f29579	Worcestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1973
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 28th, 29th, 30th April 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 32/2 (Stewart 16*, Brain 10*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 26/0 (Redmond 11*, Parker 9*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	b Inchmore	143
RE Redmond	c Gifford b Johnson	79
*BE Congdon	b Pridgeon	93
BF Hastings	not out	28
JM Parker	did not bat
MG Burgess	did not bat
+KJ Wadsworth	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 17 lb, 8 nb)	26
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 109.3 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-154, 2-331, 3-369 (109.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	21	2	80	0	-	-
Inchmore	19	3	54	1	-	-
Pridgeon	19.3	1	60	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	12	0	31	0	-	-
Gifford	15	2	57	0	-	-
Johnson	23	5	61	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GR Cass	b Collinge	1
DER Stewart	c and b Howarth	69
TJ Yardley	lbw b Hadlee	4
BM Brain	b Collinge	20
JA Ormrod	c Wadsworth b Collinge	6
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Hadlee	15
RJ Lanchbury	c Wadsworth b Congdon	46
IN Johnson	c Wadsworth b Collinge	36
*N Gifford	b Collinge	1
JD Inchmore	not out	17
AP Pridgeon	b Collinge	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 86.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-57, 4-74, 5-114, 6-124, 7-201, 8-207, 9-220, 10-230 (86.2 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	21.2	7	52	6	-	-
Hadlee	21	5	63	2	-	-
Howarth	28	11	65	1	-	-
Gillott	7	1	25	0	-	-
Congdon	9	3	12	1	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	not out	11
JM Parker	not out	9
GM Turner	did not bat
*BE Congdon	did not bat
BF Hastings	did not bat
MG Burgess	did not bat
+KJ Wadsworth	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(no wicket, 10 overs)	26

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	5	1	13	0	-	-
Inchmore	4	1	7	0	-	-
Gifford	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JD Inchmore made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BE Congdon (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> DER Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> BM Brain (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RJ Lanchbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> IN Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Lanchbury made his debut for Worcestershire in First-Class matches
--> EK Gillott made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RO Collinge reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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