English cricket team in New Zealand in 1977–78

The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1978 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. The series was drawn 1–1.

Test series summary

First Test

10–15 February 1978
(5-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
228 (87.6 overs) JG Wright 55 (244) CM Old 6/54 (30 overs)		215 (94.4 overs) G Boycott 77 (302) RJ Hadlee 4/74 (28 overs)
123 (44.3 overs) RW Anderson 26 (62) Extras 26 RGD Willis 5/32 (15 overs)		64 (27.3 overs) IT Botham 19 (24) RJ Hadlee 6/26 (13.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 72 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: WRC Gardiner and RL Monteith

England won the toss and elected to field.
13 February was taken as a rest day.
SL Boock and JG Wright (both NZ) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

24 February–1 March 1978
(5-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	New Zealand
418 (145.5 overs) IT Botham 103 (288) RJ Hadlee 4/147 (43 overs)		235 (92.7 overs) RW Anderson 62 (162) IT Botham 5/73 (24.7 overs)
96/4d (22 overs) IT Botham 30* (31) RO Collinge 2/29 (9 overs)		105 (27 overs) RJ Hadlee 39 (62) RGD Willis 4/14 (7 overs)

England won by 174 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: FR Goodall and RL Monteith

England won the toss and elected to bat.
27 February was taken as a rest day.
CT Radley (ENG) made his Test debut.

Third Test

4–10 March 1978
(6-day match)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	England
315 (105.6 overs) GP Howarth 122 (356) IT Botham 5/109 (34 overs)		429 (156.3 overs) CT Radley 158 (524) SL Boock 5/67 (28.3 overs)
382/8 (118 overs) GP Howarth 102 (301) G Miller 3/99 (30 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: WRC Gardiner and JBR Hastie

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
7 March was taken as a rest day.

Gallery

Ian Botham, Wellington test
Richard Hadlee bowling. Botham at non-strikers end, Wellington
Richard Hadlee bowling and Ian Botham (non-striker), Wellington
Ian Botham batting in Wellington
Bob Willis bowling in Wellington
Bob Willis batting in Wellington
New Zealand celebrate victory in Wellington
Mike Hendrick batting in Wellington
Phil Edmonds batting in Wellington
Bob Taylor (cricketer) batting in Wellington
Geoffrey Boycott in Wellington
Boycott dismissed in Wellington

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