English national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1977/78 season

The tour of England's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1977/78 season took place from February 10 to March 10, 1978. The international cricket tour was part of the 1977/78 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

England previously played a tour in Pakistan , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1974/75 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (LP) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3rd test
Lancaster Park	Christchurch	38,628	2nd test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test

Squad lists

The following cadres were named.

test
New Zealand	England
Robert Anderson Stephen Boock Mark Burgess Chris Cairns Ewen Chatfield Richard Collinge Bevan Congdon Jock Edwards Richard Hadlee Richard Hadlee Geoff Howarth Warren Lees John Parker John Wright	Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Phil Edmonds Mike Gatting Mike Hendrick John Lever Geoff Miller Chris Old Clive Radley Derek Randall Graham Roope Brian Rose Paul Taylor Bob Willis

Testing

First test in Wellington

February 10-15 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 228 (87.6) & 123 (44.3)	-	England 215 (94.4) & 64 (27.3)
		New Zealand wins with 72 runs

Second test in Christchurch

February 24th - March 1st scorecard	Christchurch (LP)	England 418 (145.5) & 94-4d (22)	-	New Zealand 235 (92.7) & 105 (27)
		England wins with 174 runs

Third test in Auckland

March 4-10 scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 315 (105.6) & 382-8 (118)	-	England 429 (156.3)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo