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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 798 (797/9)
New Zealand v Australia, 1976/77, 2nd Test
Eden Park, Auckland
25,26,27 February, 1 March 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia wins the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DEA Copps and WRC Gardiner

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: New Zealand 229
  • Day 2: Australia 281/7 (Gilmour 29*, O'Keeffe 10*)
  • Day 3: Australia 377, New Zealand 175
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    *GM Turner            c Marsh            b Walker               4   9   6  1 0
    GP Howarth            c McCosker         b Lillee              59 196 164  9 0
    BE Congdon            c Marsh            b Lillee              25  93  71  3 0
    JM Parker             c Cosier           b Lillee              20 114  83  2 0
    MG Burgess            c Marsh            b Walters              1  13   9  0 0
    +GN Edwards           c Lillee           b Gilmour             51  56  47 11 0
    RJ Hadlee             c McCosker         b Lillee              44 136 105  4 1
    BL Cairns                                b Chappell             2  32  15  0 0
    HJ Howarth                               b Walker               5  16  10  1 0
    PJ Petherick          c Marsh            b Lillee               4  25  26  0 0
    EJ Chatfield          not out                                   0  10   5  0 0
    Extras                (lb 7, nb 7)                             14
    Total                 (all out, 66.3 overs)                   229
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Turner), 2-63 (Congdon), 3-112 (GP Howarth),
         4-113 (Burgess), 5-121 (Parker), 6-177 (Edwards),
         7-202 (Cairns), 8-211 (HJ Howarth), 9-228 (Petherick),
         10-229 (Hadlee).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      17.3    4     51      5
    Walker                      24      6     60      2
    Gilmour                      7      0     56      1
    Chappell                    13      4     28      1
    Walters                      4      1     20      1
    O'Keeffe                     1      1      0      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IC Davis                                 b Chatfield           13  36  13  1 0
    A Turner              c Edwards          b Cairns              30  82  65  1 0
    RB McCosker           c Edwards          b Cairns              84 241 186  8 0
    *GS Chappell          run out                                  58 157 160  5 0
    GJ Cosier                            c & b Cairns              21  54  56  3 0
    KD Walters            c Hadlee           b Chatfield           16  46  40  1 1
    +RW Marsh             lbw                b Hadlee               4  12   9  1 0
    GJ Gilmour                               b Chatfield           64 132  96  9 1
    KJ O'Keeffe           c Congdon          b Hadlee              32 134 105  3 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                  23  30  24  4 1
    MHN Walker            c Turner           b Chatfield            9  12  11  1 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 9, nb 5)                        23
    Total                 (all out, 97.1 overs)                   377
    
    FoW: 1-31 (Davis), 2-56 (Turner), 3-171 (Chappell),
         4-202 (McCosker), 5-217 (Cosier), 6-221 (Marsh),
         7-245 (Walters), 8-338 (Gilmour), 9-364 (O'Keeffe),
         10-377 (Walker).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hadlee                      28      2    147      2
    Chatfield                   27.1    3    100      4
    Cairns                      28      9     69      3
    Congdon                      5      1      8      0
    HJ Howarth                   5      1     16      0
    Petherick                    4      2     14      0
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    *GM Turner            c Walters          b Lillee              23  50  37  3 0
    GP Howarth            c Turner           b Lillee               2  15  12  0 0
    BE Congdon            c McCosker         b Lillee               1   9   5  0 0
    JM Parker             c Turner           b Walker               5  19  12  1 0
    MG Burgess                               b Walker              38 126 100  3 1
    +GN Edwards           c Marsh            b Lillee               0   3   4  0 0
    RJ Hadlee                                b Chappell            81 146 105 10 1
    BL Cairns             c Lillee           b Walker               7  21  10  1 0
    HJ Howarth            lbw                b Lillee               6  22  14  1 0
    PJ Petherick                             b Lillee               1  40  33  0 0
    EJ Chatfield          not out                                   4  24  15  1 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)                         7
    Total                 (all out, 42.7 overs)                   175
    
    FoW: 1-10 (GP Howarth), 2-12 (Congdon), 3-23 (Parker),
         4-31 (Turner), 5-31 (Edwards), 6-136 (Burgess),
         7-162 (Hadlee), 8-163 (Cairns), 9-169 (HJ Howarth),
         10-175 (Petherick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      15.7    2     72      6
    Walker                      17      4     70      3
    Gilmour                      1      0     11      0
    Chappell                     9      4     15      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 28 runs)                         R   M   B  4 6
    IC Davis              not out                                   6  19   6  1 0
    A Turner              not out                                  20  19  24  2 1
    Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
    Total                 (0 wickets, 3.5 overs)                   28
    
    DNB: RB McCosker, *GS Chappell, GJ Cosier, KD Walters, +RW Marsh,
         GJ Gilmour, KJ O'Keeffe, DK Lillee, MHN Walker.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hadlee                       2      0     11      0
    Chatfield                    1.5    0     15      0
    

    • Australia won with almost two days to spare
    • Lillee (11-123) best test bowling in a Test at Auckland
    • Final test for H.J.Howarth, A.Turner
    • Last test for six years for G.M.Turner; contractual disputes with the NZ Board kept him out of Test cricket until 1982-83




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: New Zealand, Australia.

    Ground Page: Eden Park, Auckland

    New Zealand Player Pages: GM Turner, GP Howarth, BE Congdon, JM Parker, MG Burgess, GN Edwards, RJ Hadlee, BL Cairns, HJ Howarth, PJ Petherick, EJ Chatfield.

    Australia Player Pages: IC Davis, A Turner, RB McCosker, GS Chappell, GJ Cosier, KD Walters, RW Marsh, GJ Gilmour, KJ O'Keeffe, DK Lillee, MHN Walker.

    Match Officials' Pages: DEA Copps, WRC Gardiner.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Jeff.Thomas (jthomas@bmgtmail.umd.edu)  
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