f32217	Worcestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by 7 wickets
Umpires	DO Oslear, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 107/2 (Howarth 16*, Parker 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 47/0 (Jones 14*, Ormrod 24*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Congdon b Bracewell	17
JA Ormrod	c Howarth b Hadlee	4
DN Patel	c Boock b Bracewell	18
EJO Hemsley	b Cairns	20
BL D'Oliveira	b Cairns	43
SP Henderson	lbw b Cairns	13
+DJ Humphries	b Boock	7
CN Boyns	b Boock	25
GG Watson	b Boock	23
VA Holder	c Howarth b Boock	5
*N Gifford	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 15 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-27, 3-59, 4-65, 5-98, 6-118, 7-157, 8-172, 9-178, 10-193 (77.1 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	17	4	43	1	-	-
Bracewell	13	2	52	2	-	-
Cairns	16	6	33	3	-	-
Congdon	6	2	13	0	-	-
Boock	25.1	14	36	4	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Anderson	b Boyns	13
JG Wright	c Hemsley b Gifford	65
GP Howarth	lbw b Holder	28
JM Parker	c Watson b Gifford	25
*MG Burgess	b Gifford	17
BE Congdon	c and b Gifford	18
+GN Edwards	b Patel	57
RJ Hadlee	c Humphries b Gifford	40
BL Cairns	c Boyns b Gifford	19
BP Bracewell	c Watson b Patel	4
SL Boock	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 19 nb, 5 w)	33
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-106, 3-140, 4-167, 5-174, 6-202, 7-295, 8-295, 9-312, 10-319 (103.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	21	3	70	0	-	-
Holder	23	4	63	1	-	-
Boyns	13	1	39	1	-	-
Patel	15	6	46	2	-	-
Gifford	31.5	10	68	6	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Edwards b Bracewell	32
JA Ormrod	b Boock	25
DN Patel	c Howarth b Boock	0
EJO Hemsley	c Howarth b Boock	24
BL D'Oliveira	run out	21
SP Henderson	b Boock	2
+DJ Humphries	c and b Howarth	31
CN Boyns	c Cairns b Hadlee	71
GG Watson	c Wright b Howarth	1
VA Holder	lbw b Cairns	0
*N Gifford	not out	11
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 12 nb, 4 w)	34
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-48, 3-101, 4-102, 5-111, 6-128, 7-180, 8-182, 9-191, 10-252 (98.3 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	20.3	5	42	1	-	-
Bracewell	17	5	47	1	-	-
Cairns	19	6	57	1	-	-
Boock	36	17	60	4	-	-
Howarth	6	2	12	2	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Anderson	run out	19
JG Wright	run out	1
GP Howarth	run out	30
*MG Burgess	not out	55
BE Congdon	not out	9
JM Parker	did not bat
+GN Edwards	did not bat
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
BP Bracewell	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 29 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-44, 3-100

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	6	0	23	0	-	-
Holder	7	0	26	0	-	-
Patel	5	0	18	0	-	-
Gifford	11	1	47	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GN Edwards (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> BL D'Oliveira (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> BL Cairns reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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