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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
Best Average
Bob Willis
13.500000
Phil Edmonds
15.250000
Geoff Miller
16.500000
Brendon Bracewell
24.000000
Sir Ian Botham
26.000000
Most Wickets
Bob Willis
6
Phil Edmonds
4
Geoff Miller
4
Sir Ian Botham
4
Lance Cairns
3
Best Bowling Fig
Bob Willis
5
Phil Edmonds
4
Sir Ian Botham
3
Geoff Miller
2
Sir Richard Hadlee
2
Best Economy
Geoff Miller
1.118644
Phil Edmonds
1.193737
Lance Cairns
1.829787
Sir Richard Hadlee
1.859756
Bev Congdon
1.954545
Most Runs Conceed
Stephen Boock
116
Sir Ian Botham
104
Lance Cairns
86
Bob Willis
81
Brendon Bracewell
72
Most 50s
Graham Gooch
2
Geoff Howarth
2
John Wright
2
Best Strike Rate
Graham Gooch
0.511235
David Gower
0.442028
Jock Edwards
0.425000
Geoff Howarth
0.403433
John Wright
0.395454
Most Fours
David Gower
14
Graham Gooch
11
John Wright
8
Geoff Howarth
6
Bev Congdon
3
Best Averages
Graham Gooch
91.000000
David Gower
61.000000
Geoff Howarth
47.000000
John Wright
43.500000
Phil Edmonds
28.000000
Most Fours
Mark Burgess
3
Phil Edmonds
3
Chris Old
3
Sir Ian Botham
2
Clive Radley
2
Bruce Edgar
2
Mike Brearley
1
Most Runs
David Gower
122
Geoff Howarth
94
Graham Gooch
91
John Wright
87
Clive Radley
51
Highest Score
David Gower
111
Geoff Howarth
94
Graham Gooch
91
John Wright
62
Clive Radley
49
Best Bowling Fig
Lance Cairns
2
Stephen Boock
2
Brendon Bracewell
2
Chris Old
1
Most Not Outs
Graham Roope
2
Best Economy
Stephen Boock
2.109090
Chris Old
2.240000
Best Strike Rate
Bob Willis
33.2
Brendon Bracewell
60
Sir Ian Botham
61.5
Most Not Outs
Graham Gooch
2
Stephen Boock
2
Bob Willis
1
Most Wickets
Stephen Boock
3
Brendon Bracewell
3
Sir Richard Hadlee
2
Chris Old
1
Best Averages
Clive Radley
25.500000
Graham Roope
24.000000
Most 100s
David Gower
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Lance Cairns
65
Stephen Boock
61
Sir Ian Botham
58
Brendon Bracewell
46
Sir Richard Hadlee
43
Chris Old
43
Bob Willis
42
Most Runs Conceed
Geoff Miller
66
Phil Edmonds
61
Sir Richard Hadlee
61
Best Strike Rate
Phil Edmonds
76.65
Geoff Miller
88.5
Lance Cairns
94
Sir Richard Hadlee
98.4
Best Strike Rate
Robert Anderson
0.375000
Stephen Boock
0.333333
Worst Bowling Fig
Phil Edmonds
41
Best Average
Lance Cairns
28.666666
Sir Richard Hadlee
30.500000
Most Runs
Mark Burgess
41
Bev Congdon
38
Bruce Edgar
38
Most Ducks
Graham Gooch
2
Geoff Howarth
2
Most Balls Faced
David Gower
276
Geoff Howarth
233
Bev Congdon
225
John Wright
220
Mark Burgess
189
Most Ducks
Brendon Bracewell
2
Bruce Edgar
2
Geoff Miller
1
Highest Score
Bruce Edgar
38
Bev Congdon
36
Most sixes
Graham Roope
1
Most Balls Faced
Graham Gooch
178
Clive Radley
161