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England vs New Zealand Scorecard, England vs New Zealand, 24 August, 1978, Lord's & Match Stats

England vs New Zealand | August 24, 1978, 07:30 PM | Lord's

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England
England

*289/10 (112.3 ov) & *118/3 (30.5 ov)

vs
New Zealand

*339/10 (143.5 ov) & *67/10 (37.1 ov)

New Zealand

England won by 7 wickets

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Player of the Match

Geoff Howarth - New Zealand

New Zealand 1st Innings Inning

339/10 (143.5 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
John Wright
c Edmonds b Botham
17 76 2 0 22.37
Bruce Edgar
c Edmonds b Emburey
39 88 7 0 44.32
Geoff Howarth
c †Taylor b Botham
123 291 14 0 42.27
John Parker
lbw b Hendrick
14 48 1 0 29.17
Mark Burgess
lbw b Botham
68 145 8 0 46.90
Bevan Congdon
c Emburey b Botham
2 8 0 0 25.00
Robert Anderson
b Botham
16 46 0 0 34.78
Sir Richard Hadlee
c Brearley b Botham
0 4 0 0 0.00
Richard Collinge
c Emburey b Willis
19 75 2 0 25.33
Stephen Boock
not out
4 60 0 0 6.67
Brendon Bracewell
st †Taylor b Emburey
4 26 1 0 15.38
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 18, w 4, nb 7, p 0) 33
TOTAL (2.36 RUNS PER OVER) 339/10 (143.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

65-1 (John Wright, 0 ov), 70-2 (Bruce Edgar, 0 ov), 321-8 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 117-3 (John Parker, 0 ov), 247-4 (Mark Burgess, 0 ov), 253-5 (Bevan Congdon, 0 ov), 290-6 (Robert Anderson, 0 ov), 290-7 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 333-9 (Richard Collinge, 0 ov), 339-10 (Brendon Bracewell, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Bob Willis 29 9 79 1 0 0 0 2.72
Mike Hendrick 28 14 39 1 0 0 0 1.39
Sir Ian Botham 38 13 101 6 0 0 0 2.66
Phil Edmonds 12 3 19 0 0 0 0 1.58
John Emburey 26.1 12 39 2 0 0 0 1.49
Graham Gooch 10 0 29 0 0 0 0 2.90

England 1st Innings Inning

289/10 (112.3 ov)
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New Zealand 2nd Innings Inning

67/10 (37.1 ov)
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England 2nd Innings (target 118) Inning

118/3 (30.5 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Thursday, August 24, 1978 - 07:30 PM

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Toss New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

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Lord's , London

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