England v New Zealand
England won by 7 wickets
27 July to 1 August 1978The Oval
Englandwon by 7 wickets
279 & 138/352.3 ov
New Zealand
234 & 182105.1 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
234104.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | caught | 62 | 159 | 191 | 6 | 0 | 39.0 |
| Robert Anderson | bowled | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Geoff Howarth | caught | 94 | 225 | 268 | 6 | 0 | 41.8 |
| Bruce Edgar | caught | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Burgess | lbw | 34 | 130 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 26.2 |
| Bevan Congdon | run out | 2 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Jock Edwards | bowled | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Richard Hadlee | caught | 5 | 48 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 |
| Lance Cairns | lbw | 5 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 |
| Brendon Bracewell | caught | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Boock | not out | 3* | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 7, nb 11 | 19 | |||||
| Total | all out, 104.2 overs | 234 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-7 Robert Anderson2-130 John Wright3-131 Bruce Edgar4-191 Geoff Howarth5-197 Bevan Congdon6-207 Jock Edwards7-224 Mark Burgess8-230 Richard Hadlee9-230 Brendon Bracewell10-234 Lance Cairns
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 20.2 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Old | 20 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 22 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 25 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 17 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
279134.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley | caught | 2 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Clive Radley | run out | 49 | 126 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 38.9 |
| David Gower | run out | 111 | 253 | 249 | 14 | 0 | 43.9 |
| Graham Roope | bowled | 14 | 54 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 25.9 |
| Geoff Miller | lbw | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ian Botham | caught | 22 | 80 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 27.5 |
| Bob Taylor | caught | 8 | 67 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 |
| Phil Edmonds | lbw | 28 | 127 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 22.0 |
| Chris Old | caught | 16 | 54 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 29.6 |
| Bob Willis | not out | 3* | 29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 |
| Extras | b 15, lb 8, nb 3 | 26 | |||||
| Total | all out, 134.5 overs | 279 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-1 Graham Gooch2-7 Mike Brearley3-123 Clive Radley4-165 Graham Roope5-166 Geoff Miller6-208 David Gower7-212 Ian Botham8-232 Bob Taylor9-257 Chris Old10-279 Phil Edmonds
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 21.5 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 17 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 2.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 40 | 16 | 65 | 2 | 1.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 35 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 21 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand innings
182105.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | lbw | 25 | 61 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Robert Anderson | caught | 2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Geoff Howarth | bowled | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Edgar | bowled | 38 | 109 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 34.9 |
| Mark Burgess | lbw | 7 | 59 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 |
| Bevan Congdon | bowled | 36 | 207 | 217 | 3 | 0 | 17.4 |
| Jock Edwards | caught | 11 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32.4 |
| Richard Hadlee | bowled | 7 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 21.2 |
| Lance Cairns | bowled | 27 | 117 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Brendon Bracewell | bowled | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Boock | not out | 0* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 10, nb 11 | 29 | |||||
| Total | all out, 105.1 overs | 182 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-15 Robert Anderson2-19 Geoff Howarth3-30 John Wright4-70 Mark Burgess5-86 Bruce Edgar6-105 Jock Edwards7-113 Richard Hadlee8-182 Lance Cairns9-182 Brendon Bracewell10-182 Bevan Congdon
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 13 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Old | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 19 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 2.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 34 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 34.1 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 138
138/352.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley | lbw | 11 | 50 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 |
| Graham Gooch | not out | 91* | 175 | 187 | 11 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Clive Radley | lbw | 2 | 35 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 |
| David Gower | caught | 11 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 47.8 |
| Graham Roope | not out | 10* | 41 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 3, nb 8 | 13 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 52.3 overs | 138 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-26 Mike Brearley2-51 Clive Radley3-82 David Gower
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 11.3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 13 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 20 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |