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1978 - England v. New Zealand - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s New Zealand
Match Date: August 24, 1978
Venue: Lord's
Toss: New Zealand , elected to bat
Player of the Match: Geoff Howarth
Result: England won by 7 wickets
New Zealand 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Bevan Congdon298
Geoff Howarth123336291
Brendon Bracewell42426
Robert Anderson164446
Richard Collinge198375
Sir RJ Hadlee054
Mark Burgess68144145
Stephen Boock4*6460
John Parker145948
John Wright179076
Bruce Edgar3911088
339 All Out (143.5 overs @ 2.36 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
John Emburey26.112392
Phil Edmonds12.03190
Ian Botham38.0131016
Graham Gooch10.00290
Bob Willis29.09791
Mike Hendrick28.014391
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Geoffrey Boycott2410373
Bob Taylor11816
David Gower71180139
Graham Gooch212
Bob Willis7*2116
Ian Botham219678
Mike Brearley3313791
John Emburey25034
Clive Radley77229200
Phil Edmonds52219
Mike Hendrick125733
289 All Out (112.3 overs @ 2.57 rpo)
New Zealand 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Brendon Bracewell19.31682
Sir RJ Hadlee32.09845
Richard Collinge30.09582
Stephen Boock25.010331
Bevan Congdon6.01120
New Zealand 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Bruce Edgar42016
John Wright127052
Richard Collinge02312
Geoff Howarth14*5550
Robert Anderson11315
Bevan Congdon32117
Sir RJ Hadlee5185
Stephen Boock064
Mark Burgess145844
Brendon Bracewell013
John Parker31715
67 All Out (37.1 overs @ 1.80 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bob Willis16.08164
John Emburey3.0210
Ian Botham18.14395
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Geoffrey Boycott42014
Graham Gooch42*13695
Clive Radley011
Mike Brearley8*4528
David Gower466561
118 3 wickets (30.5 overs @ 3.83 rpo)
New Zealand 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Stephen Boock5.01110
Brendon Bracewell6.00321
Sir RJ Hadlee13.52312
Richard Collinge6.01260

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