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NZL flag NZLWon toss. Elected to bat
315 & 382-8 Series badge ENG
429 ENG flag
Overs: 118.0 RR: 3.24 vs spin: 2.06
vs seam: 2.72
 Overs: 156.3 RR: 2.74 vs spin: 1.77
vs seam: 1.97
Fri 03/03/78 New Zealand v England, 3rd Test, Eden Park, Auckland
match drawn Match Drawn
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 315 (105.6; RR: 2.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright c Taylor b Lever 4 32 0 0 12.50
RW Anderson c Gatting b Botham 17 60 1 0 28.33
GP Howarth c Roope b Willis 122 356 12 0 34.27
MG Burgess c Randall b Botham 50 133 5 0 37.59
BE Congdon c Miller b Botham 5 29 0 0 17.24
JM Parker lbw b Botham 14 82 0 0 17.07
GN Edwards lbw b Lever 55 105 7 1 52.38
RJ Hadlee c Roope b Botham 1 13 0 0 7.69
BL Cairns b Lever 11 29 2 0 37.93
RO Collinge not out 5 15 1 0 33.33
SL Boock c Edmonds b Willis 1 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (5b, 10lb, 0w, 15nb) 30  
TOTAL 315 all out (105.6 overs; RR: 2.97)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (JG Wright 7.2 ov), 32-2 (RW Anderson 15.8 ov), 113-3 (MG Burgess 42.3 ov), 129-4 (BE Congdon 48.7 ov), 182-5 (JM Parker 68.4 ov), 278-6 (GN Edwards 92.8 ov), 285-7 (RJ Hadlee 97.5 ov), 302-8 (GP Howarth 101.1 ov), 314-9 (BL Cairns 104.6 ov), 315-10 (SL Boock 105.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 26.6 8 57 2 2.19 0 4
JK Lever 34.0 5 96 3 2.82 0 5
IT Botham 34.0 4 109 5 3.21 0 7
PH Edmonds 10.0 2 23 0 2.30 0 0
G Miller 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 429 (156.3; RR: 2.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Burgess b Collinge 54 177 4 0 30.51
DW Randall lbw b Hadlee 30 59 2 0 50.85
CT Radley c Wright b Collinge 158 524 15 0 30.15
GRJ Roope c Burgess b Boock 68 210 10 0 32.38
MW Gatting b Boock 0 6 0 0 0.00
IT Botham c Edwards b Collinge 53 114 9 0 46.49
RW Taylor b Boock 16 111 0 0 14.41
G Miller lbw b Collinge 15 14 3 0 107.14
PH Edmonds b Boock 8 33 1 0 24.24
JK Lever c & b Boock 1 13 0 0 7.69
RGD Willis not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 6lb, 4w, 10nb) 26  
TOTAL 429 all out (156.3 overs; RR: 2.74)

Fall of wickets

52-1 (DW Randall 12.2 ov), 115-2 (G Boycott 42.6 ov), 254-3 (GRJ Roope 97.7 ov), 258-4 (MW Gatting 99.5 ov), 355-5 (IT Botham 124.7 ov), 396-6 (CT Radley 141.7 ov), 418-7 (G Miller 145.5 ov), 427-8 (PH Edmonds 152.5 ov), 428-9 (RW Taylor 154.8 ov), 429-10 (JK Lever 156.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 31.0 6 107 1 3.45 4 8
RO Collinge 38.0 9 98 4 2.58 0 3
BL Cairns 33.0 9 63 0 1.91 0 3
BE Congdon 26.0 8 68 0 2.62 0 0
SL Boock 28.3 4 67 5 2.39 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 382-8 (118.0; RR: 3.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright c Taylor b Edmonds 25 75 3 0 33.33
RW Anderson c Botham b Miller 55 120 8 0 45.83
GP Howarth b Miller 102 301 13 0 33.89
MG Burgess c Taylor b Edmonds 17 82 2 0 20.73
BE Congdon c Roope b Lever 20 67 2 0 29.85
GN Edwards c Randall b Lever 54 67 9 1 80.60
JM Parker not out 47 138 5 0 34.06
RJ Hadlee b Miller 10 35 2 0 28.57
BL Cairns lbw b Edmonds 20 26 3 0 76.92
RO Collinge not out 12 45 0 1 26.67
SL Boock  
Extras (6b, 4lb, 0w, 10nb) 20  
TOTAL 382-8 (118.0 overs; RR: 3.24)

Fall of wickets

69-1 (JG Wright 19.5 ov), 98-2 (RW Anderson 32.1 ov), 125-3 (MG Burgess 51.1 ov), 185-4 (BE Congdon 67.8 ov), 272-5 (GN Edwards 86.1 ov), 287-6 (GP Howarth 90.3 ov), 305-7 (RJ Hadlee 98.8 ov), 350-8 (BL Cairns 107.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 10.0 3 42 0 4.20 0 1
JK Lever 17.0 4 59 2 3.47 0 6
IT Botham 13.0 1 51 0 3.92 0 1
PH Edmonds 45.0 15 107 3 2.38 0 0
G Miller 30.0 10 99 3 3.30 0 0
MW Gatting 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
GRJ Roope 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
DW Randall 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 3

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v England at Auckland, 3rd Test

Date

Friday March 3, 1978

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00pm UTC

Venue

Eden Park, Auckland

Umpires

JBR Hastie, WRC Gardiner

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

RO Collinge, BE Congdon, MG Burgess, RJ Hadlee, JM Parker, BL Cairns, GP Howarth, RW Anderson, GN Edwards, SL Boock, JG Wright

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, GRJ Roope, PH Edmonds, G Miller, JK Lever, DW Randall, IT Botham, MW Gatting, CT Radley