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| Venue | Temuka Oval, Temuka on 20th, 21st, 22nd February 1978 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | England XI won by an innings and 23 runs | 
| Umpires | AH Hart, EG Wainscott | 
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 229/4 (Randall 103*, Miller 13*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Young New Zealand (1) 129/9 (Gray 11*) | 
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Boycott | c DW Bracewell b Snedden | 5 | |||||
| BC Rose | lbw b DW Bracewell | 17 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Snedden b DW Bracewell | 104 | |||||
| CT Radley | c Gray b DW Bracewell | 13 | |||||
| GRJ Roope | c DW Bracewell b BP Bracewell | 46 | |||||
| G Miller | c Edwards b Gray | 42 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | c BP Bracewell b Gray | 26 | |||||
| CM Old | c Blair b Gray | 13 | |||||
| PH Edmonds | c Coney b Gray | 0 | |||||
| JK Lever | b DW Bracewell | 5 | |||||
| RGD Willis | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb, 24 nb, 1 w) | 38 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.7 overs) | 310 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-47, 3-78, 4-182, 5-244, 6-290, 7-290, 8-291, 9-302, 10-310 (114.7 ov) | |||||||
| Young New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| BP Bracewell | 21 | 5 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 13 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKechnie | 17 | 6 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| DW Bracewell | 32 | 7 | 87 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gray | 25.7 | 8 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Coney | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | b Lever | 4 | |||||
| *BA Edgar | c Edmonds b Miller | 41 | |||||
| JV Coney | c Edmonds b Willis | 1 | |||||
| JF Reid | c Radley b Edmonds | 15 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c and b Miller | 0 | |||||
| BR Blair | b Edmonds | 11 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | c Roope b Miller | 33 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | c Rose b Miller | 0 | |||||
| EJ Gray | not out | 12 | |||||
| MC Snedden | c Roope b Miller | 3 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | c and b Miller | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.1 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-30, 3-68, 4-68, 5-70, 6-106, 7-112, 8-113, 9-129, 10-139 (57.1 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 6 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lever | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 20 | 9 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 22.1 | 4 | 71 | 6 | - | - | |
| Old | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Miller b Lever | 8 | |||||
| *BA Edgar | lbw b Miller | 13 | |||||
| JV Coney | lbw b Edmonds | 5 | |||||
| JF Reid | c Rose b Edmonds | 15 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | c Lever b Miller | 28 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Taylor b Miller | 26 | |||||
| BJ McKechnie | b Miller | 5 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | not out | 23 | |||||
| EJ Gray | b Lever | 5 | |||||
| MC Snedden | lbw b Lever | 0 | |||||
| BP Bracewell | b Lever | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 9 lb, 1 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50.4 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-27, 3-45, 4-82, 5-83, 6-90, 7-119, 8-146, 9-146, 10-148 (50.4 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lever | 8.4 | 2 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 21 | 10 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 17 | 2 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |