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Result of 1978
England in New Zealand Test Series
2nd Test-England in New Zealand Test Series 1978
Fri, 24 Feb - Fri, 24 Feb 1978 - 00:00 – 2nd Test • Lancaster Park, Christchurch
England won by 174 runs
New Zealand
201/10 (47.00) & 105/10 (27)
England
539/7 (20.00) & 96/4 (22)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
539/7 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Rose
c Howarth b Chatfield
11
22
60
1
0
50.00
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott (c)
lbw b Collinge
8
31
33
1
0
25.80
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
c Burgess b Hadlee
0
7
8
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
c Burgess b Hadlee
50
185
235
5
0
27.02
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
c Congdon b Collinge
89
273
338
10
0
32.60
In 1978
Career
Clive Radley
c (wk)Lees b Hadlee
15
46
47
2
0
32.60
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c (wk)Lees b Boock
103
288
313
12
1
35.76
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
run out
45
217
283
4
0
20.73
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
b Hadlee
8
12
14
2
0
66.66
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
c (wk)Lees b Collinge
50
70
75
8
1
71.42
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
not out
6
20
66
0
0
30.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 14, lb 9, nb 10)
33
Total
418 145.5 Ov (RR: 2.87)
418
1171
45
2
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
43.00
10
147
4
2.56
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
26.50
6
89
3
2.50
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ewen Chatfield
37.00
8
94
1
1.90
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
18.00
11
14
0
0.58
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
21.00
11
41
1
1.46
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
New Zealand innigs
201/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c & b Edmonds
4
47
75
1
0
8.51
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
b Edmonds
62
162
186
8
0
38.27
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c Edmonds b Willis
5
52
56
0
0
9.61
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
c Roope b Botham
29
152
189
3
0
19.07
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
lbw b Botham
20
64
73
2
0
31.25
In 1978
Career
John Parker
not out
53
165
226
5
0
32.12
In 1978
Career
Warren Lees (WK)
c Miller b Botham
0
9
10
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
b Edmonds
1
3
5
0
0
33.33
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
c Edmonds b Botham
32
63
93
4
0
50.79
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
c (wk)Taylor b Edmonds
2
27
27
0
0
7.40
In 1978
Career
Ewen Chatfield
c Edmonds b Botham
3
26
25
0
0
11.53
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 1, nb 19)
24
Total
235 92.7 Ov (RR: 2.53)
235
770
23
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
20.00
5
45
1
1.68
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
14.00
4
55
0
2.94
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
24.70
6
73
5
2.20
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
34.00
11
38
4
0.83
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
105/10 (27)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Rose
c (wk)Lees b Collinge
7
40
79
0
0
17.50
In 1978
Career
Geoff Boycott (c)
run out
26
80
120
3
0
32.50
In 1978
Career
Derek Randall
run out
13
16
21
1
0
81.25
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
not out
30
31
46
3
0
96.77
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
b Collinge
1
3
7
0
0
33.33
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
not out
9
10
19
1
0
90.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 3, nb 3)
10
Total
96/4d 22 Ov (RR: 4.36)
96
180
8
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
6.00
1
17
0
2.12
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
9.00
2
29
2
2.41
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ewen Chatfield
5.00
0
22
0
3.30
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
2.00
0
18
0
6.75
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
New Zealand innigs
96/4 (22)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Roope b Willis
0
8
5
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
b Willis
15
39
80
2
0
38.46
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c Edmonds b Old
1
19
29
0
0
5.26
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
not out
6
13
33
1
0
46.15
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
c Botham b Willis
0
5
6
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
John Parker
c Botham b Edmonds
16
53
64
2
0
30.18
In 1978
Career
Warren Lees (WK)
b Willis
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
c Botham b Edmonds
39
62
80
8
0
62.90
In 1978
Career
Richard Collinge
c Miller b Botham
0
5
11
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
c (wk)Taylor b Botham
0
11
11
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Ewen Chatfield
lbw b Botham
6
18
14
1
0
33.33
In 1978
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 16)
22
Total
105 27 Ov (RR: 3.88)
105
234
14
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
7.00
2
14
4
1.50
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
7.00
4
9
1
0.96
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
7.00
1
38
3
4.07
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
6.00
2
22
2
2.75
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
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