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England v New Zealand, 1978, 1st test
The Oval, 27/07/1978 - 01/08/1978

Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Result: England won by 7 wickets

New Zealand
JG Wright             c Radley           b Willis                62
RW Anderson                              b Old                    4
GP Howarth            c Edmonds          b Botham                94
BA Edgar                             c & b Miller                 0
*MG Burgess           lbw                b Willis                34
BE Congdon            run out                                     2
+GN Edwards                              b Miller                 6
RJ Hadlee             c Brearley         b Willis                 5
BL Cairns             lbw                b Willis                 5
BP Bracewell          c Taylor           b Willis                 0
SL Boock              not out                                     3
Extras                b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 11                      19
Total                 all out                                   234

Fall Of Wickets
1-7 (Anderson)                2-130 (Wright)                
3-131 (Edgar)                 4-191 (Howarth)               
5-197 (Congdon)               6-207 (Edwards)               
7-224 (Burgess)               8-230 (Cairns)                
9-230 (Bracewell)             10-234 (Hadlee)               

Bowling
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
*JM Brearley          c Edwards          b Bracewell              2
GA Gooch              lbw                b Bracewell              0
CT Radley             run out                                    49
DI Gower              run out                                   111
GRJ Roope                                b Boock                 14
G Miller              lbw                b Cairns                 0
IT Botham             c Bracewell        b Boock                 22
+RW Taylor            c Edwards          b Hadlee                 8
PH Edmonds            lbw                b Hadlee                28
CM Old                c Edwards          b Cairns                16
RGD Willis            not out                                     3
Extras                b 15, lb 8, w 0, nb 3                      26
Total                 all out                                   279

Fall Of Wickets
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
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
JG Wright             lbw                b Botham                25
RW Anderson           c Taylor           b Botham                 2
GP Howarth                               b Willis                 0
BA Edgar                                 b Edmonds               38
*MG Burgess           lbw                b Botham                 7
BE Congdon                               b Edmonds               36
+GN Edwards           c Brearley         b Edmonds               11
RJ Hadlee                                b Edmonds                7
BL Cairns                                b Miller                27
BP Bracewell                             b Miller                 0
SL Boock              not out                                     0
Extras                b 8, lb 10, w 0, nb 11                     29
Total                 all out                                   182

Fall Of Wickets
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
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
*JM Brearley          lbw                b Boock                 11
GA Gooch              not out                                    91
CT Radley             lbw                b Bracewell              2
DI Gower              c Howarth          b Cairns                11
GRJ Roope             not out                                    10
Extras                b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 8                       13
Total                 for 3 wickets                             138

Fall Of Wickets
1-26 (Brearley)               2-51 (Radley)                 
3-82 (Gower)                  

Bowling
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