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West Indies tour of England, 1973 / Scorecard

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The Wisden Trophy - 1st Test

England v West Indies

West Indies won by 158 runs

West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RC Fredericks lbw b Arnold 35 123 106 2 0 33.01
RGA Headley lbw b Greig 8 81 64 0 0 12.50
RB Kanhai* b Greig 10 62 33 1 0 30.30
CH Lloyd lbw b Arnold 132 238 196 15 2 67.34
AI Kallicharran c †Knott b Arnold 80 197 164 13 0 48.78
DL Murray† c Roope b Arnold 28 152 115 1 0 24.34
GS Sobers run out 10 59 43 0 0 23.25
BD Julien lbw b Arnold 11 11 14 2 0 78.57
KD Boyce b Underwood 72 136 99 6 1 72.72
Inshan Ali c Boycott b Underwood 15 66 45 2 0 33.33
LR Gibbs not out 1 6 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 10) 13
Total (all out; 145 overs) 415 (2.86 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Headley), 2-47 (Fredericks), 3-64 (Kanhai), 4-272 (Kallicharran), 5-275 (Lloyd), 6-297 (Sobers), 7-309 (Julien), 8-346 (Murray), 9-405 (Ali), 10-415 (Boyce)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 31 8 71 0 2.29
GG Arnold 39 10 113 5 2.89
AW Greig 30.3 6 81 2 2.65
GRJ Roope 6 1 26 0 4.33
DL Underwood 23.3 8 68 2 2.89
R Illingworth 15 3 43 0 2.86
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott c †Murray b Julien 97 245 227 13 1 42.73
DL Amiss b Boyce 29 57 44 5 0 65.90
GRJ Roope b Boyce 9 53 35 1 0 25.71
FC Hayes c Lloyd b Sobers 16 52 51 2 1 31.37
KWR Fletcher c Lloyd b Julien 11 48 45 1 0 24.44
AW Greig c Sobers b Boyce 38 91 91 6 0 41.75
R Illingworth* lbw b Sobers 27 59 64 4 0 42.18
APE Knott† not out 4 31 20 0 0 20.00
JA Snow b Boyce 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
GG Arnold c Kallicharran b Boyce 4 22 24 0 0 16.66
DL Underwood c Headley b Sobers 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 2, nb 11) 22
Total (all out; 98.1 overs) 257 (2.61 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-50 (Amiss), 2-95 (Roope), 3-134 (Hayes), 4-163 (Fletcher), 5-185 (Boycott), 6-247 (Illingworth), 7-247 (Greig), 8-247 (Snow), 9-257 (Arnold), 10-257 (Underwood)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GS Sobers 22.1 13 27 3 1.21
KD Boyce 22 4 70 5 3.18
BD Julien 20 6 49 2 2.45
LR Gibbs 23 8 37 0 1.60
Inshan Ali 11 3 52 0 4.72
West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RC Fredericks c Hayes b Arnold 3 15 11 0 0 27.27
RGA Headley b Arnold 42 177 137 5 0 30.65
RB Kanhai* c †Knott b Snow 0 20 10 0 0 0.00
CH Lloyd c Greig b Snow 14 26 25 1 0 56.00
AI Kallicharran b Illingworth 80 176 139 11 0 57.55
GS Sobers c Underwood b Snow 51 152 123 8 0 41.46
DL Murray† c Roope b Underwood 4 14 16 1 0 25.00
BD Julien b Illingworth 23 20 24 4 1 95.83
KD Boyce b Illingworth 9 24 25 1 0 36.00
Inshan Ali not out 5 25 17 1 0 29.41
LR Gibbs c †Knott b Arnold 3 2 3 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 2, lb 13, nb 6) 21
Total (all out; 87.1 overs) 255 (2.92 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Fredericks), 2-31 (Kanhai), 3-52 (Lloyd), 4-117 (Headley), 5-177 (Kallicharran), 6-184 (Murray), 7-215 (Julien), 8-232 (Boyce), 9-252 (Sobers), 10-255 (Gibbs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 18 4 62 3 3.44
GG Arnold 18.1 7 49 3 2.69
AW Greig 8 1 22 0 2.75
DL Underwood 19 5 51 1 2.68
R Illingworth 24 8 50 3 2.08
England 2nd innings (target: 414 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott c & b Gibbs 30 96 74 4 0 40.54
DL Amiss c Kanhai b Boyce 15 38 24 2 0 62.50
GRJ Roope c & b Gibbs 31 87 101 4 0 30.69
FC Hayes not out 106 240 234 12 0 45.29
KWR Fletcher c Kallicharran b Gibbs 5 9 11 1 0 45.45
AW Greig c Gibbs b Ali 0 12 20 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood lbw b Boyce 7 32 32 1 0 21.87
R Illingworth* b Boyce 40 118 117 2 0 34.18
APE Knott† lbw b Boyce 5 10 15 1 0 33.33
GG Arnold c Headley b Boyce 4 10 8 1 0 50.00
JA Snow b Boyce 1 4 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 5) 11
Total (all out; 105.1 overs) 255 (2.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-36 (Amiss), 2-66 (Boycott), 3-91 (Roope), 4-97 (Fletcher), 5-107 (Greig), 6-136 (Underwood), 7-229 (Illingworth), 8-239 (Knott), 9-253 (Arnold), 10-255 (Snow)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GS Sobers 11 3 22 0 2.00
KD Boyce 21.1 4 77 6 3.63
BD Julien 17 4 35 0 2.05
LR Gibbs 33 9 61 3 1.84
Inshan Ali 23 6 49 1 2.13
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to bat
Series West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debuts FC Hayes (England); RGA Headley and BD Julien (West Indies)
Umpires DJ Constant and TW Spencer
Close of play
Thu, 26 Jul - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 275/4 (CH Lloyd 132*, DL Murray 1*)
Fri, 27 Jul - day 2 - England 1st innings 117/2 (G Boycott 55*, FC Hayes 14*)
Sat, 28 Jul - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 95/3 (RGA Headley 40*, AI Kallicharran 23*)
Sun, 29 Jul - rest day
Mon, 30 Jul - day 4 - England 2nd innings 126/5 (FC Hayes 37*, DL Underwood 3*)
Tue, 31 Jul - day 5 - England 2nd innings 255 (105.1 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
England v West Indies at Lord's - Aug 23-27, 1973
West Indies won by an innings and 226 runs
England v West Indies at Birmingham - Aug 9-14, 1973
Match drawn
England v West Indies at The Oval - Jul 26-31, 1973
West Indies won by 158 runs
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Photos

Jul 31, 1973

Frank Hayes on his way to 106* on debut, England v West Indies, 1st Test, The Oval, July 31, 1973

Frank Hayes on his way to 106* on debut

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Jul 1973

Tony Greig gets Garry Sobers run out at The Oval, in 1973

Garry Sobers is run out

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