- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras21 (b 1, lb 8, nb 12)TOTAL131 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
02/02Result
1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Feb 2-7 1974
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![England]( "England")
131 & 392 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
392 & 132/3 (37.5 ov)
02/02Result
1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Feb 2-7 1974
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![England]( "England")
131 & 392 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
392 & 132/3 (37.5 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras25 (b 3, lb 6, nb 16)TOTAL392 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
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras20 (b 5, lb 5, nb 10)TOTAL392 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
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras2 (lb 1, nb 1)TOTAL132/3 (37.5 Overs, RR: 3.48)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
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
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
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