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England vs New Zealand, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978
Venue:
Lord's,
London
Date & Time:
Aug 24
-
Aug 28
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
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England won by 7 wickets
New Zealand 1st Innings
339-10 (143.1 Ov)
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
Bev 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
33
(b 4, lb 18, w 4, nb 7, p 0)
Total
339
(10 wkts, 143.1 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
65-1 (
J Wright
, 0),
70-2 (
B Edgar
, 0),
117-3 (
J Parker
, 0),
247-4 (
M Burgess
, 0),
253-5 (
B Congdon
, 0),
290-6 (
R Anderson
, 0),
290-7 (
R Hadlee
, 0),
321-8 (
G Howarth
, 0),
333-9 (
R Collinge
, 0),
339-10 (
B Bracewell
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
29
9
79
1
0
0
2.72
Mike Hendrick
28
14
39
1
0
0
1.39
Sir Ian Botham
38
13
101
6
0
0
2.66
Phil Edmonds
12
3
19
0
0
0
1.58
John Emburey
26.1
12
39
2
0
0
1.49
Graham Gooch
10
0
29
0
0
0
2.90
England 1st Innings
289-10 (112.3 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Graham Gooch
c Boock b Hadlee
2
2
0
0
100.00
Sir Geoff Boycott
c Hadlee b Bracewell
24
73
3
0
32.88
Clive Radley
c Congdon b Hadlee
77
200
9
0
38.50
David Gower
c Wright b Boock
71
139
8
0
51.08
Mike Brearley
c Edgar b Hadlee
33
91
0
0
36.26
Sir Ian Botham
c Edgar b Collinge
21
78
3
0
26.92
Bob Taylor
lbw b Hadlee
1
16
0
0
6.25
Phil Edmonds
c Edgar b Hadlee
5
19
1
0
26.32
John Emburey
b Collinge
2
34
0
0
5.88
Mike Hendrick
b Bracewell
12
33
0
0
36.36
Bob Willis
not out
7
16
0
0
43.75
Extras
34
(b 7, lb 5, w 0, nb 22, p 0)
Total
289
(10 wkts, 112.3 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
2-1 (
G Gooch
, 0),
66-2 (
G Boycott
, 0),
180-3 (
C Radley
, 0),
211-4 (
D Gower
, 0),
249-5 (
M Brearley
, 0),
255-6 (
B Taylor
, 0),
258-7 (
I Botham
, 0),
263-8 (
P Edmonds
, 0),
274-9 (
J Emburey
, 0),
289-10 (
M Hendrick
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sir Richard Hadlee
32
9
84
5
0
0
2.63
Richard Collinge
30
9
58
2
0
0
1.93
Brendon Bracewell
19.3
1
68
2
0
0
3.52
Stephen Boock
25
10
33
1
0
0
1.32
Bev Congdon
6
1
12
0
0
0
2.00
New Zealand 2nd Innings
67-10 (37.1 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
John Wright
b Botham
12
52
1
0
23.08
Bruce Edgar
b Botham
4
16
1
0
25.00
Robert Anderson
c Taylor b Willis
1
15
0
0
6.67
John Parker
c Taylor b Botham
3
15
0
0
20.00
Mark Burgess
c Hendrick b Botham
14
44
3
0
31.82
Bev Congdon
c Taylor b Willis
3
17
0
0
17.65
Stephen Boock
c Radley b Willis
0
4
0
0
0.00
Brendon Bracewell
c Hendrick b Willis
0
3
0
0
0.00
Geoff Howarth
not out
14
50
1
0
28.00
Sir Richard Hadlee
run out
5
5
1
0
100.00
Richard Collinge
b Botham
0
12
0
0
0.00
Extras
11
(b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 8, p 0)
Total
67
(10 wkts, 37.1 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
10-1 (
B Edgar
, 0),
14-2 (
R Anderson
, 0),
20-3 (
J Parker
, 0),
29-4 (
J Wright
, 0),
33-5 (
B Congdon
, 0),
37-6 (
S Boock
, 0),
37-7 (
B Bracewell
, 0),
43-8 (
M Burgess
, 0),
57-9 (
R Hadlee
, 0),
67-10 (
R Collinge
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
16
8
16
4
0
0
1.00
Sir Ian Botham
18.1
4
39
5
0
0
2.15
John Emburey
3
2
1
0
0
0
0.33
England 2nd Innings
118-3 (30.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Graham Gooch
not out
42
95
6
0
44.21
Sir Geoff Boycott
b Hadlee
4
14
1
0
28.57
Clive Radley
b Hadlee
0
1
0
0
0.00
David Gower
c Congdon b Bracewell
46
61
5
1
75.41
Mike Brearley
not out
8
28
1
0
28.57
Extras
18
(b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 11, p 0)
Total
118
(3 wkts, 30.5 Ov)
Did not Bat
Sir Ian Botham
,
Bob Taylor
,
Phil Edmonds
,
John Emburey
,
Mike Hendrick
,
Bob Willis
Fall of Wickets
14-1 (
G Boycott
, 0),
14-2 (
C Radley
, 0),
84-3 (
D Gower
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sir Richard Hadlee
13.5
2
31
2
0
0
2.30
Richard Collinge
6
1
26
0
0
0
4.33
Brendon Bracewell
6
0
32
1
0
0
5.33
Stephen Boock
5
1
11
0
0
0
2.20
Match Info
Match
ENG vs NZ, 3rd Test, New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978
Date
-
Time
Venue
Lord's, London
Umpires
Dickie Bird, Barrie Meyer
England Squad
Playing
Graham Gooch
,
Sir Geoff Boycott
,
Clive Radley
,
David Gower
,
Mike Brearley (c)
,
Sir Ian Botham
,
Bob Taylor (wk)
,
Phil Edmonds
,
John Emburey
,
Mike Hendrick
,
Bob Willis
Bench
Support Staff
New Zealand Squad
Playing
John Wright
,
Bruce Edgar (wk)
,
Geoff Howarth
,
John Parker
,
Mark Burgess (c)
,
Bev Congdon
,
Robert Anderson
,
Sir Richard Hadlee
,
Richard Collinge
,
Stephen Boock
,
Brendon Bracewell
Bench
Support Staff
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