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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th August 1978 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | HD Bird, BJ Meyer |
| Scorers | WN Larkins (New Zealand), E Solomon (England) |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 280/5 (Howarth 105*, Anderson 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 175/2 (Radley 75*, Gower 55*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 37/7 (Burgess 8*) |
| Player of the Match | GP Howarth |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Edmonds b Botham | 17 | 76 | 90 | 2 | - | |
| +BA Edgar | c Edmonds b Emburey | 39 | 88 | 110 | 7 | - | |
| GP Howarth | c Taylor b Botham | 123 | 291 | 336 | 14 | - | |
| JM Parker | lbw b Hendrick | 14 | 48 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| *MG Burgess | lbw b Botham | 68 | 145 | 144 | 8 | - | |
| BE Congdon | c Emburey b Botham | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| RW Anderson | b Botham | 16 | 46 | 44 | - | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | c Brearley b Botham | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| RO Collinge | c Emburey b Willis | 19 | 75 | 83 | 2 | - | |
| SL Boock | not out | 4 | 60 | 64 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | st Taylor b Emburey | 4 | 26 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 18 lb, 7 nb, 4 w) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 498 minutes, 143.1 overs) | 339 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Wright), 2-70 (Edgar), 3-117 (Parker), 4-247 (Burgess), 5-253 (Congdon), 6-290 (Anderson), 7-290 (Hadlee), 8-321 (Howarth), 9-333 (Collinge), 10-339 (Bracewell, 143.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 29 | 9 | 79 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Hendrick | 28 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Botham | 38 | 13 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Edmonds | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 26.1 | 12 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Boock b Hadlee | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| G Boycott | c Hadlee b Bracewell | 24 | 73 | 103 | 3 | - | |
| CT Radley | c Congdon b Hadlee | 77 | 200 | 229 | 9 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Wright b Boock | 71 | 139 | 180 | 8 | - | |
| *JM Brearley | c Edgar b Hadlee | 33 | 91 | 137 | - | - | |
| IT Botham | c Edgar b Collinge | 21 | 78 | 96 | 3 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | lbw b Hadlee | 1 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| PH Edmonds | c Edgar b Hadlee | 5 | 19 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| JE Emburey | b Collinge | 2 | 34 | 50 | - | - | |
| M Hendrick | b Bracewell | 12 | 33 | 57 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 7 | 16 | 21 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 22 nb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 467 minutes, 112.3 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Gooch), 2-66 (Boycott), 3-180 (Radley), 4-211 (Gower), 5-249 (Brearley), 6-255 (Taylor), 7-258 (Botham), 8-263 (Edmonds), 9-274 (Emburey), 10-289 (Hendrick, 112.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 32 | 9 | 84 | 5 | - | 12 | |
| Collinge | 30 | 9 | 58 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Bracewell | 19.3 | 1 | 68 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Boock | 25 | 10 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | b Botham | 12 | 52 | 70 | 1 | - | |
| +BA Edgar | b Botham | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| RW Anderson | c Taylor b Willis | 1 | 15 | 13 | - | - | |
| JM Parker | c Taylor b Botham | 3 | 15 | 17 | - | - | |
| *MG Burgess | c Hendrick b Botham | 14 | 44 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| BE Congdon | c Taylor b Willis | 3 | 17 | 21 | - | - | |
| SL Boock | c Radley b Willis | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| BP Bracewell | c Hendrick b Willis | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| GP Howarth | not out | 14 | 50 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | run out | 5 | 5 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| RO Collinge | b Botham | 0 | 12 | 23 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 8 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 162 minutes, 37.1 overs) | 67 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Edgar), 2-14 (Anderson), 3-20 (Parker), 4-29 (Wright), 5-33 (Congdon), 6-37 (Boock), 7-37 (Bracewell), 8-43 (Burgess), 9-57 (Hadlee), 10-67 (Collinge, 37.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 16 | 8 | 16 | 4 | - | 7 | |
| Botham | 18.1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Emburey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | not out | 42 | 95 | 136 | 6 | - | |
| G Boycott | b Hadlee | 4 | 14 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| CT Radley | b Hadlee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DI Gower | c Congdon b Bracewell | 46 | 61 | 65 | 5 | 1 | |
| *JM Brearley | not out | 8 | 28 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Edmonds | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 11 nb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 135 minutes, 30.5 overs) | 118 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Boycott), 2-14 (Radley), 3-84 (Gower) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 13.5 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Collinge | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Boock | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | 5 | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JE Emburey made his debut in Test matches
--> BE Congdon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BE Congdon made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RW Anderson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RO Collinge made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RO Collinge made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CT Radley made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GP Howarth (1) 50 in 153 balls, 156 minutes
--> GP Howarth (1) 100 in 233 balls, 256 minutes with 12 fours
--> GP Howarth (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in Test matches
--> MG Burgess (1) 50 in 121 balls, 111 minutes
--> MG Burgess (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CT Radley (1) 50 in 116 balls, 142 minutes
--> CT Radley (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 80 balls, 109 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> IT Botham (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> JE Emburey made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RGD Willis reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SL Boock, his 3rd wicket in the New Zealand second innings
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