- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 1, lb 12)TOTAL500/9d (164 Overs, RR: 3.04)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (PD Lashley), 2-102 (RB Kanhai), 3-122 (CC Hunte), 4-154 (BF Butcher), 5-419 (GS Sobers), 6-467 (DAJ Holford), 7-467 (CC Griffith), 8-489 (SM Nurse), 9-491 (WW Hall)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Snow 42 6 146 3 3.47 0 0 K Higgs 43 11 94 4 2.18 0 0 BL D'Oliveira 19 3 52 0 2.73 0 0 FJ Titmus 22 7 59 0 2.68 0 0 DL Underwood 24 9 81 1 3.37 0 0 RW Barber 14 2 55 1 3.92 0 0
04/08Result
4th Test, West Indies tour of England at Leeds, Aug 4-8 1966
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240 & 205 (71.1 ov) (f/o)
04/08Result
4th Test, West Indies tour of England at Leeds, Aug 4-8 1966
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500/9d -
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240 & 205 (71.1 ov) (f/o)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 12, lb 11)TOTAL240 all out (78.3 Overs, RR: 3.05)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (RW Barber), 1-11* (C Milburn, retired not out ), 2-18 (G Boycott), 3-42 (MC Cowdrey), 4-49 (TW Graveney), 5-63 (JM Parks), 6-83 (FJ Titmus), 7-179 (BL D'Oliveira), 8-238 (K Higgs), 9-240 (DL Underwood), 10-240 (JA Snow)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WW Hall 17 5 47 3 2.76 0 0 CC Griffith 12 2 37 2 3.08 0 0 GS Sobers 19.3 4 41 5 2.10 0 0 LR Gibbs 20 5 49 0 2.45 0 0 DAJ Holford 10 3 43 0 4.30 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (b 8, lb 1, nb 2)TOTAL205 all out (f/o) (71.1 Overs, RR: 2.88)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (G Boycott), 2-70 (BL D'Oliveira), 3-84 (RW Barber), 4-109 (MC Cowdrey), 5-128 (TW Graveney), 6-133 (JM Parks), 7-184 (C Milburn), 8-205 (FJ Titmus), 9-205 (DL Underwood), 10-205 (K Higgs)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WW Hall 8 2 24 0 3.00 0 0 CC Griffith 12 0 52 0 4.33 0 0 GS Sobers 20.1 5 39 3 1.93 0 0 LR Gibbs 19 6 39 6 2.05 0 0 DAJ Holford 9 0 39 0 4.33 0 0 PD Lashley 3 2 1 1 0.33 0 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to bat first
Batsman Of The Match
Bowler Of The Match
Series result
West Indies led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Match days
4,5,6,8 August 1966 (5-day match)
Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 04 Aug - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 137/3 (BF Butcher 26*, SM Nurse 8*)
- Fri, 05 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 4/0 (G Boycott 4*, RW Barber 0*)
- Sat, 06 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 40/1 (RW Barber 22*, BL D'Oliveira 0*)
- Sun, 07 Aug - rest day
- Mon, 08 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 205 (71.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- C Milburn (1) retired hurt on 0* from 11/1 to 179/7 (hit on left elbow by Hall; 20/2 score not confirmed)
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