f31932	Canterbury v England XI
	England in New Zealand and Pakistan 1977/78
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 5th, 6th, 7th February 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FR Goodall, DC Wilson
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 26/0 (Coman 17*, BG Hadlee 4*)
Close of play day 2	England XI (2) 135/4 (Botham 58*, Taylor 6*)

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	c Boock b DR Hadlee	11
G Miller	c Stead b RJ Hadlee	23
DW Randall	lbw b RJ Hadlee	32
CT Radley	c Ryan b RJ Hadlee	0
MW Gatting	c Stead b DR Hadlee	5
IT Botham	b Congdon	0
+RW Taylor	b Boock	14
CM Old	c Congdon b Boock	51
PH Edmonds	c BG Hadlee b RJ Hadlee	12
M Hendrick	b RJ Hadlee	6
RGD Willis	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-46, 3-58, 4-61, 5-79, 6-133, 7-156, 8-158, 9-164, 10-173 (75 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	17	4	50	5	-	-
DR Hadlee	18	3	32	2	-	-
Eddington	10	1	31	0	-	-
Boock	16	10	21	2	-	-
Congdon	14	4	26	1	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Coman	c Taylor b Willis	51
BG Hadlee	c Taylor b Hendrick	4
NM Parker	c Taylor b Hendrick	22
PE McEwan	c Boycott b Botham	36
*BE Congdon	c Radley b Willis	3
DW Stead	c Old b Willis	1
+ML Ryan	lbw b Botham	4
RJ Hadlee	c Old b Willis	4
DR Hadlee	not out	8
WL Eddington	c Willis b Botham	1
SL Boock	c Willis b Old	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-69, 3-104, 4-109, 5-127, 6-127, 7-131, 8-135, 9-143, 10-144 (41.3 ov)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	11	2	46	4	-	-
Hendrick	8.6	1	23	2	-	-
Old	6.5	2	21	1	-	-
Edmonds	4	0	16	0	-	-
Botham	11	3	28	3	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Miller	c Parker b Congdon	20
DW Randall	lbw b Boock	23
CT Radley	b Stead	23
MW Gatting	st Ryan b Boock	1
IT Botham	not out	126
+RW Taylor	not out	31
*G Boycott	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-45, 3-46, 4-119

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	9	0	56	0	-	-
DR Hadlee	8	0	45	0	-	-
Boock	19	6	50	2	-	-
Congdon	12	1	36	1	-	-
Stead	7	0	37	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hadlee	c Radley b Old	2
DW Stead	lbw b Old	8
NM Parker	c Edmonds b Willis	18
PE McEwan	not out	13
*BE Congdon	not out	32
+ML Ryan	c Radley b Willis	2
RJ Hadlee	c Randall b Miller	56
PG Coman	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
WL Eddington	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 44 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-38, 4-43, 5-125

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	10	7	8	2	-	-
Old	12	4	41	2	-	-
Edmonds	9	3	26	0	-	-
Botham	7	1	45	0	-	-
Miller	6	1	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Taylor (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> PG Coman (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> G Boycott retired hurt in the England XI first innings having scored 9 (team score 29/0) - he returned when the score was 156/7
--> PE McEwan retired hurt in the Canterbury second innings having scored 3 (team score 27/2) - he returned when the score was 125/5

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