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Date Venue Captains Scores Result Player of the Match
27 Jul 1978
 
The Oval
 
JM Brearley (Eng)
MG Burgess (NZ)
NZ 234 & 182
Eng 279 & 138-3
England
7 wickets
10 Aug 1978
 
Nottingham
 
JM Brearley (Eng)
MG Burgess (NZ)
Eng 429
NZ 120 & 190
England
Innings & 119 runs
24 Aug 1978
 
Lord's
 
JM Brearley (Eng)
MG Burgess (NZ)
NZ 339 & 67
Eng 289 & 118-3
England
7 wickets


England Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
DI Gower 3 5 0 285 57.00 1 1 111 46.88 30/1 0
GA Gooch 3 5 2 190 63.33 2 0 91* 47.15 24 1
CT Radley 3 5 0 187 37.40 2 0 77 35.89 14 2
G Boycott 2 3 0 159 53.00 0 1 131 34.49 13 0
JM Brearley 3 5 1 104 26.00 1 0 50 29.63 8 5
IT Botham 3 3 0 51 17.00 0 0 22 29.31 6 2
PH Edmonds 3 3 0 39 13.00 0 0 28 23.78 4 4
RW Taylor 3 3 0 31 10.33 0 0 22 21.23 2 12/1
GRJ Roope 1 2 1 24 24.00 0 0 14 25.26 0/1 0
M Hendrick 2 2 0 19 9.50 0 0 12 47.50 1 3
CM Old 1 1 0 16 16.00 0 0 16 29.63 3 0
RGD Willis 3 3 3 11 - 0 0 7* 23.40 0 0
G Miller 2 2 0 4 2.00 0 0 4 10.26 0 1
JE Emburey 1 1 0 2 2.00 0 0 2 5.88 0 2


England Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
IT Botham 142.1 42 337 24 14.04 6/34 2.37 3/1 2 2
RGD Willis 99.2 33 229 12 19.08 5/42 2.31 1 13 0
PH Edmonds 112 48 145 10 14.50 4/20 1.29 0 0 0
G Miller 71 33 90 4 22.50 2/31 1.27 0 0 0
M Hendrick 63 30 87 3 29.00 1/18 1.38 0 0 1
JE Emburey 29.1 14 40 2 20.00 2/39 1.37 0 0 0
CM Old 25 9 56 1 56.00 1/43 2.24 0 0 0
GA Gooch 10 0 29 0 - - 2.90 0 0 1


New Zealand Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
GP Howarth 3 6 2 296 74.00 1 1 123 38.49 28 2
BA Edgar 3 6 0 147 24.50 1 0 60 31.61 13 3
MG Burgess 3 6 0 135 22.50 1 0 68 30.07 15 1
JG Wright 2 4 0 116 29.00 1 0 62 33.33 11 1
BE Congdon 3 6 0 74 12.33 0 0 36 19.07 6 2
JM Parker 2 4 0 55 13.75 0 0 38 29.73 3 1
RW Anderson 3 6 0 42 7.00 0 0 19 29.17 4 0
BL Cairns 2 4 0 41 10.25 0 0 27 25.31 2 1
GN Edwards 2 4 0 35 8.75 0 0 18 38.89 2 4
RJ Hadlee 3 6 0 32 5.33 0 0 11 25.81 5 3
RO Collinge 1 2 0 19 9.50 0 0 19 21.84 2 0
SL Boock 3 6 3 17 5.66 0 0 8 14.78 1 1
BP Bracewell 3 6 1 4 0.80 0 0 4 8.70 1 1


New Zealand Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
RJ Hadlee 121.1 31 270 13 20.76 5/84 2.23 1 16 4
BP Bracewell 89.2 14 282 9 31.33 3/110 3.16 0 10 0
SL Boock 113 53 189 6 31.50 2/29 1.67 0 0 0
BL Cairns 85 23 171 4 42.75 2/65 2.01 0 0 0
RO Collinge 36 10 84 2 42.00 2/58 2.33 0 7 0
BE Congdon 67 22 126 0 - - 1.88 0 0 0


Partnerships

  Avg 0-9 10-49 50-99 100+ Best Test Batsmen
England
1st 30.8 2 2 - 1 111 2(1) Gooch & Boycott
2nd 44.8 2 1 1 1 129 2(1) Radley & Boycott
3rd 78.4 - 1 2 2 116 1(1) Gower & Radley
4th 68.0 - 4 1 - 56* 1(2) Roope & Gooch
5th 15.7 2 1 - - 38 3(1) Brearley & Botham
6th 20.7 1 2 - - 42 1(1) Gower & Botham
7th 5.7 2 1 - - 10 2(1) Edmonds & Brearley
8th 23.3 1 2 - - 45 2(1) Taylor & Brearley
9th 14.7 1 2 - - 25 1(1) Old & Edmonds
10th 13.0 1 2 - - 22 1(1) Willis & Edmonds
   12 18 4 4
 
New Zealand
1st 20.7 2 3 1 - 65 3(1) Wright & Edgar
2nd 33.2 4 - 1 1 123 1(1) Wright & Howarth
3rd 22.8 4 2 1 - 64 2(2) Parker & Edgar
4th 45.3 1 3 1 1 130 3(1) Howarth & Burgess
5th 6.3 5 1 - - 16 1(2) Congdon & Edgar
6th 22.0 1 4 1 - 50 2(1) Congdon & Howarth
7th 4.8 5 1 - - 17 1(1) Burgess & Hadlee
8th 22.5 2 3 1 - 69 1(2) Congdon & Cairns
9th 6.8 3 3 - - 14 3(2) Howarth & Hadlee
10th 4.2 5 1 - - 10 3(2) Howarth & Collinge
   32 21 6 2


Overall Summary

    Eng NZ
Runs Scored   1253 1132
Wickets lost   36 60
Overs faced   511.3 551.4
Runs per wicket   34.81 18.87
Runs per over   2.45 2.05
Innings  43 66
Ducks  3 13
Fifties  6 4
Centuries  2 1
5 w/inn  4 1
10 w/mat  1 0

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