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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
Most 50s
Clive Radley
2
David Gower
2
Mark Burgess
2
Most Wickets
Sir Ian Botham
11
Sir Richard Hadlee
7
Bob Willis
5
Brendon Bracewell
3
John Emburey
2
Best Average
Sir Ian Botham
12.727272
Sir Richard Hadlee
16.428571
Bob Willis
19.000000
John Emburey
20.000000
Brendon Bracewell
33.333333
Most Runs Conceed
Sir Ian Botham
140
Sir Richard Hadlee
115
Brendon Bracewell
100
Bob Willis
95
Richard Collinge
84
Best Bowling Fig
Sir Ian Botham
6
Sir Richard Hadlee
5
Bob Willis
4
John Emburey
2
Richard Collinge
2
Best Strike Rate
David Gower
0.585000
Sir Richard Hadlee
0.555555
Graham Gooch
0.453608
Bob Willis
0.437500
Mark Burgess
0.433862
Best Economy
John Emburey
1.374570
Mike Hendrick
1.392857
Stephen Boock
1.466666
Phil Edmonds
1.583333
Bev Congdon
2.000000
Most Fours
Geoff Howarth
15
David Gower
13
Mark Burgess
11
Clive Radley
9
Bruce Edgar
8
Best Averages
Geoff Howarth
137.000000
David Gower
58.500000
Graham Gooch
44.000000
Mike Brearley
41.000000
Mark Burgess
41.000000
Most Runs
Geoff Howarth
137
David Gower
117
Mark Burgess
82
Clive Radley
77
Graham Gooch
44
Highest Score
Geoff Howarth
123
Clive Radley
77
David Gower
71
Mark Burgess
68
Graham Gooch
42
Most Wickets
Richard Collinge
2
Mike Hendrick
1
Stephen Boock
1
Best Economy
Bob Willis
2.111111
Richard Collinge
2.333333
Best Strike Rate
Sir Ian Botham
30.6
Sir Richard Hadlee
39
Brendon Bracewell
50.6
Most Runs Conceed
Stephen Boock
44
John Emburey
40
Best Bowling Fig
Brendon Bracewell
2
Stephen Boock
1
Mike Hendrick
1
Most Not Outs
Graham Gooch
2
Mike Brearley
2
Best Strike Rate
Bruce Edgar
0.413461
Geoff Howarth
0.401759
Best Average
Mike Hendrick
39.000000
Richard Collinge
42.000000
Best Averages
Clive Radley
38.500000
Bruce Edgar
21.500000
Sir Ian Botham
21.000000
Most 100s
Geoff Howarth
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Sir Ian Botham
101
Best Strike Rate
Bob Willis
54
John Emburey
87.3
Richard Collinge
108
Mike Hendrick
168
Worst Bowling Fig
Sir Richard Hadlee
84
Bob Willis
79
Brendon Bracewell
68
Richard Collinge
58
John Emburey
39
Most Not Outs
Geoff Howarth
2
Stephen Boock
2
Bob Willis
1
Most Runs
Bruce Edgar
43
Mike Brearley
41
Most Ducks
Clive Radley
2
Richard Collinge
2
Sir Richard Hadlee
2
Most Fours
Graham Gooch
6
Geoff Boycott
4
Most Balls Faced
Geoff Howarth
341
Clive Radley
201
David Gower
200
Most Ducks
Stephen Boock
2
Brendon Bracewell
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Mike Hendrick
39
Stephen Boock
33
Highest Score
Bruce Edgar
39
Mike Brearley
33
Most sixes
David Gower
1
Most Balls Faced
Mark Burgess
189
John Wright
128
Mike Brearley
119
Bruce Edgar
104