| f31927 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match tied |
| Umpires | DA Kinsella, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 29/0 (Anderson 10*, Rutherford 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England XI (2) 71/7 (Cope 0*) |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Rose | c Smith b Jordan | 42 | |||||
| CT Radley | c Shrimpton b Jordan | 12 | |||||
| DW Randall | b Aberhart | 17 | |||||
| GRJ Roope | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 55 | |||||
| MW Gatting | c Horne b O'Sullivan | 66 | |||||
| G Miller | not out | 31 | |||||
| CM Old | b Jordan | 55 | |||||
| GA Cope | did not bat | ||||||
| +PR Downton | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| *RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 11 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 74.1 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-61, 3-91, 4-192, 5-228, 6-296 (74.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 13.1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 17 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 9 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 21 | 0 | 86 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 14 | 0 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Downton b Lever | 29 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Downton b Willis | 10 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | b Willis | 4 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | c Old b Miller | 30 | |||||
| GN Edwards | b Lever | 17 | |||||
| TB Horne | hit wkt b Willis | 12 | |||||
| +IDS Smith | c Lever b Miller | 28 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | b Miller | 26 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | b Old | 31 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c Downton b Old | 0 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 8 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.5 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-48, 3-48, 4-66, 5-85, 6-118, 7-139, 8-195, 9-196, 10-198 (52.5 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lever | 13 | 5 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 11.5 | 1 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cope | 12 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Old | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Rose | c Horne b Aberhart | 13 | |||||
| CT Radley | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 11 | |||||
| DW Randall | c O'Sullivan b Aberhart | 13 | |||||
| GRJ Roope | c Aberhart b O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||
| MW Gatting | c Anderson b Bracewell | 10 | |||||
| G Miller | c Edwards b O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||
| CM Old | c Bracewell b Jordan | 0 | |||||
| GA Cope | not out | 20 | |||||
| +PR Downton | c Smith b O'Sullivan | 0 | |||||
| JK Lever | b Aberhart | 4 | |||||
| *RGD Willis | c Anderson b O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 6 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.1 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-34, 3-50, 4-55, 5-71, 6-71, 7-71, 8-77, 9-86, 10-104 (49.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jordan | 15 | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberhart | 15 | 6 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 17.1 | 8 | 14 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IA Rutherford | c Gatting b Lever | 9 | |||||
| RW Anderson | c Old b Miller | 31 | |||||
| *MJF Shrimpton | c Randall b Miller | 16 | |||||
| GN Edwards | c Randall b Cope | 39 | |||||
| MH Toynbee | run out | 5 | |||||
| +IDS Smith | b Cope | 4 | |||||
| TB Horne | b Willis | 40 | |||||
| DW Bracewell | run out | 11 | |||||
| DR O'Sullivan | b Willis | 14 | |||||
| DC Aberhart | c Randall b Old | 11 | |||||
| AB Jordan | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb, 5 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-49, 3-96, 4-102, 5-114, 6-117, 7-158, 8-183, 9-197, 10-202 (43 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 12 | 2 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cope | 11 | 0 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Old | 9 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TB Horne made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Randall (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> IDS Smith made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DW Randall made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> GA Cope made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> PR Downton made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DC Aberhart achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England XI second innings (previous best was 2-36)
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