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The Wisden Trophy - 5th Test

West Indies v England

Match drawn

West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Nurse c †Knott b Snow 17 57 35 1 0 48.57
GS Camacho c & b Jones 14 40 25 3 0 56.00
RB Kanhai c Edrich b Pocock 150 412 301 21 0 49.83
BF Butcher run out 18 29 21 3 0 85.71
GS Sobers* c Cowdrey b Barrington 152 440 362 18 0 41.98
CH Lloyd b Lock 31 96 86 4 0 36.04
DAJ Holford lbw b Snow 1 7 5 0 0 20.00
DL Murray† c †Knott b Lock 8 20 21 1 0 38.09
LA King b Snow 8 30 21 1 0 38.09
WW Hall not out 5 34 22 1 0 22.72
LR Gibbs b Snow 1 10 11 0 0 9.09
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 4) 9
Total (all out; 150.4 overs) 414 (2.74 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Camacho), 2-35 (Nurse), 3-72 (Butcher), 4-322 (Kanhai), 5-385 (Sobers), 6-387 (Holford), 7-399 (Lloyd), 8-400 (Murray), 9-412 (King), 10-414 (Gibbs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 27.4 2 82 4 2.96
IJ Jones 31 5 114 1 3.67
BL D'Oliveira 8 1 27 0 3.37
PI Pocock 38 11 78 1 2.05
GAR Lock 28 7 61 2 2.17
KF Barrington 18 4 43 1 2.38
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JH Edrich c †Murray b Sobers 0 20 14 0 0 0.00
G Boycott c †Murray b Hall 116 293 254 20 0 45.66
MC Cowdrey* lbw b Sobers 59 274 240 4 0 24.58
TW Graveney c †Murray b Hall 27 74 58 4 0 46.55
KF Barrington c Kanhai b Sobers 4 11 16 0 0 25.00
BL D'Oliveira c Nurse b Holford 27 88 76 5 0 35.52
APE Knott† lbw b Holford 7 41 38 0 0 18.42
JA Snow b Gibbs 0 16 17 0 0 0.00
GAR Lock b King 89 140 159 13 0 55.97
PI Pocock c & b King 13 129 103 1 0 12.62
IJ Jones not out 0 7 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 12, lb 14, nb 3) 29
Total (all out; 163.2 overs) 371 (2.27 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Edrich), 2-185 (Boycott), 3-185 (Cowdrey), 4-194 (Barrington), 5-240 (Graveney), 6-252 (D'Oliveira), 7-257 (Knott), 8-259 (Snow), 9-368 (Pocock), 10-371 (Lock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GS Sobers 37 15 72 3 1.94
WW Hall 19 3 71 2 3.73
LA King 38.2 11 79 2 2.06
DAJ Holford 31 10 54 2 1.74
LR Gibbs 33 9 59 1 1.78
BF Butcher 5 3 7 0 1.40
West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Nurse lbw b Snow 49 84 54 5 1 90.74
GS Camacho c Graveney b Snow 26 80 61 2 0 42.62
RB Kanhai c Edrich b Jones 22 57 38 2 0 57.89
CH Lloyd c †Knott b Snow 1 5 4 0 0 25.00
GS Sobers* not out 95 187 118 9 2 80.50
BF Butcher c Lock b Pocock 18 37 32 0 1 56.25
DL Murray† c Boycott b Pocock 16 33 39 2 0 41.02
DAJ Holford b Lock 3 17 20 0 0 15.00
LA King b Snow 20 37 32 3 1 62.50
WW Hall b Snow 7 9 6 1 0 116.66
LR Gibbs b Snow 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 7
Total (all out; 66.2 overs) 264 (3.97 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-78 (Camacho), 2-84 (Nurse), 3-86 (Lloyd), 4-133 (Kanhai), 5-171 (Butcher), 6-201 (Murray), 7-216 (Holford), 8-252 (King), 9-264 (Hall), 10-264 (Gibbs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 15.2 0 60 6 3.91
IJ Jones 17 1 81 1 4.76
BL D'Oliveira 8 0 28 0 3.50
PI Pocock 17 1 66 2 3.88
GAR Lock 9 1 22 1 2.44
England 2nd innings (target: 308 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JH Edrich c Gibbs b Sobers 6 66 58 1 0 10.34
G Boycott b Gibbs 30 73 76 5 0 39.47
MC Cowdrey* lbw b Gibbs 82 194 211 12 0 38.86
TW Graveney c †Murray b Gibbs 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
KF Barrington c Lloyd b Gibbs 0 10 8 0 0 0.00
BL D'Oliveira c & b Gibbs 2 6 9 0 0 22.22
APE Knott† not out 73 237 260 15 0 28.07
JA Snow lbw b Sobers 1 45 60 0 0 1.66
GAR Lock c King b Sobers 2 5 8 0 0 25.00
PI Pocock c Lloyd b Gibbs 0 12 17 0 0 0.00
IJ Jones not out 0 5 12 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 9, w 1) 10
Total (9 wickets; 120 overs) 206 (1.71 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Edrich), 2-37 (Boycott), 3-37 (Graveney), 4-39 (Barrington), 5-41 (D'Oliveira), 6-168 (Cowdrey), 7-198 (Snow), 8-200 (Lock), 9-206 (Pocock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GS Sobers 31 16 53 3 1.70
WW Hall 13 6 26 0 2.00
LA King 9 1 11 0 1.22
DAJ Holford 17 9 37 0 2.17
LR Gibbs 40 20 60 6 1.50
BF Butcher 10 7 9 0 0.90
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to bat
Series England won the 5-match series 1-0
Umpires HBD Jordan and FCP Kippins
Close of play
Thu, 28 Mar - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 243/3 (RB Kanhai 113*, GS Sobers 75*)
Fri, 29 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 40/1 (G Boycott 21*, MC Cowdrey 13*)
Sat, 30 Mar - day 3 - England 1st innings 146/1 (G Boycott 93*, MC Cowdrey 43*)
Sun, 31 Mar - rest day
Mon, 1 Apr - day 4 - England 1st innings 352/8 (GAR Lock 76*, PI Pocock 7*)
Tue, 2 Apr - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 264
Wed, 3 Apr - day 6 - England 2nd innings 206/9 (120 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
West Indies v England at Georgetown - Mar 28-Apr 3, 1968
Match drawn
West Indies v England at Port of Spain - Mar 14-19, 1968
England won by 7 wickets
West Indies v England at Bridgetown - Feb 29-Mar 5, 1968
Match drawn
West Indies v England at Kingston - Feb 8-14, 1968
Match drawn
West Indies v England at Port of Spain - Jan 19-24, 1968
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Photos

Apr 3, 1968

Tom Graveney is caught-behind by Deryck Murray after the ball ricochets off Garry Sobers' leg, 5th Test, Georgetown, 5th day, April 3, 1968

Tom Graveney is caught-behind by Deryck Murray after the ball ricochets off Garry Sobers' leg

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Apr 3, 1968

Tony Lock drives during his brief stay at the crease, West Indies v England, 5th Test, Georgetown, 5th day, April 3, 1968

Tony Lock drives during his brief stay at the crease

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