New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test at Christchurch, Feb 24 1978, England tour of New Zealand

RESULT
2nd Test, Christchurch, February 24 - March 01, 1978, England tour of New Zealand
418 & 96/4d
(T:280) 235 & 105

England won by 174 runs

England 1st Innings
New Zealand 1st Innings
England 2nd Innings
New Zealand 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
England 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Howarth b Chatfield1122601050.00
lbw b Collinge831331025.80
c Burgess b Hadlee078000.00
c Burgess b Hadlee501852355027.02
c Congdon b Collinge8927333810032.60
c †Lees b Hadlee1546472032.60
c †Lees b Boock10328831312135.76
run out 452172834020.73
b Hadlee812142066.66
c †Lees b Collinge5070758171.42
not out 620660030.00
Extras(b 14, lb 9, nb 10)33
TOTAL145.5 Ov (RR: 2.87)418
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Geoff Boycott), 2-18 (Derek Randall), 3-26 (Brian Rose), 3-103 (Geoff Miller), 4-127 (Clive Radley), 5-128 (Graham Roope), 6-288 (Bob Taylor), 7-294 (Ian Botham), 8-305 (Chris Old), 9-375 (Phil Edmonds), 10-418
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
431014742.56---00
26.568932.50---00
3789411.90---00
18111400.58---00
21114111.46---00
New Zealand 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c & b Edmonds44775108.51
b Edmonds621621868038.27
c Edmonds b Willis55256009.61
c Roope b Botham291521893019.07
lbw b Botham2064732031.25
not out 531652265032.12
c Miller b Botham0910000.00
b Edmonds1350033.33
c Edmonds b Botham3263934050.79
c †Taylor b Edmonds22727007.40
c Edmonds b Botham326250011.53
Extras(b 4, lb 1, nb 19)24
TOTAL92.7 Ov (RR: 2.53)235
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (John Wright), 2-52 (Geoff Howarth), 3-82 (Robert Anderson), 4-119 (Bevan Congdon), 5-148 (Mark Burgess), 6-151 (Warren Lees), 7-153 (Richard Hadlee), 8-211 (Richard Collinge), 9-216 (Stephen Boock), 10-235 (Ewen Chatfield)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2054511.68---00
1445502.94---00
24.767352.20---00
34113840.83---00
England 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Lees b Collinge740790017.50
run out 26801203032.50
run out 1316211081.25
not out 3031463096.77
b Collinge1370033.33
not out 910191090.00
Extras(b 4, lb 3, nb 3)10
TOTAL22 Ov (RR: 4.36)96/4d
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Brian Rose), 2-47 (Derek Randall), 3-67 (Geoff Boycott), 4-74 (Chris Old)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
611702.12---00
922922.41---00
502203.30---00
201806.75---00
New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 280 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Roope b Willis085000.00
b Willis1539802038.46
c Edmonds b Old11929005.26
not out 613331046.15
c Botham b Willis056000.00
c Botham b Edmonds1653642030.18
b Willis011000.00
c Botham b Edmonds3962808062.90
c Miller b Botham0511000.00
c †Taylor b Botham01111000.00
lbw b Botham618141033.33
Extras(lb 6, nb 16)22
TOTAL27 Ov (RR: 3.88)105
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (John Wright), 2-14 (Geoff Howarth), 2-18, 3-19 (Bevan Congdon), 4-25 (Robert Anderson), 5-25 (Warren Lees), 6-59 (John Parker), 7-81 (Richard Collinge), 8-90 (Stephen Boock), 9-95 (Richard Hadlee), 10-105 (Ewen Chatfield)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
721441.50---00
74910.96---00
713834.07---00
622222.75---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 24 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 172/5 (Ian Botham 22*, Bob Taylor 18*)
Sat, 25 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 394/9 (Geoff Miller 66*, Bob Willis 5*)
Sun, 26 Feb - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 122/4 (Mark Burgess 16*, John Parker 0*)
Mon, 27 Feb - rest day
Tue, 28 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 96/4 (Ian Botham 30*, Graham Roope 9*)
Wed, 01 Mar - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 105 (27 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
General
  • Ian Botham became only the 2nd Englishman to take 5 wickets in an innings and score a century in the same test (Tony Greig was 1st).
  • G Miller (1) retired hurt on 31* from 103/3 to 288/6
  • MG Burgess (2) retired hurt on 1* from 18/2 to 95/9
MATCH DETAILS
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Season1977/78
Series result3-match series level 1-1
Match numberTest no. 818
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
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