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Thu, 27 Jul - Thu, 27 Jul 1978 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Kennington Oval, London
England won by 7 wickets
England
566/10 (47.00) & 138/3 (52.3)
New Zealand
396/8 (20.00) & 182/10 (105.1)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
396/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Radley b Willis
62
159
191
6
0
38.99
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
b Old
4
9
14
1
0
44.44
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
c Edmonds b Botham
94
225
268
6
0
41.77
In 1978
Career
Bruce Edgar
c & b Miller
0
18
18
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
lbw b Willis
34
130
147
3
0
26.15
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
run out
2
18
15
0
0
11.11
In 1978
Career
Jock Edwards (WK)
b Miller
6
6
11
0
0
100.00
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
c Brearley b Willis
5
48
57
0
0
10.41
In 1978
Career
Lance Cairns
lbw b Willis
5
17
27
0
0
29.41
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
c †Taylor b Willis
0
3
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
not out
3
8
8
0
0
37.50
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 7, nb 11)
19
Total
234 104.2 Ov (RR: 2.24)
4446
12179
0
304
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
20.20
9
42
5
2.06
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
20.00
7
43
1
2.15
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
22.00
7
58
1
2.63
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
25.00
10
31
2
1.24
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
17.00
2
41
0
2.41
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
566/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Edwards b Bracewell
2
10
16
0
0
20.00
In 1978
Career
Graham Gooch
lbw b Bracewell
0
3
6
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Clive Radley
run out
49
126
150
2
0
38.88
In 1978
Career
David Gower
run out
111
253
249
14
0
43.87
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
b Boock
14
54
49
0
1
25.92
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
lbw b Cairns
0
11
10
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
c Bracewell b Boock
22
80
80
2
0
27.50
In 1978
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
c †Edwards b Hadlee
8
67
63
0
0
11.94
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
lbw b Hadlee
28
127
140
3
0
22.04
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
c †Edwards b Cairns
16
54
68
3
0
29.62
In 1978
Career
Bob Willis
not out
3
29
38
0
0
10.34
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 15, lb 8, nb 3)
26
Total
279 134.5 Ov (RR: 2.06)
5301
15466
0
456
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
21.50
6
43
2
1.96
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
17.00
8
46
2
2.70
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Lance Cairns
40.00
16
65
2
1.62
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
35.00
18
61
2
1.74
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
21.00
6
38
0
1.80
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
New Zealand innigs
138/3 (52.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
lbw b Botham
25
61
66
2
0
40.98
In 1978
Career
Robert Anderson
c †Taylor b Botham
2
7
23
0
0
28.57
In 1978
Career
Geoff Howarth
b Willis
0
8
13
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Bruce Edgar
b Edmonds
38
109
124
2
0
34.86
In 1978
Career
Mark Burgess (c)
lbw b Botham
7
59
69
0
0
11.86
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
b Edmonds
36
207
217
3
0
17.39
In 1978
Career
Jock Edwards (WK)
c Brearley b Edmonds
11
34
28
0
0
32.35
In 1978
Career
Richard Hadlee
b Edmonds
7
33
25
1
0
21.21
In 1978
Career
Lance Cairns
b Miller
27
117
119
1
0
23.07
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
b Miller
0
3
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
not out
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 8, lb 10, nb 11)
29
Total
182 105.1 Ov (RR: 1.73)
3458
12141
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
13.00
2
39
1
3.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Chris Old
5.00
2
13
0
2.60
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Ian Botham
19.00
2
46
3
2.42
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Geoff Miller
34.00
19
35
2
1.02
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Phil Edmonds
34.10
23
20
4
0.58
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
England innigs
182/10 (105.1)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mike Brearley (c)
lbw b Boock
11
50
60
1
0
22.00
In 1978
Career
Graham Gooch
not out
91
175
187
11
0
52.00
In 1978
Career
Clive Radley
lbw b Bracewell
2
35
38
0
0
5.71
In 1978
Career
David Gower
c Howarth b Cairns
11
23
29
0
0
47.82
In 1978
Career
Graham Roope
not out
10
41
53
0
0
24.39
In 1978
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 3, nb 8)
13
Total
138/3 52.3 Ov (RR: 2.62)
2622
6156
0
228
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
11.30
3
18
0
1.56
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Brendon Bracewell
13.00
3
26
1
2.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Lance Cairns
7.00
0
21
1
3.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Stephen Boock
20.00
6
55
1
2.75
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
Bevan Congdon
1.00
0
5
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1978
Career
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