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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 828 (828/51)
England v New Zealand, 1978, 1st Test
Kennington Oval, London
27,28,29,31 July, 1 August 1978 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 7 wickets
England leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: DJ Constant and BJ Meyer
Test Debuts: BP Bracewell, BA Edgar (NZ).
Man of the Match: DI Gower

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: New Zealand 224/7 (Hadlee 5*)
  • Day 2: New Zealand 234, England 225/7 (Taylor 6*, Edmonds 8*)
  • Day 3: England 279, New Zealand 123/7 (Congdon 15*, Cairns 1*)
  • Day 4: No play
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    JG Wright             c Radley           b Willis              62 191 159  6 0
    RW Anderson                              b Old                  4  14   9  1 0
    GP Howarth            c Edmonds          b Botham              94 268 225  6 0
    BA Edgar                             c & b Miller               0  18  18  0 0
    *MG Burgess           lbw                b Willis              34 147 130  3 0
    BE Congdon            run out                                   2  15  18  0 0
    +GN Edwards                              b Miller               6  11   6  0 0
    RJ Hadlee             c Brearley         b Willis               5  57  48  0 0
    BL Cairns             lbw                b Willis               5  27  17  0 0
    BP Bracewell          c Taylor           b Willis               0   1   3  0 0
    SL Boock              not out                                   3   8   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 7, nb 11)                       19
    Total                 (all out, 104.2 overs)                  234
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Anderson), 2-130 (Wright), 3-131 (Edgar),
         4-191 (Howarth), 5-197 (Congdon), 6-207 (Edwards),
         7-224 (Burgess), 8-230 (Hadlee), 9-230 (Bracewell),
         10-234 (Cairns).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      20.2    9     42      5
    Old                         20      7     43      1
    Botham                      22      7     58      1
    Miller                      25     10     31      2
    Edmonds                     17      2     41      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *JM Brearley          c Edwards          b Bracewell            2  16  10  0 0
    GA Gooch              lbw                b Bracewell            0   6   3  0 0
    CT Radley             run out                                  49 150 126  2 0
    DI Gower              run out                                 111 249 253 14 0
    GRJ Roope                                b Boock               14  49  54  0 1
    G Miller              lbw                b Cairns               0  10  11  0 0
    IT Botham             c Bracewell        b Boock               22  80  80  2 0
    +RW Taylor            c Edwards          b Hadlee               8  63  67  0 0
    PH Edmonds            lbw                b Hadlee              28 140 127  3 0
    CM Old                c Edwards          b Cairns              16  68  54  3 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   3  38  29  0 0
    Extras                (b 15, lb 8, nb 3)                       26
    Total                 (all out, 134.5 overs)                  279
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Gooch), 2-7 (Brearley), 3-123 (Radley), 4-165 (Roope),
         5-166 (Miller), 6-208 (Gower), 7-212 (Botham),
         8-232 (Taylor), 9-257 (Old), 10-279 (Edmonds).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hadlee                      21.5    6     43      2
    Bracewell                   17      8     46      2
    Cairns                      40     16     65      2
    Boock                       35     18     61      2
    Congdon                     21      6     38      0
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    JG Wright             lbw                b Botham              25  66  61  2 0
    RW Anderson           c Taylor           b Botham               2  23   7  0 0
    GP Howarth                               b Willis               0  13   8  0 0
    BA Edgar                                 b Edmonds             38 124 109  2 0
    *MG Burgess           lbw                b Botham               7  69  59  0 0
    BE Congdon                               b Edmonds             36 217 207  3 0
    +GN Edwards           c Brearley         b Edmonds             11  28  34  0 0
    RJ Hadlee                                b Edmonds              7  25  33  1 0
    BL Cairns                                b Miller              27 119 117  1 0
    BP Bracewell                             b Miller               0   1   3  0 0
    SL Boock              not out                                   0   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 10, nb 11)                      29
    Total                 (all out, 105.1 overs)                  182
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Anderson), 2-19 (Howarth), 3-30 (Wright),
         4-70 (Burgess), 5-86 (Edgar), 6-105 (Edwards),
         7-113 (Hadlee), 8-182 (Cairns), 9-182 (Bracewell),
         10-182 (Congdon).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      13      2     39      1
    Old                          5      2     13      0
    Botham                      19      2     46      3
    Miller                      34     19     35      2
    Edmonds                     34.1   23     20      4
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 138 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    *JM Brearley          lbw                b Boock               11  60  50  1 0
    GA Gooch              not out                                  91 187 175 11 0
    CT Radley             lbw                b Bracewell            2  38  35  0 0
    DI Gower              c Howarth          b Cairns              11  29  23  0 0
    GRJ Roope             not out                                  10  53  41  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 3, nb 8)                        13
    Total                 (3 wickets, 52.3 overs)                 138
    
    DNB: G Miller, IT Botham, +RW Taylor, PH Edmonds, CM Old,
         RGD Willis.
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Brearley), 2-51 (Radley), 3-82 (Gower).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hadlee                      11.3    3     18      0
    Bracewell                   13      3     26      1
    Cairns                       7      0     21      1
    Boock                       20      6     55      1
    Congdon                      1      0      5      0
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, New Zealand.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    New Zealand Player Pages: JG Wright, RW Anderson, GP Howarth, BA Edgar, MG Burgess, BE Congdon, GN Edwards, RJ Hadlee, BL Cairns, BP Bracewell, SL Boock.

    England Player Pages: JM Brearley, GA Gooch, CT Radley, DI Gower, GRJ Roope, G Miller, IT Botham, RW Taylor, PH Edmonds, CM Old, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: DJ Constant, BJ Meyer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Geoff.Bethell (srg3lib@dbv2.grace.cri.nz)  
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