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New Zealand v England @ Lancaster Park, Christchurch
24, 25, 26, 28 February, 1 March 1978 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: FR Goodall, RL Monteith
Match Result: England won by 174 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Rose | c Geoff Howarth b Ewen Chatfield | 11 | 22 | 60 | 1 | - |
| *2. Geoff Boycott | lbw b Richard Collinge | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 3. Derek Randall | c Mark Burgess b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Graham Roope | c Mark Burgess b Sir Richard Hadlee | 50 | 185 | 235 | 5 | - |
| 5. Geoff Miller | c Bevan Congdon b Richard Collinge | 89 | 273 | 338 | 10 | - |
| 6. Clive Radley | c Warren Lees b Sir Richard Hadlee | 15 | 46 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 7. Ian Botham | c Warren Lees b Stephen Boock | 103 | 288 | 313 | 12 | 1 |
| +8. Bob Taylor | run out ( > > ) | 45 | 217 | 283 | 4 | - |
| 9. Chris Old | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 8 | 12 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 10. Phil Edmonds | c Warren Lees b Richard Collinge | 50 | 70 | 75 | 8 | 1 |
| 11. Bob Willis | not out | 6 | 20 | 66 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Geoff Boycott), 2-18 (Derek Randall), 3-26 (Brian Rose), 4-127 (Clive Radley), 5-128 (Graham Roope), 6-288 (Bob Taylor), 7-294 (Ian Botham), 8-305 (Chris Old), 9-375 (Phil Edmonds), 418 (Geoff Miller). |
| Extras | 14b, 9lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 33 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 145.5 ovs) 418 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 43 | 10 | 147 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Collinge | 26.5 | 6 | 89 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 37 | 8 | 94 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bevan Congdon | 18 | 11 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 21 | 11 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c & b Phil Edmonds | 4 | 47 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 2. Robert Anderson | b Phil Edmonds | 62 | 162 | 186 | 8 | - |
| 3. Geoff Howarth | c Phil Edmonds b Bob Willis | 5 | 52 | 56 | - | - |
| *4. Mark Burgess | c Graham Roope b Ian Botham | 29 | 0 | 189 | 3 | - |
| 5. Bevan Congdon | lbw b Ian Botham | 20 | 0 | 73 | 2 | - |
| 6. John Parker | not out | 53 | 165 | 226 | 5 | - |
| +7. Warren Lees | c Geoff Miller b Ian Botham | 0 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | b Phil Edmonds | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Richard Collinge | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 32 | 0 | 93 | 4 | - |
| 10. Stephen Boock | c Bob Taylor b Phil Edmonds | 2 | 27 | 27 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 3 | 26 | 25 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-37 (John Wright), 2-52 (Geoff Howarth), 3-82 (Robert Anderson), 4-119 (Bevan Congdon), 5-148 (Mark Burgess), 6-151 (Warren Lees), 7-153 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-211 (Richard Collinge), 9-216 (Stephen Boock), 235 (Ewen Chatfield). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 0w, 19nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 92.7 ovs) 235 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 20 | 5 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 14 | 4 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 24.7 | 6 | 73 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 34 | 11 | 38 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Rose | c Warren Lees b Richard Collinge | 7 | 40 | 79 | - | - |
| *2. Geoff Boycott | run out ( > > ) | 26 | 0 | 120 | 3 | - |
| 3. Derek Randall | run out ( > > ) | 13 | 16 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 4. Ian Botham | not out | 30 | 31 | 46 | 3 | - |
| 5. Chris Old | b Richard Collinge | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Graham Roope | not out | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 7. Geoff Miller | ||||||
| 8. Clive Radley | ||||||
| +9. Bob Taylor | ||||||
| 10. Phil Edmonds | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-25 (Brian Rose), 2-47 (Derek Randall), 3-67 (Geoff Boycott), 4-74 (Chris Old). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 22 ovs) 96 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Collinge | 9 | 2 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bevan Congdon | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c Graham Roope b Bob Willis | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| 2. Robert Anderson | b Bob Willis | 15 | 39 | 80 | 2 | - |
| 3. Geoff Howarth | c Phil Edmonds b Chris Old | 1 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| *4. Mark Burgess | not out | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 5. Bevan Congdon | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. John Parker | c Ian Botham b Phil Edmonds | 16 | 53 | 64 | 2 | - |
| +7. Warren Lees | b Bob Willis | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Ian Botham b Phil Edmonds | 39 | 62 | 80 | 8 | - |
| 9. Richard Collinge | c Geoff Miller b Ian Botham | 0 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Stephen Boock | c Bob Taylor b Ian Botham | 0 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | lbw b Ian Botham | 6 | 18 | 14 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (John Wright), 2-14 (Geoff Howarth), 3-19 (Bevan Congdon), 4-25 (Robert Anderson), 5-25 (Warren Lees), 6-59 (John Parker), 7-81 (Richard Collinge), 8-90 (Stephen Boock), 9-95 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 105 (Ewen Chatfield). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 0w, 16nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 27 ovs) 105 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 7 | 2 | 14 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 7 | 1 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 6 | 2 | 22 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
John Wright, Robert Anderson, Geoff Howarth, Mark Burgess, Bevan Congdon, John Parker, Warren Lees, Sir Richard Hadlee, Richard Collinge, Stephen Boock, Ewen Chatfield