TheEngland national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1978 and played a three-matchTest series against theNew Zealand national cricket team. The series was drawn 1–1, with New Zealand defeating England in a Test match for the first time in their history.[1][2][3]
The English team had toured Pakistan immediately before the series in New Zealand, playing three Test matches and threeOne Day Internationals in the country. They arrived in New Zealand in late January 1978 and played four matches against New Zealand domestic sides before the first Test of the series atWellington in mid-February. Two more first-class matches were played between the first and second Tests, before the tour ended following the third Test atAuckland at the beginning of March.[4]
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Four matches were played before the first Test, three first-class matches againstAuckland,Central Districts, andCanterbury and a 35-overList A match againstNorthern Districts. Following the first Test England played two more first-class matches, one againstOtago and the other against a Young New Zealand side.[4] The tourists did not lose any of these matches, although the game against Central Districts ended in atie.
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30 January 1978 | England XI 164/9 (35 overs) | v | Northern Districts 83/3 (20.3 overs) | England won via faster scoring rate | |
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1–3 February 1978 | v | Tie | | ||
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5–7 February 1978 | v | Drawn | | ||
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17–19 February 1978 | v | England XI won by 6 wickets | | ||
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20–22 February 1978 | v | Young New Zealand | England XI won by an innings and 23 runs | | |
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