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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1978 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | New Zealanders won by 68 runs | 
| Umpires | DJ Constant, C Cook | 
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 72/3 (Phillipson 22*, Greig 23*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 236/5 (Congdon 14*, Edwards 1*) | 
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | b Arnold | 2 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Cheatle b Greig | 18 | |||||
| GP Howarth | c and b Waller | 78 | |||||
| *MG Burgess | c Phillipson b Greig | 9 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c Long b Arnold | 12 | |||||
| JM Parker | b Waller | 13 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | b Arnold | 83 | 12 | 3 | |||
| BL Cairns | c Groome b Waller | 5 | |||||
| JM McIntyre | c Greig b le Roux | 14 | |||||
| GB Troup | lbw b Cheatle | 19 | |||||
| SL Boock | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.4 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-38, 3-60, 4-91, 5-115, 6-146, 7-152, 8-208, 9-247, 10-266 (71.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 22 | 3 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| le Roux | 16 | 3 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greig | 14 | 4 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Waller | 13 | 2 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cheatle | 6.4 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | c Edwards b Troup | 14 | |||||
| GD Mendis | lbw b Cairns | 0 | |||||
| SP Hoadley | lbw b Cairns | 4 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | c Troup b Congdon | 60 | |||||
| AW Greig | b Cairns | 32 | |||||
| JJ Groome | c Edwards b Cairns | 17 | |||||
| *+A Long | b Congdon | 1 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Boock b Congdon | 2 | |||||
| RGL Cheatle | c Edwards b Congdon | 0 | |||||
| GS le Roux | not out | 17 | |||||
| CE Waller | c Edwards b Congdon | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 11 lb, 4 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-19, 3-21, 4-83, 5-121, 6-130, 7-136, 8-138, 9-167, 10-167 (67 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 18 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 29 | 10 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Boock | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 12 | 2 | 40 | 5 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Hoadley b Barclay | 63 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Hoadley b Greig | 74 | |||||
| GP Howarth | b Barclay | 6 | |||||
| *MG Burgess | c Cheatle b Greig | 51 | |||||
| BE Congdon | not out | 14 | |||||
| JM Parker | c Mendis b Cheatle | 18 | |||||
| +GN Edwards | not out | 1 | |||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| JM McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Troup | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 80 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-117, 2-138, 3-194, 4-203, 5-235 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| le Roux | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 18 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Waller | 11 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cheatle | 10 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillipson | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 18 | 5 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | lbw b Boock | 46 | |||||
| GD Mendis | c Wright b Troup | 44 | |||||
| SP Hoadley | lbw b McIntyre | 10 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | lbw b Congdon | 62 | |||||
| AW Greig | c Congdon b Boock | 29 | |||||
| JJ Groome | not out | 23 | |||||
| *+A Long | c Edwards b Congdon | 4 | |||||
| RGL Cheatle | lbw b Congdon | 3 | |||||
| GS le Roux | c and b Congdon | 0 | |||||
| CE Waller | b Boock | 3 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Congdon b Boock | 22 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.2 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-99, 3-135, 4-198, 5-200, 6-204, 7-220, 8-233, 9-267, 10-267 (108.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Troup | 19 | 2 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 17 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boock | 30.2 | 10 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Congdon | 18 | 6 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | 24 | 14 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |