TestNo. 820MenScorecard

New Zealand v England

Match drawn

4 to 10 March 1978Auckland

New Zealand

315 & 382/8118 ov

England

429156.3 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

New Zealand innings

315105.6 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	caught	4	32	42	0	0	12.5
Robert Anderson	caught	17	60	94	1	0	28.3
Geoff Howarth	caught	122	356	515	12	0	34.3
Mark Burgess	caught	50	133	140	5	0	37.6
Bevan Congdon	caught	5	29	41	0	0	17.2
John Parker	lbw	14	82	97	0	0	17.1
Jock Edwards	lbw	55	105	137	7	1	52.4
Richard Hadlee	caught	1	13	23	0	0	7.7
Lance Cairns	bowled	11	29	41	2	0	37.9
Richard Collinge	not out	5*	15	30	1	0	33.3
Stephen Boock	caught	1	8	9	0	0	12.5
Extras	b 5, lb 10, nb 15	30
Total	all out, 105.6 overs (8-ball)	315

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-12 John Wright2-32 Robert Anderson3-113 Mark Burgess4-129 Bevan Congdon5-182 John Parker6-278 Jock Edwards7-285 Richard Hadlee8-302 Geoff Howarth9-314 Lance Cairns10-315 Stephen Boock

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	26.6	8	57	2	2.13
John Lever	34	5	96	3	2.82
Ian Botham	34	4	109	5	3.21
Phil Edmonds	10	2	23	0	2.30
Geoff Miller	1	1	0	0	0.00

England innings

429156.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	54	177	232	4	0	30.5
Derek Randall	lbw	30	59	76	2	0	50.8
Clive Radley	caught	158	524	648	15	0	30.2
Graham Roope	caught	68	210	257	10	0	32.4
Mike Gatting	bowled	0	6	7	0	0	0.0
Ian Botham	caught	53	114	132	9	0	46.5
Bob Taylor	bowled	16	111	166	0	0	14.4
Geoff Miller	lbw	15	14	24	3	0	107.1
Phil Edmonds	bowled	8	33	38	1	0	24.2
John Lever	caught	1	13	15	0	0	7.7
Bob Willis	not out	0*	4	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 6, lb 6, w 4, nb 10	26
Total	all out, 156.3 overs (8-ball)	429

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-52 Derek Randall2-115 Geoff Boycott3-254 Graham Roope4-258 Mike Gatting5-355 Ian Botham6-396 Clive Radley7-418 Geoff Miller8-427 Phil Edmonds9-428 Bob Taylor10-429 John Lever

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Richard Hadlee	31	6	107	1	3.45
Richard Collinge	38	9	98	4	2.58
Lance Cairns	33	9	63	0	1.91
Bevan Congdon	26	8	68	0	2.62
Stephen Boock	28.3	4	67	5	2.36

New Zealand innings

382/8118 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
John Wright	caught	25	75	106	3	0	33.3
Robert Anderson	caught	55	120	163	8	0	45.8
Geoff Howarth	bowled	102	301	320	13	0	33.9
Mark Burgess	caught	17	82	71	2	0	20.7
Bevan Congdon	caught	20	67	78	2	0	29.9
Jock Edwards	caught	54	67	89	9	1	80.6
John Parker	not out	47*	138	136	5	0	34.1
Richard Hadlee	bowled	10	35	30	2	0	28.6
Lance Cairns	lbw	20	26	35	3	0	76.9
Richard Collinge	not out	12*	45	46	0	1	26.7
Extras	b 6, lb 4, nb 10	20
Total	8 wickets, 118 overs (8-ball)	382

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-69 John Wright2-98 Robert Anderson3-125 Mark Burgess4-185 Bevan Congdon5-272 Jock Edwards6-287 Geoff Howarth7-305 Richard Hadlee8-350 Lance Cairns

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	10	3	42	0	4.20
John Lever	17	4	59	2	3.47
Ian Botham	13	1	51	0	3.92
Phil Edmonds	45	15	107	3	2.38
Geoff Miller	30	10	99	3	3.30
Mike Gatting	1	0	1	0	1.00
Graham Roope	1	0	2	0	2.00
Derek Randall	1	0	1	0	1.00

Tests in March 1978

4 matches

TestScorecardAustralia90 & 209/963.2West Indies405109.5West Indies won by an innings and 106 runsPort of Spain, 3 March TestScorecardNew Zealand315 & 382/8118England429156.3Match drawnAuckland, 4 March TestScorecardAustralia250 & 17848West Indies288 & 141/136.5West Indies won by 9 wicketsBridgetown, 17 March TestScorecardWest Indies205 & 439116.4Australia286 & 362/7101Australia won by 3 wicketsGeorgetown, 31 March

Match facts

Format: Test No. 820
Dates: 4 to 10 March 1978
Ground: Auckland
Result: Match drawn
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1978-03-04-new-zealand-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "new-zealand", "runs": 315,
    "batting": [{"player": "Geoff Howarth", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 122, "balls": 356, "minutes": 515, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Bob Willis", "overs": "26.6", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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New Zealand v England

Previous meetingTest, England won by 174 runs, 24 February 1978 Next meetingODI, England won by 19 runs, 15 July 1978