England vs New Zealand Scorecard, England vs New Zealand, 1st Test, 27 July, 1978, Kennington Oval

England vs New Zealand | July 27, 1978, 07:30 PM | Kennington Oval

Completed

England

*279/10 (134.5 ov) & *138/3 (52.3 ov)

New Zealand

*234/10 (104.2 ov) & *182/10 (105.1 ov)

England won by 7 wickets

Player of the Match

David Gower - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad

New Zealand 1st Innings Inning

234/10 (104.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Wright c Radley b Willis	62	159	6	0	38.99
Robert Anderson b Old	4	9	1	0	44.44
Geoff Howarth c Edmonds b Botham	94	225	6	0	41.78
Bruce Edgar c & b Miller	0	18	0	0	0.00
Mark Burgess lbw b Willis	34	130	3	0	26.15
Bevan Congdon run out	2	18	0	0	11.11
Jock Edwards b Miller	6	6	0	0	100.00
Sir Richard Hadlee c Brearley b Willis	5	48	0	0	10.42
Lance Cairns lbw b Willis	5	17	0	0	29.41
Brendon Bracewell c †Taylor b Willis	0	3	0	0	0.00
Stephen Boock not out	3	8	0	0	37.50
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	19
TOTAL (2.25 RUNS PER OVER)	234/10 (104.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

130-2 (John Wright, 0 ov), 7-1 (Robert Anderson, 0 ov), 191-4 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 131-3 (Bruce Edgar, 0 ov), 224-7 (Mark Burgess, 0 ov), 197-5 (Bevan Congdon, 0 ov), 207-6 (Jock Edwards, 0 ov), 230-8 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 234-10 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 230-9 (Brendon Bracewell, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	20.2	9	42	5	2.07
Chris Old	20	7	43	1	2.15
Sir Ian Botham	22	7	58	1	2.64
Geoff Miller	25	10	31	2	1.24
Phil Edmonds	17	2	41	0	2.41

England 1st Innings Inning

279/10 (134.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley c †Edwards b Bracewell	2	10	0	0	20.00
Graham Gooch lbw b Bracewell	0	3	0	0	0.00
Clive Radley run out	49	126	2	0	38.89
David Gower run out	111	253	14	0	43.87
Graham Roope b Boock	14	54	0	1	25.93
Geoff Miller lbw b Cairns	0	11	0	0	0.00
Sir Ian Botham c Bracewell b Boock	22	80	2	0	27.50
Bob Taylor c †Edwards b Hadlee	8	67	0	0	11.94
Phil Edmonds lbw b Hadlee	28	127	3	0	22.05
Chris Old c †Edwards b Cairns	16	54	3	0	29.63
Bob Willis not out	3	29	0	0	10.34
EXTRAS ( b 15, lb 8, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	26
TOTAL (2.07 RUNS PER OVER)	279/10 (134.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

7-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 1-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 123-3 (Clive Radley, 0 ov), 208-6 (David Gower, 0 ov), 165-4 (Graham Roope, 0 ov), 166-5 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 212-7 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 232-8 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 279-10 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov), 257-9 (Chris Old, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Richard Hadlee	21.5	6	43	2	1.97
Brendon Bracewell	17	8	46	2	2.71
Lance Cairns	40	16	65	2	1.63
Stephen Boock	35	18	61	2	1.74
Bevan Congdon	21	6	38	0	1.81

New Zealand 2nd Innings Inning

182/10 (105.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Wright lbw b Botham	25	61	2	0	40.98
Robert Anderson c †Taylor b Botham	2	7	0	0	28.57
Geoff Howarth b Willis	0	8	0	0	0.00
Bruce Edgar b Edmonds	38	109	2	0	34.86
Mark Burgess lbw b Botham	7	59	0	0	11.86
Bevan Congdon b Edmonds	36	207	3	0	17.39
Jock Edwards c Brearley b Edmonds	11	34	0	0	32.35
Sir Richard Hadlee b Edmonds	7	33	1	0	21.21
Lance Cairns b Miller	27	117	1	0	23.08
Brendon Bracewell b Miller	0	3	0	0	0.00
Stephen Boock not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 8, lb 10, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	29
TOTAL (1.73 RUNS PER OVER)	182/10 (105.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

30-3 (John Wright, 0 ov), 15-1 (Robert Anderson, 0 ov), 19-2 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 86-5 (Bruce Edgar, 0 ov), 70-4 (Mark Burgess, 0 ov), 182-10 (Bevan Congdon, 0 ov), 105-6 (Jock Edwards, 0 ov), 113-7 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 182-8 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 182-9 (Brendon Bracewell, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	13	2	39	1	3.00
Chris Old	5	2	13	0	2.60
Sir Ian Botham	19	2	46	3	2.42
Geoff Miller	34	19	35	2	1.03
Phil Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.59

England 2nd Innings (target 138) Inning

138/3 (52.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley lbw b Boock	11	50	1	0	22.00
Graham Gooch not out	91	175	11	0	52.00
Clive Radley lbw b Bracewell	2	35	0	0	5.71
David Gower c Howarth b Cairns	11	23	0	0	47.83
Graham Roope not out	10	41	0	0	24.39
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.64 RUNS PER OVER)	138/3 (52.3 ov)