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Test no. 828

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

1978 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 27,28,29,31 July, 1 August 1978 (5-day match)

Result England won by 7 wickets


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JG Wright	c Radley b Willis	62	191	159	6	0	38.99
	RW Anderson	b Old	4	14	9	1	0	44.44
	GP Howarth	c Edmonds b Botham	94	268	225	6	0	41.77
	BA Edgar	c & b Miller	0	18	18	0	0	0.00
	MG Burgess	lbw b Willis	34	147	130	3	0	26.15
	BE Congdon	run out	2	15	18	0	0	11.11
	GN Edwards	b Miller	6	11	6	0	0	100.00
	RJ Hadlee	c Brearley b Willis	5	57	48	0	0	10.41
	BL Cairns	lbw b Willis	5	27	17	0	0	29.41
	BP Bracewell	c Taylor b Willis	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
	SL Boock	not out	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
	Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 11)	19

	Total	(all out; 104.2 overs)	234	(2.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Anderson), 2-130 (Wright), 3-131 (Edgar), 4-191 (Howarth), 5-197 (Congdon), 6-207 (Edwards), 7-224 (Burgess), 8-230 (Hadlee), 9-230 (Bracewell), 10-234 (Cairns)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	20.2	9	42	5	2.06
CM Old	20	7	43	1	2.15
IT Botham	22	7	58	1	2.63
G Miller	25	10	31	2	1.24
PH Edmonds	17	2	41	0	2.41


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JM Brearley	c Edwards b Bracewell	2	16	10	0	0	20.00
	GA Gooch	lbw b Bracewell	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	CT Radley	run out	49	150	126	2	0	38.88
	DI Gower	run out	111	249	253	14	0	43.87
	GRJ Roope	b Boock	14	49	54	0	1	25.92
	G Miller	lbw b Cairns	0	10	11	0	0	0.00
	IT Botham	c Bracewell b Boock	22	80	80	2	0	27.50
	RW Taylor	c Edwards b Hadlee	8	63	67	0	0	11.94
	PH Edmonds	lbw b Hadlee	28	140	127	3	0	22.04
	CM Old	c Edwards b Cairns	16	68	54	3	0	29.62
	RGD Willis	not out	3	38	29	0	0	10.34
	Extras	(b 15, lb 8, nb 3)	26

	Total	(all out; 134.5 overs)	279	(2.06 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Gooch), 2-7 (Brearley), 3-123 (Radley), 4-165 (Roope), 5-166 (Miller), 6-208 (Gower), 7-212 (Botham), 8-232 (Taylor), 9-257 (Old), 10-279 (Edmonds)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	21.5	6	43	2	1.96
BP Bracewell	17	8	46	2	2.70
BL Cairns	40	16	65	2	1.62
SL Boock	35	18	61	2	1.74
BE Congdon	21	6	38	0	1.80


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JG Wright	lbw b Botham	25	66	61	2	0	40.98
	RW Anderson	c Taylor b Botham	2	23	7	0	0	28.57
	GP Howarth	b Willis	0	13	8	0	0	0.00
	BA Edgar	b Edmonds	38	124	109	2	0	34.86
	MG Burgess	lbw b Botham	7	69	59	0	0	11.86
	BE Congdon	b Edmonds	36	217	207	3	0	17.39
	GN Edwards	c Brearley b Edmonds	11	28	34	0	0	32.35
	RJ Hadlee	b Edmonds	7	25	33	1	0	21.21
	BL Cairns	b Miller	27	119	117	1	0	23.07
	BP Bracewell	b Miller	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
	SL Boock	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 11)	29

	Total	(all out; 105.1 overs)	182	(1.73 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Anderson), 2-19 (Howarth), 3-30 (Wright), 4-70 (Burgess), 5-86 (Edgar), 6-105 (Edwards), 7-113 (Hadlee), 8-182 (Cairns), 9-182 (Bracewell), 10-182 (Congdon)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	13	2	39	1	3.00
CM Old	5	2	13	0	2.60
IT Botham	19	2	46	3	2.42
G Miller	34	19	35	2	1.02
PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58


England 2nd innings (target: 138 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JM Brearley	lbw b Boock	11	60	50	1	0	22.00
	GA Gooch	not out	91	187	175	11	0	52.00
	CT Radley	lbw b Bracewell	2	38	35	0	0	5.71
	DI Gower	c Howarth b Cairns	11	29	23	0	0	47.82
	GRJ Roope	not out	10	53	41	0	0	24.39
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 8)	13

	Total	(3 wickets; 52.3 overs)	138	(2.62 runs per over)

Did not bat G Miller, IT Botham,

RW Taylor, PH Edmonds, CM Old, RGD Willis

Fall of wickets1-26 (Brearley), 2-51 (Radley), 3-82 (Gower)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	11.3	3	18	0	1.56
BP Bracewell	13	3	26	1	2.00
BL Cairns	7	0	21	1	3.00
SL Boock	20	6	55	1	2.75
BE Congdon	1	0	5	0	5.00

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

Test debuts BP Bracewell and BA Edgar (New Zealand)
Player of the match DI Gower (England)

Umpires DJ Constant and BJ Meyer

Close of play
27 Jul day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 224/7 (RJ Hadlee 5*)
28 Jul day 2 - England 1st innings 225/7 (RW Taylor 6*, PH Edmonds 8*)
29 Jul day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 123/7 (BE Congdon 15*, BL Cairns 1*)
30 Jul rest day
31 Jul day 4 - no play
1 Aug day 5 - England 2nd innings 138/3 (52.3 ov) - end of match

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