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279 & 138-3 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batNZL
234 & 182 NZL flag
Overs: 52.3 RR: 2.63 vs spin: 2.75
vs seam: 2.15
 Overs: 105.1 RR: 1.73 vs spin: 0.81
vs seam: 2.65
Thu 27/07/78 England v New Zealand, 1st Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by 7 wickets
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 234 (104.2; RR: 2.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright c Radley b Willis 62 159 6 0 38.99
RW Anderson b Old 4 9 1 0 44.44
GP Howarth c Edmonds b Botham 94 225 6 0 41.78
BA Edgar c & b Miller 0 18 0 0 0.00
MG Burgess lbw b Willis 34 130 3 0 26.15
BE Congdon run out 2 18 0 0 11.11
GN Edwards b Miller 6 6 0 0 100.00
RJ Hadlee c Brearley b Willis 5 48 0 0 10.42
BL Cairns lbw b Willis 5 17 0 0 29.41
BP Bracewell c Taylor b Willis 0 3 0 0 0.00
SL Boock not out 3 8 0 0 37.50
Extras (1b, 7lb, 0w, 11nb) 19  
TOTAL 234 all out (104.2 overs; RR: 2.24)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (RW Anderson 0.0 ov), 130-2 (JG Wright 0.0 ov), 131-3 (BA Edgar 0.0 ov), 191-4 (GP Howarth 0.0 ov), 197-5 (BE Congdon 0.0 ov), 207-6 (GN Edwards 0.0 ov), 224-7 (MG Burgess 0.0 ov), 230-8 (RJ Hadlee 0.0 ov), 230-9 (BP Bracewell 0.0 ov), 234-10 (BL Cairns 104.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 20.2 9 42 5 2.10 0 8
CM Old 20.0 7 43 1 2.15 0 2
IT Botham 22.0 7 58 1 2.64 0 4
G Miller 25.0 10 31 2 1.24 0 0
PH Edmonds 17.0 2 41 0 2.41 0 0

England - 1st Inns 279 (134.5; RR: 2.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley c Edwards b Bracewell 2 10 0 0 20.00
GA Gooch lbw b Bracewell 0 3 0 0 0.00
CT Radley run out 49 126 2 0 38.89
DI Gower run out 111 253 14 0 43.87
GRJ Roope b Boock 14 54 0 1 25.93
G Miller lbw b Cairns 0 11 0 0 0.00
IT Botham c Bracewell b Boock 22 80 2 0 27.50
RW Taylor c Edwards b Hadlee 8 67 0 0 11.94
PH Edmonds lbw b Hadlee 28 127 3 0 22.05
CM Old c Edwards b Cairns 16 54 3 0 29.63
RGD Willis not out 3 29 0 0 10.34
Extras (15b, 8lb, 0w, 3nb) 26  
TOTAL 279 all out (134.5 overs; RR: 2.07)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 7-2 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 123-3 (CT Radley 0.0 ov), 165-4 (GRJ Roope 0.0 ov), 166-5 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 208-6 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 212-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 232-8 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 257-9 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 279-10 (PH Edmonds 134.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 21.5 6 43 2 2.05 0 4
BP Bracewell 17.0 8 46 2 2.71 0 1
BL Cairns 40.0 16 65 2 1.63 0 0
SL Boock 35.0 18 61 2 1.74 0 0
BE Congdon 21.0 6 38 0 1.81 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 182 (105.1; RR: 1.73)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright lbw b Botham 25 61 2 0 40.98
RW Anderson c Taylor b Botham 2 7 0 0 28.57
GP Howarth b Willis 0 8 0 0 0.00
BA Edgar b Edmonds 38 109 2 0 34.86
MG Burgess lbw b Botham 7 59 0 0 11.86
BE Congdon b Edmonds 36 207 3 0 17.39
GN Edwards c Brearley b Edmonds 11 34 0 0 32.35
RJ Hadlee b Edmonds 7 33 1 0 21.21
BL Cairns b Miller 27 117 1 0 23.08
BP Bracewell b Miller 0 3 0 0 0.00
SL Boock not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (8b, 10lb, 0w, 11nb) 29  
TOTAL 182 all out (105.1 overs; RR: 1.73)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (RW Anderson 0.0 ov), 19-2 (GP Howarth 0.0 ov), 30-3 (JG Wright 0.0 ov), 70-4 (MG Burgess 0.0 ov), 86-5 (BA Edgar 0.0 ov), 105-6 (GN Edwards 0.0 ov), 113-7 (RJ Hadlee 0.0 ov), 182-8 (BL Cairns 0.0 ov), 182-9 (BP Bracewell 0.0 ov), 182-10 (BE Congdon 105.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 13.0 2 39 1 3.00 0 0
CM Old 5.0 2 13 0 2.60 0 0
IT Botham 19.0 2 46 3 2.42 0 0
G Miller 34.0 19 35 2 1.03 0 0
PH Edmonds 34.1 23 20 4 0.59 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 138-3 (52.3; RR: 2.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley lbw b Boock 11 50 1 0 22.00
GA Gooch not out 91 175 11 0 52.00
CT Radley lbw b Bracewell 2 35 0 0 5.71
DI Gower c Howarth b Cairns 11 23 0 0 47.83
GRJ Roope not out 10 41 0 0 24.39
G Miller  
IT Botham  
RW Taylor  
PH Edmonds  
CM Old  
RGD Willis  
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 8nb) 13  
TOTAL 138-3 (52.3 overs; RR: 2.63)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 51-2 (CT Radley 0.0 ov), 82-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 11.3 3 18 0 1.64 0 0
BP Bracewell 13.0 3 26 1 2.00 0 0
SL Boock 20.0 6 55 1 2.75 0 0
BL Cairns 7.0 0 21 1 3.00 0 0
BE Congdon 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 1st Test

Date

Thursday July 27, 1978

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

DJ Constant, BJ Meyer

England Team

Playing XI

RGD Willis, RW Taylor, CM Old, GRJ Roope, GA Gooch, PH Edmonds, JM Brearley, G Miller, IT Botham, CT Radley, DI Gower

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

BE Congdon, MG Burgess, RJ Hadlee, BL Cairns, GP Howarth, RW Anderson, GN Edwards, SL Boock, JG Wright, BP Bracewell, BA Edgar