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England v New Zealand @ Old Trafford, Manchester
17 July 1978
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Match Result: England won by 126 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mike Brearley | c Jock Edwards b Brendon Bracewell | 27 | 58 | - | 3 | - |
| 2. Graham Gooch | run out | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 3. Clive Radley | not out | 117 | 140 | - | 11 | - |
| 4. David Gower | run out | 50 | 80 | - | 7 | - |
| 5. Derek Randall | run out | 41 | 40 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Bruce Edgar b Sir Richard Hadlee | 34 | 13 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 7. Geoff Miller | ||||||
| +8. Bob Taylor | ||||||
| 9. Phil Edmonds | ||||||
| 10. John Lever | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-0 (Graham Gooch), 2-44 (Mike Brearley), 3-149 (David Gower), 4-238 (Derek Randall), 5-278 (Ian Botham). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 55 ovs) 278 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 11 | 1 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Collinge | 11 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brendon Bracewell | 11 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bevan Congdon | 11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 11 | 0 | 84 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | b Ian Botham | 30 | 58 | - | 3 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | run out | 31 | 75 | - | 3 | - |
| 3. Geoff Howarth | st Bob Taylor b Phil Edmonds | 12 | 29 | - | 2 | - |
| +4. Jock Edwards | c Derek Randall b Geoff Miller | 0 | 3 | - | - | - |
| *5. Mark Burgess | c Bob Taylor b Bob Willis | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 6. Bevan Congdon | c Derek Randall b Phil Edmonds | 2 | 21 | - | - | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c David Gower b Geoff Miller | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 8. Lance Cairns | c Ian Botham b Phil Edmonds | 60 | 43 | - | 4 | 4 |
| 9. Richard Collinge | c Graham Gooch b John Lever | 3 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 10. Brendon Bracewell | not out | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 11. John Parker | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-44 (John Wright), 2-80 (Bruce Edgar), 3-80 (Jock Edwards), 4-84 (Mark Burgess), 5-84 (Geoff Howarth), 6-85 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-88 (Bevan Congdon), 8-133 (Richard Collinge), 9-152 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 7b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 41.2 ovs) 152 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 9 | 5 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 11 | 4 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 7 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 7.2 | 1 | 39 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Mike Brearley, Graham Gooch, Clive Radley, David Gower, Derek Randall, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller, Bob Taylor, Phil Edmonds, John Lever, Bob Willis