New Zealand vs England
1977-78
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 10 Feb 1978 | Wellington BR |
MG Burgess (NZ)
G Boycott (Eng) |
NZ 228 & 123
Eng 215 & 64 |
New Zealand 72 runs |
|
| 24 Feb 1978 | Christchurch LP |
MG Burgess (NZ)
G Boycott (Eng) |
Eng 418 & 96-4d
NZ 235 & 105 |
England 174 runs |
|
| 4 Mar 1978 | Auckland |
MG Burgess (NZ)
G Boycott (Eng) |
NZ 315 & 382-8
Eng 429 |
Match Drawn |
New Zealand Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| GP Howarth | 3 | 6 | 0 | 264 | 44.00 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 30.24 | 26 | 2 |
| RW Anderson | 3 | 6 | 0 | 203 | 33.83 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 41.86 | 28 | 1 |
| JM Parker | 3 | 6 | 2 | 150 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 | 53* | 28.25 | 13 | 2 |
| MG Burgess | 3 | 6 | 1 | 117 | 23.40 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 25.49 | 13 | 6 |
| GN Edwards | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 54.50 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 63.37 | 16/2 | 1 |
| JG Wright | 3 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 17.83 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 20.94 | 7 | 1 |
| BE Congdon | 3 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 27.30 | 8 | 2 |
| RJ Hadlee | 3 | 6 | 1 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 50.96 | 14 | 0 |
| RO Collinge | 3 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 36.84 | 6/1 | 1 |
| BL Cairns | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 56.36 | 5 | 0 |
| WK Lees | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24.00 | 2 | 7 |
| EJ Chatfield | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20.45 | 1 | 0 |
| SL Boock | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.00 | 0 | 2 |
| DR Hadlee | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| RJ Hadlee | 121.3 | 26 | 371 | 15 | 24.73 | 6/26 | 2.29 | 1/1 | 26 | 4 |
| RO Collinge | 104.5 | 27 | 293 | 15 | 19.53 | 4/98 | 2.10 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| SL Boock | 59.3 | 20 | 129 | 7 | 18.42 | 5/67 | 1.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BE Congdon | 63.4 | 30 | 114 | 2 | 57.00 | 2/14 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EJ Chatfield | 42 | 8 | 116 | 1 | 116.00 | 1/94 | 2.07 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BL Cairns | 33 | 9 | 63 | 0 | - | - | 1.43 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DR Hadlee | 22 | 6 | 47 | 0 | - | - | 1.60 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| IT Botham | 3 | 5 | 1 | 212 | 53.00 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 42.40 | 27/1 | 5 |
| CT Radley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 86.50 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 30.35 | 17 | 0 |
| G Boycott | 3 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 33.20 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 27.85 | 17 | 2 |
| GRJ Roope | 3 | 5 | 1 | 164 | 41.00 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 31.36 | 22 | 8 |
| G Miller | 3 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 33.00 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 34.02 | 15 | 3 |
| PH Edmonds | 3 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 18.25 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 38.62 | 9/1 | 9 |
| RW Taylor | 3 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 17.74 | 5 | 9 |
| DW Randall | 3 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 41.48 | 4 | 2 |
| BC Rose | 2 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29.93 | 2 | 1 |
| CM Old | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39.44 | 4 | 0 |
| RGD Willis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 6* | 20.55 | 1 | 0 |
| JK Lever | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.69 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hendrick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MW Gatting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| IT Botham | 101 | 17 | 311 | 17 | 18.29 | 5/73 | 2.31 | 2 | 36 | 2 |
| RGD Willis | 103.6 | 27 | 255 | 14 | 18.21 | 5/32 | 1.84 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| PH Edmonds | 99 | 31 | 201 | 9 | 22.33 | 4/38 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CM Old | 60 | 21 | 150 | 8 | 18.75 | 6/54 | 1.88 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| JK Lever | 51 | 9 | 155 | 5 | 31.00 | 3/96 | 2.28 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| G Miller | 31 | 11 | 99 | 3 | 33.00 | 3/99 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hendrick | 27 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 31.00 | 2/16 | 1.72 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DW Randall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0.75 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| GRJ Roope | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MW Gatting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| New Zealand | |||||||||
| 1st | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 69 | 3(2) | Wright & Anderson | |
| 2nd | 26.3 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 54 | 1(1) | Wright & Howarth | |
| 3rd | 28.7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 81 | 3(1) | Howarth & Burgess | |
| 4th | 26.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 60 | 3(2) | Howarth & Congdon | |
| 5th | 35.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 87 | 3(2) | Howarth & Edwards | |
| 6th | 25.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 96 | 3(1) | Howarth & Edwards | |
| 7th | 9.2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 22 | 2(2) | Collinge & RJ Hadlee | |
| 8th | 23.8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 58 | 2(1) | Collinge & Parker | |
| 9th | 14.6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 32* | 3(2) | Collinge & Parker | |
| 10th | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 1(1) | RJ Hadlee & Boock | |
| 21 | 30 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 26.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 52 | 3(1) | Boycott & Randall | |
| 2nd | 28.8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 63 | 3(1) | Boycott & Radley | |
| 3rd | 39.2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 139 | 3(1) | Roope & Radley | |
| 4th | 26.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 77* | 2(1) | Miller & Roope | |
| 5th | 49.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 97 | 3(1) | Botham & Radley | |
| 6th | 51.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 160 | 2(1) | Botham & Taylor | |
| 7th | 14.5 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 22 | 3(1) | Taylor & Miller | |
| 8th | 5.5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 2(1) | Old & Miller | |
| 9th | 20.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 70 | 2(1) | Edmonds & Miller | |
| 10th | 13.5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 43 | 2(1) | Willis & Miller | |
| 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| NZ | Eng | ||
| Runs Scored | 1388 | 1222 | |
| Wickets lost | 58 | 44 | |
| Overs faced | 475.6 | 445.7 | |
| Runs per wicket | 23.93 | 27.77 | |
| Runs per over | 2.92 | 2.74 | |
| Innings | 65 | 50 | |
| Ducks | 7 | 6 | |
| Fifties | 7 | 7 | |
| Centuries | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 w/inn | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 w/mat | 1 | 0 |
Note: ball overs in this series.
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