a2087	Northern Districts v England XI
	England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1977/78
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 30th January 1978 (35-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	England XI won on faster scoring rate (Run rate)
Umpires	BA Bricknell, JBR Hastie

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England XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GRJ Roope	c JG Wright b Anderson	9
BC Rose	c MJE Wright b Dunning	14
MW Gatting	c Puna b Dunning	13
DW Randall	c MJE Wright b Dickeson	24
IT Botham	b Anderson	23
G Miller	c Puna b Dickeson	19
PH Edmonds	c Dunning b Collinge	10
JK Lever	st MJE Wright b Dickeson	20
GA Cope	c MJE Wright b Collinge	6
+PR Downton	not out	4
*RGD Willis	not out	5
Extras	(12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-39, 3-51, 4-92, 5-94, 6-118, 7-128, 8-142, 9-156

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Collinge	7	1	23	2	-	-	28.00	3.29
Anderson	7	2	19	2	-	-	28.00	2.71
Roberts	7	3	17	0	-	-	-	2.43
Dunning	7	1	30	2	-	-	28.00	4.29
Dickeson	7	0	58	3	-	-	18.67	8.29

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Northern Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JG Wright	lbw b Cope	27
JG Gibson	b Willis	0
GP Howarth	c Roope b Botham	24
*JM Parker	not out	20
ADG Roberts	not out	2
B Dunning	did not bat
+MJE Wright	did not bat
KN Puna	did not bat
CW Dickeson	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
PS Anderson	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 20.3 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-47, 3-78

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	5	0	10	1	-	-	40.00	2.00
Lever	4	0	12	0	-	-	-	3.00
Botham	5	1	16	1	-	-	40.00	3.20
Gatting	1	0	12	0	-	-	-	12.00
Cope	4.3	0	13	1	-	-	35.00	2.97
Edmonds	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	10.00

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Notes
--> When play was halted Northern Districts needed to have scored 97 runs to win
--> PS Anderson made his debut in List A matches
--> KN Puna made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MW Gatting passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 3
--> GRJ Roope made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> PH Edmonds made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> G Miller made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> DW Randall made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> GA Cope made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> BC Rose made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> MW Gatting made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> PR Downton made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches

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