02/02Result

1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Feb 2-7 1974

EnglandEnglandENG
131 & 392
West IndiesWest IndiesWI
392 & 132/3 (37.5 ov)

West Indies won by 7 wickets

02/02Result

1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Feb 2-7 1974

EnglandEnglandENG
131 & 392
West IndiesWest IndiesWI
392 & 132/3 (37.5 ov)

West Indies won by 7 wickets

England 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
G Boycott
c Julien b Boyce
6
15
14
1
0
40.00
DL Amiss
c †Murray b Sobers
6
27
46
1
0
22.22
MH Denness (c)
b Julien
9
22
39
1
0
40.90
FC Hayes
c Fredericks b Sobers
12
49
74
0
0
24.48
KWR Fletcher
b Julien
4
14
11
1
0
28.57
AW Greig
c †Murray b Boyce
37
79
95
4
1
46.83
APE Knott †
b Boyce
7
18
28
0
0
38.88
CM Old
c Fredericks b Ali
11
28
41
0
0
39.28
PI Pocock
b Boyce
2
13
19
0
0
15.38
DL Underwood
not out
10
37
54
1
0
27.02
RGD Willis
b Gibbs
6
41
43
0
0
14.63
Extras
21 (b 1, lb 8, nb 12)
TOTAL
131 all out (55 Overs, RR: 2.38)
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Geoff Boycott), 2-22 (Dennis Amiss), 3-23 (Mike Denness), 4-30 (Keith Fletcher), 5-71 (Frank Hayes), 6-90 (Alan Knott), 7-100 (Tony Greig), 8-108 (Pat Pocock), 9-116 (Chris Old), 10-131 (Bob Willis)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
KD Boyce 19 4 42 4 2.21 0 0
BD Julien 12 5 14 2 1.16 0 0
GS Sobers 14 3 37 2 2.64 0 0
LR Gibbs 3 1 5 1 1.66 0 0
Inshan Ali 7 5 12 1 1.71 0 0

West Indies 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
RC Fredericks
c †Knott b Old
5
17
25
1
0
29.41
LG Rowe
c †Knott b Willis
13
30
50
2
0
43.33
AI Kallicharran
c Underwood b Pocock
158
334
369
18
0
47.30
CH Lloyd
c Denness b Old
18
17
24
2
1
105.88
RB Kanhai (c)
b Pocock
8
33
53
1
0
24.24
GS Sobers
c Denness b Underwood
23
61
65
2
1
37.70
DL Murray †
c Fletcher b Pocock
19
59
75
0
0
32.20
BD Julien
not out
86
154
206
12
0
55.84
KD Boyce
c Boycott b Pocock
26
10
10
3
2
260.00
Inshan Ali
c †Knott b Pocock
9
65
45
2
0
13.84
LR Gibbs
b Old
2
18
25
0
0
11.11
Extras
25 (b 3, lb 6, nb 16)
TOTAL
392 all out (122.4 Overs, RR: 3.19)
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Roy Fredericks), 2-27 (Lawrence Rowe), 3-63 (Clive Lloyd), 4-106 (Rohan Kanhai), 5-147 (Sir Garry Sobers), 6-196 (Deryck Murray), 7-296 (Alvin Kallicharran), 8-324 (Keith Boyce), 9-373 (Inshan Ali), 10-392 (Lance Gibbs)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
RGD Willis 19 5 52 1 2.73 0 0
CM Old 20.4 2 89 3 4.30 0 0
AW Greig 17 3 60 0 3.52 0 0
PI Pocock 43 12 110 5 2.55 0 0
DL Underwood 23 8 56 1 2.43 0 0

England 2nd Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
G Boycott
c Fredericks b Gibbs
93
232
254
12
0
40.08
DL Amiss
lbw b Sobers
174
429
396
19
0
40.55
MH Denness (c)
run out
44
123
131
5
0
35.77
FC Hayes
b Sobers
8
34
35
0
0
23.52
KWR Fletcher
c Rowe b Sobers
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
AW Greig
b Gibbs
20
47
54
2
0
42.55
APE Knott †
c Rowe b Gibbs
21
82
82
0
0
25.60
CM Old
c & b Gibbs
3
26
20
0
0
11.53
PI Pocock
c Fredericks b Gibbs
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
DL Underwood
c Kanhai b Gibbs
9
21
22
1
0
42.85
RGD Willis
not out
0
8
6
0
0
0.00
Extras
20 (b 5, lb 5, nb 10)
TOTAL
392 all out (166.2 Overs, RR: 2.35)
Fall of wickets: 1-209 (Geoff Boycott), 2-328 (Mike Denness), 3-338 (Dennis Amiss), 4-338 (Keith Fletcher), 5-349 (Frank Hayes), 6-366 (Tony Greig), 7-378 (Chris Old), 8-378 (Pat Pocock), 9-391 (Alan Knott), 10-392 (Derek Underwood)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
KD Boyce 10 1 36 0 3.60 0 0
BD Julien 15 2 48 0 3.20 0 0
GS Sobers 34 15 54 3 1.58 0 0
LR Gibbs 57.2 15 108 6 1.88 0 0
Inshan Ali 37 5 99 0 2.67 0 0
RC Fredericks 10 2 24 0 2.40 0 0
CH Lloyd 3 1 3 0 1.00 0 0

West Indies 2nd Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
RC Fredericks
not out
65
98
138
11
0
66.32
LG Rowe
c Hayes b Pocock
5
24
32
1
0
20.83
AI Kallicharran
c Greig b Underwood
21
60
59
4
0
35.00
CH Lloyd
c Hayes b Underwood
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
RB Kanhai (c)
not out
39
44
42
4
1
88.63
Extras
2 (lb 1, nb 1)
TOTAL
132/3 (37.5 Overs, RR: 3.48)
Did not bat: GS Sobers, DL Murray †, BD Julien, KD Boyce, Inshan Ali, LR Gibbs
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Lawrence Rowe), 2-77 (Alvin Kallicharran), 3-77 (Clive Lloyd)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
RGD Willis 4 1 6 0 1.50 0 0
CM Old 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
AW Greig 2 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
PI Pocock 16 6 49 1 3.06 0 0
DL Underwood 12 2 48 2 4.00 0 0
KWR Fletcher 0.5 0 5 0 6.00 0 0

Match Details

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Series

England tour of West Indies 1973/74

Toss

West Indies , elected to field first

Series result

West Indies led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Match days

2,3,5,6,7 February 1974 (5-day match)

Umpires

Douglas Sang Hue

Close of Play

Sat, 02 Feb - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 14/0 (RC Fredericks 5*, LG Rowe 8*)
Sun, 03 Feb - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 274/6 (AI Kallicharran 142*, BD Julien 22*)
Mon, 04 Feb - rest day
Tue, 05 Feb - day 3 - England 2nd innings 201/0 (G Boycott 91*, DL Amiss 92*)
Wed, 06 Feb - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 77/1 (RC Fredericks 49*, AI Kallicharran 21*)
Thu, 07 Feb - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 132/3 (37.5 ov) - end of match

Match Coverage

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