f31918	Auckland v England XI
	England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1977/78
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 27th, 28th, 29th January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WRC Gardiner, RL Monteith
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 4/0 (Webb 3*, Kasper 0*)
Close of play day 2	England XI (2) 85/1 (Rose 51*, Radley 7*)

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Snedden b Cushen	32
BC Rose	c Wiltshire b Cushen	4
CT Radley	c Reid b Snedden	4
MW Gatting	c Reid b Cushen	13
GRJ Roope	b Snedden	33
G Miller	c and b Stott	24
IT Botham	b Stott	33
+RW Taylor	b McIntyre	8
CM Old	not out	32
PH Edmonds	c Vivian b McIntyre	0
M Hendrick	c Burgess b Snedden	12
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23, 3-38, 4-76, 5-100, 6-140, 7-157, 8-166, 9-166, 10-210 (69.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	19	5	72	3	-	-
Snedden	14.2	4	35	3	-	-
Stott	22	6	57	2	-	-
McIntyre	14	5	31	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Webb	b Old	9
RJ Kasper	lbw b Old	27
JR Wiltshire	retired hurt	3
MG Burgess	not out	74
*GE Vivian	lbw b Edmonds	37
+JF Reid	run out	1
RG Arblaster	not out	23
JM McIntyre	did not bat
LW Stott	did not bat
MC Snedden	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-37, 3-109, 4-110

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	16	3	51	0	-	-
Old	11	3	40	2	-	-
Botham	6	0	36	0	-	-
Gatting	5	1	11	0	-	-
Edmonds	13	3	27	1	-	-
Miller	3	0	9	0	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Stott b Snedden	25
BC Rose	lbw b Stott	107
CT Radley	c Kasper b McIntyre	28
MW Gatting	not out	43
GRJ Roope	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
+RW Taylor	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 62.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-132, 3-208 (62.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	10	0	39	0	-	-
Snedden	10	2	31	1	-	-
Stott	18.1	2	61	1	-	-
McIntyre	20	5	46	1	-	-
Kasper	3	0	17	0	-	-
Vivian	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Webb	c Hendrick b Botham	1
RJ Kasper	not out	61
RG Arblaster	c Gatting b Edmonds	22
MG Burgess	b Edmonds	3
*GE Vivian	not out	21
JR Wiltshire	did not bat
+JF Reid	did not bat
JM McIntyre	did not bat
LW Stott	did not bat
MC Snedden	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 39 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-34, 3-42

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendrick	5	2	3	0	-	-
Botham	8	2	27	1	-	-
Gatting	4	1	9	0	-	-
Edmonds	11	2	24	2	-	-
Miller	11	3	45	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GRJ Roope (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> RJ Kasper (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> MC Snedden made his debut for Auckland in first-class matches
--> GRJ Roope made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> PH Edmonds made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> G Miller made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> BC Rose made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> MW Gatting made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> CT Radley made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> MC Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the England XI first innings (previous best was 0-62)
--> JR Wiltshire retired hurt in the Auckland first innings having scored 3 (team score 42/2)

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