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228 & 123
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlENG
215 & 64
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Overs: 44.3 RR: 2.76 vs spin: 3.00
vs seam: 1.61
Overs: 27.3 RR: 2.33 vs spin: 1.58
vs seam: 1.67
Thu 09/02/78 New Zealand v England at Wellington (BR), 1st Test, Basin Reserve, Wellington
NEW ZEALAND WIN New Zealand won by 72 runs
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 228 (87.6; RR: 2.59)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright lbw b Botham 55 244 3 0 22.54
RW Anderson c Taylor b Old 28 42 5 0 66.67
GP Howarth c Botham b Old 13 70 0 0 18.57
MG Burgess b Willis 9 42 1 0 21.43
BE Congdon c Taylor b Old 44 160 4 0 27.50
JM Parker c Rose b Willis 16 75 1 0 21.33
WK Lees c Taylor b Old 1 5 0 0 20.00
RJ Hadlee not out 27 39 4 0 69.23
DR Hadlee c Taylor b Old 1 3 0 0 33.33
RO Collinge b Old 1 12 0 0 8.33
SL Boock b Botham 4 23 0 0 17.39
Extras (12b, 3lb, 1w, 13nb) 29  
TOTAL 228 all out (87.6 overs; RR: 2.59)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (RW Anderson 8.6 ov), 96-2 (GP Howarth 29.1 ov), 114-3 (MG Burgess 38.4 ov), 152-4 (JG Wright 62.1 ov), 191-5 (JM Parker 75.8 ov), 193-6 (WK Lees 78.1 ov), 194-7 (BE Congdon 78.8 ov), 196-8 (DR Hadlee 80.2 ov), 208-9 (RO Collinge 82.4 ov), 228-10 (SL Boock 87.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 25.0 7 65 2 2.60 0 11
M Hendrick 17.0 2 46 0 2.71 0 0
CM Old 30.0 11 54 6 1.80 0 1
PH Edmonds 3.0 1 7 0 2.33 0 0
IT Botham 12.6 2 27 2 2.25 1 1

England - 1st Inns 215 (94.4; RR: 2.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BC Rose c Lees b Collinge 21 54 1 0 38.89
G Boycott c Congdon b Collinge 77 302 9 0 25.50
G Miller b Boock 24 94 2 0 25.53
RW Taylor c & b Collinge 8 51 1 0 15.69
DW Randall c Burgess b Hadlee 4 45 0 0 8.89
GRJ Roope c Lees b Hadlee 37 109 6 0 33.94
IT Botham c Burgess b Hadlee 7 43 0 0 16.28
CM Old b Hadlee 10 36 0 0 27.78
PH Edmonds lbw b Congdon 4 25 0 0 16.00
M Hendrick lbw b Congdon 0 2 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis not out 6 8 1 0 75.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 13nb) 17  
TOTAL 215 all out (94.4 overs; RR: 2.27)

Fall of wickets

39-1 (BC Rose 12.1 ov), 89-2 (G Miller 31.5 ov), 108-3 (RW Taylor 45.5 ov), 126-4 (DW Randall 53.6 ov), 183-5 (GRJ Roope 77.7 ov), 188-6 (G Boycott 83.2 ov), 203-7 (IT Botham 89.4 ov), 205-8 (CM Old 89.8 ov), 206-9 (M Hendrick 90.8 ov), 215-10 (PH Edmonds 94.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 28.0 5 74 4 2.64 0 3
RO Collinge 18.0 5 42 3 2.33 0 9
DR Hadlee 21.0 5 47 0 2.24 0 4
SL Boock 10.0 5 21 1 2.10 0 0
BE Congdon 17.4 11 14 2 0.82 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 123 (44.3; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright c Roope b Willis 19 105 0 0 18.10
RW Anderson lbw b Old 26 62 4 0 41.94
GP Howarth c Edmonds b Willis 21 75 1 0 28.00
MG Burgess c Boycott b Botham 6 37 1 0 16.22
BE Congdon c Roope b Willis 0 1 0 0 0.00
JM Parker c Edmonds b Willis 4 18 0 0 22.22
WK Lees lbw b Hendrick 11 35 2 0 31.43
RJ Hadlee c Boycott b Willis 2 5 0 0 40.00
DR Hadlee c Roope b Botham 2 18 0 0 11.11
RO Collinge c Edmonds b Hendrick 6 12 1 0 50.00
SL Boock not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 9lb, 2w, 13nb) 26  
TOTAL 123 all out (44.3 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

54-1 (RW Anderson 16.4 ov), 82-2 (JG Wright 27.7 ov), 93-3 (GP Howarth 31.3 ov), 93-4 (BE Congdon 31.4 ov), 98-5 (JM Parker 35.5 ov), 99-6 (MG Burgess 36.2 ov), 104-7 (RJ Hadlee 37.6 ov), 116-8 (WK Lees 41.5 ov), 123-9 (RO Collinge 43.7 ov), 123-10 (DR Hadlee 44.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 15.0 2 32 5 2.13 0 9
M Hendrick 10.0 2 16 2 1.60 1 1
CM Old 9.0 2 32 1 3.56 0 0
PH Edmonds 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
IT Botham 9.3 3 13 2 1.44 1 4

England - 2nd Inns 64 (27.3; RR: 2.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BC Rose not out 5 31 0 0 16.13
G Boycott b Collinge 1 6 0 0 16.67
G Miller c Anderson b Collinge 4 7 0 0 57.14
DW Randall lbw b Collinge 9 8 1 0 112.50
GRJ Roope c Lees b Hadlee 0 9 0 0 0.00
IT Botham c Boock b Hadlee 19 24 3 0 79.17
RW Taylor run out 0 10 0 0 0.00
CM Old lbw b Hadlee 9 20 2 0 45.00
PH Edmonds c Parker b Hadlee 11 61 0 0 18.03
M Hendrick c Parker b Hadlee 0 6 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis c Howarth b Hadlee 3 41 0 0 7.32
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 3nb) 3  
TOTAL 64 all out (27.3 overs; RR: 2.33)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (G Boycott 1.4 ov), 8-2 (G Miller 3.5 ov), 18-3 (DW Randall 5.4 ov), 18-4 (GRJ Roope 6.8 ov), 38-5 (IT Botham 10.5 ov), 38-6 (RW Taylor 10.6 ov), 53-7 (CM Old 14.8 ov), 53-8 (M Hendrick 16.6 ov), 63-9 (PH Edmonds 25.7 ov), 64-10 (RGD Willis 27.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RO Collinge 13.0 5 35 3 2.69 0 3
RJ Hadlee 13.3 4 26 6 2.00 0 0
DR Hadlee 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 1

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v England at Wellington (BR), 1st Test

Date

Thursday February 9, 1978

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00pm UTC

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Umpires

WRC Gardiner, RL Monteith

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

RO Collinge, BE Congdon, MG Burgess, DR Hadlee, RJ Hadlee, JM Parker, GP Howarth, RW Anderson, WK Lees, SL Boock, JG Wright

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, CM Old, GRJ Roope, M Hendrick, PH Edmonds, G Miller, DW Randall, IT Botham, BC Rose