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Test no. 817

England in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v England

1977/78 season

Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 10,11,12,14,15 February 1978 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by 72 runs


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JG Wright	lbw b Botham	55	348	244	3	0	22.54
	RW Anderson	c Taylor b Old	28	53	42	5	0	66.66
	GP Howarth	c Botham b Old	13	110	70	0	0	18.57
	MG Burgess	b Willis	9	55	42	1	0	21.42
	BE Congdon	c Taylor b Old	44	228	160	4	0	27.50
	JM Parker	c Rose b Willis	16	79	75	1	0	21.33
	WK Lees	c Taylor b Old	1	14	5	0	0	20.00
	RJ Hadlee	not out	27	60	39	4	0	69.23
	DR Hadlee	c Taylor b Old	1	8	3	0	0	33.33
	RO Collinge	b Old	1	13	12	0	0	8.33
	SL Boock	b Botham	4	31	23	0	0	17.39
	Extras	(b 12, lb 3, w 1, nb 13)	29

	Total	(all out; 87.6 overs)	228	(1.94 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-42 (Anderson), 2-96 (Howarth), 3-114 (Burgess), 4-152 (Wright), 5-191 (Parker), 6-193 (Lees), 7-194 (Congdon), 8-196 (DR Hadlee), 9-208 (Collinge), 10-228 (Boock)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	25	7	65	2	1.95
M Hendrick	17	2	46	0	2.02
CM Old	30	11	54	6	1.35
PH Edmonds	3	1	7	0	1.75
IT Botham	12.6	2	27	2	1.58


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BC Rose	c Lees b Collinge	21	76	54	1	0	38.88
	G Boycott	c Congdon b Collinge	77	442	302	9	0	25.49
	G Miller	b Boock	24	110	94	2	0	25.53
	RW Taylor	c & b Collinge	8	72	51	1	0	15.68
	DW Randall	c Burgess b RJ Hadlee	4	43	45	0	0	8.88
	GRJ Roope	c Lees b RJ Hadlee	37	111	109	6	0	33.94
	IT Botham	c Burgess b RJ Hadlee	7	59	43	0	0	16.27
	CM Old	b RJ Hadlee	10	36	36	0	0	27.77
	PH Edmonds	lbw b Congdon	4	22	25	0	0	16.00
	M Hendrick	lbw b Congdon	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
	RGD Willis	not out	6	16	8	1	0	75.00
	Extras	(lb 4, nb 13)	17

	Total	(all out; 94.4 overs)	215	(1.70 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-39 (Rose), 2-89 (Miller), 3-108 (Taylor), 4-126 (Randall), 5-183 (Roope), 6-188 (Boycott), 7-203 (Botham), 8-205 (Old), 9-206 (Hendrick), 10-215 (Edmonds)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	28	5	74	4	1.98
RO Collinge	18	5	42	3	1.75
DR Hadlee	21	5	47	0	1.67
SL Boock	10	5	21	1	1.57
BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JG Wright	c Roope b Willis	19	169	105	0	0	18.09
	RW Anderson	lbw b Old	26	105	62	4	0	41.93
	GP Howarth	c Edmonds b Willis	21	84	75	1	0	28.00
	MG Burgess	c Boycott b Botham	6	55	37	1	0	16.21
	BE Congdon	c Roope b Willis	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	JM Parker	c Edmonds b Willis	4	23	18	0	0	22.22
	WK Lees	lbw b Hendrick	11	41	35	2	0	31.42
	RJ Hadlee	c Boycott b Willis	2	10	5	0	0	40.00
	DR Hadlee	c Roope b Botham	2	38	18	0	0	11.11
	RO Collinge	c Edmonds b Hendrick	6	12	12	1	0	50.00
	SL Boock	not out	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 9, w 2, nb 13)	26

	Total	(all out; 44.3 overs)	123	(2.07 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-54 (Anderson), 2-82 (Wright), 3-93 (Howarth), 4-93 (Congdon), 5-98 (Parker), 6-99 (Burgess), 7-104 (RJ Hadlee), 8-116 (Lees), 9-123 (Collinge), 10-123 (DR Hadlee)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	15	2	32	5	1.60
M Hendrick	10	2	16	2	1.20
CM Old	9	2	32	1	2.66
PH Edmonds	1	0	4	0	3.00
IT Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04


England 2nd innings (target: 137 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BC Rose	not out	5	43	31	0	0	16.12
	G Boycott	b Collinge	1	8	6	0	0	16.66
	G Miller	c Anderson b Collinge	4	14	7	0	0	57.14
	DW Randall	lbw b Collinge	9	16	8	1	0	112.50
	GRJ Roope	c Lees b RJ Hadlee	0	14	9	0	0	0.00
	IT Botham	c Boock b RJ Hadlee	19	34	24	3	0	79.16
	RW Taylor	run out	0	27	10	0	0	0.00
	CM Old	lbw b RJ Hadlee	9	27	20	2	0	45.00
	PH Edmonds	c Parker b RJ Hadlee	11	88	61	0	0	18.03
	M Hendrick	c Parker b RJ Hadlee	0	10	6	0	0	0.00
	RGD Willis	c Howarth b RJ Hadlee	3	61	41	0	0	7.31
	Extras	(nb 3)	3

	Total	(all out; 27.3 overs)	64	(1.75 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Boycott), 2-8 (Miller), 2-14* (Rose, retired not out), 3-18 (Randall), 4-18 (Roope), 5-38 (Botham), 6-38 (Taylor), 7-53 (Old), 8-53 (Hendrick), 9-63 (Edmonds), 10-64 (Willis)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RO Collinge	13	5	35	3	2.01
RJ Hadlee	13.3	4	26	6	1.45
DR Hadlee	1	1	0	0	0.00

Balls per over 8

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts SL Boock and JG Wright (New Zealand)

Umpires WRC Gardiner and RL Monteith

Close of play
10 Feb day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 152/3 (JG Wright 55*, BE Congdon 26*)
11 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 89/2 (G Boycott 36*, RW Taylor 0*)
12 Feb day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 12/0 (JG Wright 0*, RW Anderson 2*)
13 Feb rest day
14 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 53/8 (PH Edmonds 6*, RGD Willis 0*)
15 Feb day 5 - England 2nd innings 64 (27.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Richard Collinge took his 100th test wicket (Rose).
BC Rose (2) retired hurt on 4* from 14/2 to 63/9

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