
0
32.87
In 1978
Career
Clive Radley
c Congdon b Hadlee
77
200
229
9
0
38.50
In 1978
Career
David Gower
c Wright b Boock
71
139
180
8
0
51.07
In 1978
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Edgar b Hadlee
33
91
137
0
0
36.26
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c †Edgar b Collinge
21
78
96
3
0
26.92
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
lbw b Hadlee
1
16
18
0
0
6.25
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
c †Edgar b Hadlee
5
19
22
1
0
26.31
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
b Collinge
2
34
50
0
0
5.88
In 1978
Career
Mike Hendrick
b Bracewell
12
33
57
0
0
36.36
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
not out
7
16
21
0
0
43.75
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 5, nb 22)
34
Total
289 112.3 Ov (RR: 2.56)
5491
13319
0
456
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
32.00
9
84
5
2.62
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
30.00
9
58
2
1.93
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
19.30
1
68
2
3.48
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
25.00
10
33
1
1.32
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
6.00
1
12
0
2.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
New Zealand innigs
118/3 (30.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
b Botham
12
52
70
1
0
23.07
In 1978
Career
Bruce Edgar (WK)
b Botham
4
16
20
1
0
25.00
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
c †Taylor b Willis
1
15
13
0
0
6.66
In 1978
Career
John Parker
c †Taylor b Botham
3
15
17
0
0
20.00
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
c Hendrick b Botham
14
44
58
3
0
31.81
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
c †Taylor b Willis
3
17
21
0
0
17.64
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
c Radley b Willis
0
4
6
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
c Hendrick b Willis
0
3
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
not out
14
50
55
1
0
28.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
run out
5
5
18
1
0
100.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
b Botham
0
12
23
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 8)
11
Total
67 37.1 Ov (RR: 1.80)
1273
4427
0
133
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
16.00
8
16
4
1.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
18.10
4
39
5
2.14
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
John Emburey
3.00
2
1
0
0.33
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
67/10 (37.1)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
not out
42
95
136
6
0
44.21
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott
b Hadlee
4
14
20
1
0
28.57
In 1978
Career
Clive Radley
b Hadlee
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
David Gower
c Congdon b Bracewell
46
61
65
5
1
75.40
In 1978
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
not out
8
28
45
1
0
28.57
In 1978
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 11, w 4)
18
Total
118/3 30.5 Ov (RR: 3.82)
2242
3781
0
247
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
13.50
2
31
2
2.24
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
6.00
1
26
0
4.33
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
6.00
0
32
1
5.33
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
5.00
1
11
0
2.20
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
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