f31962	Otago v England XI
	England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1977/78
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 17th, 18th, 19th February 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England XI won by 6 wickets
Umpires	EW Dempster, NF Tapper
Close of play day 1	England XI (1) 58/0 (Randall 21*, Boycott 37*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 41/2 (McCullum 15*, BR Blair 0*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Roope b Lever	8
SJ McCullum	c Downton b Lever	11
BJ McKechnie	c Downton b Botham	19
KO Campbell	c Downton b Lever	1
PR Facoory	c Downton b Lever	19
*+WK Lees	b Botham	2
BR Blair	b Lever	1
BL Cairns	c Downton b Botham	15
CM Kirk	not out	22
GB Thomson	c Downton b Hendrick	15
PJ Petherick	b Hendrick	4
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-25, 3-35, 4-55, 5-58, 6-64, 7-81, 8-95, 9-122, 10-130 (47.3 ov)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	14.3	4	25	2	-	-
Lever	16	3	59	5	-	-
Botham	17	4	33	3	-	-

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Randall	c Cairns b McKechnie	22
*G Boycott	c Lees b McKechnie	37
GRJ Roope	c Lees b Cairns	28
CT Radley	lbw b McKechnie	44
MW Gatting	c BR Blair b Thomson	10
IT Botham	c and b Cairns	0
PH Edmonds	run out	8
JK Lever	b Cairns	18
GA Cope	lbw b Cairns	0
M Hendrick	not out	15
+PR Downton	b Petherick	9
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-69, 3-101, 4-127, 5-130, 6-149, 7-153, 8-155, 9-182, 10-195 (102 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	17	4	37	1	-	-
Cairns	42	11	73	4	-	-
McKechnie	25	5	46	3	-	-
Petherick	17	7	23	1	-	-
Kirk	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Edmonds b Botham	22
SJ McCullum	c Downton b Hendrick	19
PR Facoory	c Gatting b Botham	0
*+WK Lees	b Botham	9
BJ McKechnie	lbw b Botham	6
KO Campbell	c Edmonds b Lever	11
BR Blair	c Edmonds b Botham	6
BL Cairns	b Botham	44
CM Kirk	c Lever b Botham	6
GB Thomson	c and b Edmonds	12
PJ Petherick	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 9 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-37, 3-51, 4-52, 5-62, 6-80, 7-84, 8-117, 9-130, 10-146 (47.4 ov)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	14	3	32	1	-	-
Lever	8	1	24	1	-	-
Botham	19.4	6	58	7	-	-
Edmonds	6	0	21	1	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Randall	c McCullum b Cairns	28
*G Boycott	c Lees b Thomson	14
GRJ Roope	lbw b Thomson	17
CT Radley	c and b Thomson	4
MW Gatting	not out	12
IT Botham	not out	4
PH Edmonds	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
GA Cope	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 23.6 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-55, 3-61, 4-70

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	2	44	3	-	-
Cairns	11.6	3	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WL Blair (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Otago second innings (previous best was 6-16)

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