England v New Zealand
England won by 7 wickets
24 to 28 August 1978Lord's
Englandwon by 7 wickets
289 & 118/330.5 ov
New Zealand
339 & 6737.1 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
339143.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | caught | 17 | 76 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Bruce Edgar | caught | 39 | 88 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 44.3 |
| Geoff Howarth | caught | 123 | 291 | 336 | 14 | 0 | 42.3 |
| John Parker | lbw | 14 | 48 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Mark Burgess | lbw | 68 | 145 | 144 | 8 | 0 | 46.9 |
| Bevan Congdon | caught | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Robert Anderson | bowled | 16 | 46 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 34.8 |
| Richard Hadlee | caught | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richard Collinge | caught | 19 | 75 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 25.3 |
| Stephen Boock | not out | 4* | 60 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Brendon Bracewell | stumped | 4 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 15.4 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 18, w 4, nb 7 | 33 | |||||
| Total | all out, 143.1 overs | 339 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-65 John Wright2-70 Bruce Edgar3-117 John Parker4-247 Mark Burgess5-253 Bevan Congdon6-290 Robert Anderson7-290 Richard Hadlee8-321 Geoff Howarth9-333 Richard Collinge10-339 Brendon Bracewell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 29 | 9 | 79 | 1 | 2.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 28 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 38 | 13 | 101 | 6 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 26.1 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 1.49 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
289112.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | caught | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Geoff Boycott | caught | 24 | 73 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 32.9 |
| Clive Radley | caught | 77 | 200 | 229 | 9 | 0 | 38.5 |
| David Gower | caught | 71 | 139 | 180 | 8 | 0 | 51.1 |
| Mike Brearley | caught | 33 | 91 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 |
| Ian Botham | caught | 21 | 78 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 26.9 |
| Bob Taylor | lbw | 1 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Phil Edmonds | caught | 5 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 26.3 |
| John Emburey | bowled | 2 | 34 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Mike Hendrick | bowled | 12 | 33 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Bob Willis | not out | 7* | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 5, nb 22 | 34 | |||||
| Total | all out, 112.3 overs | 289 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-2 Graham Gooch2-66 Geoff Boycott3-180 Clive Radley4-211 David Gower5-249 Mike Brearley6-255 Bob Taylor7-258 Ian Botham8-263 Phil Edmonds9-274 John Emburey10-289 Mike Hendrick
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 32 | 9 | 84 | 5 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Collinge | 30 | 9 | 58 | 2 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 19.3 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 3.49 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 25 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Bevan Congdon | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand innings
6737.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | bowled | 12 | 52 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Bruce Edgar | bowled | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Robert Anderson | caught | 1 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| John Parker | caught | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Mark Burgess | caught | 14 | 44 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 31.8 |
| Bevan Congdon | caught | 3 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 |
| Stephen Boock | caught | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | caught | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Howarth | not out | 14* | 50 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 |
| Richard Hadlee | run out | 5 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Richard Collinge | bowled | 0 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 3, nb 8 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 37.1 overs | 67 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-10 Bruce Edgar2-14 Robert Anderson3-20 John Parker4-29 John Wright5-33 Bevan Congdon6-37 Stephen Boock7-37 Brendon Bracewell8-43 Mark Burgess9-57 Richard Hadlee10-67 Richard Collinge
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 16 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 18.1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 118
118/330.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | not out | 42* | 95 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 44.2 |
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 4 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Clive Radley | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| David Gower | caught | 46 | 61 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 75.4 |
| Mike Brearley | not out | 8* | 28 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Extras | lb 3, w 4, nb 11 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 30.5 overs | 118 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-14 Geoff Boycott2-14 Clive Radley3-84 David Gower
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 13.5 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Collinge | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Bracewell | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Boock | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |