England vs West Indies, 3rd Test at London, Aug 23 1973 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Lord's, August 23 - 27, 1973, West Indies tour of England

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West Indies

652/8d

England

(fo) 233 & 193

West Indies won by an innings and 226 runs

West Indies 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

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West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c Underwood b Willis	51	77	96	9	0	66.23
Deryck Murray †	b Willis	4	19	23	0	0	21.05
Rohan Kanhai (c)	c Greig b Willis	157	280	339	21	0	56.07
Clive Lloyd	c & b Willis	63	114	134	7	1	55.26
Alvin Kallicharran	c Arnold b Illingworth	14	48	40	1	0	29.16
Garry Sobers	not out	150	227	288	19	0	66.07
Maurice Foster	c Willis b Greig	9	44	57	1	0	20.45
Bernard Julien	c & b Greig	121	143	171	18	2	84.61
Keith Boyce	c Amiss b Greig	36	46	50	6	0	78.26
Vanburn Holder	not out	23	25	21	3	1	92.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 14, nb 8, w 1)	24
Total	168.4 Ov (RR: 3.86)	652/8d
Did not bat: Lance Gibbs
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Deryck Murray), 2-87 (Roy Fredericks), 3-225 (Clive Lloyd), 4-256 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-339 (Rohan Kanhai), 6-373 (Maurice Foster), 6-528* (Garry Sobers, retired not out), 7-604 (Bernard Julien), 8-610 (Keith Boyce)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Arnold	35	6	111	0	3.17	-	-	-
Bob Willis	35	3	118	4	3.37	-	-	-
Tony Greig	33	2	180	3	5.45	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	34	6	105	0	3.08	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	31.4	3	114	1	3.60	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Kanhai b Holder	4	8	10	1	0	50.00
Dennis Amiss	c Sobers b Holder	35	74	104	5	0	47.29
Brian Luckhurst	c †Murray b Boyce	1	6	7	0	0	16.66
Frank Hayes	c Fredericks b Holder	8	6	14	2	0	133.33
Keith Fletcher	c Sobers b Gibbs	68	129	159	7	0	52.71
Tony Greig	c Sobers b Boyce	44	91	109	6	0	48.35
Ray Illingworth (c)	c Sobers b Gibbs	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Alan Knott †	c †Murray b Boyce	21	51	53	2	0	41.17
Geoff Arnold	c †Murray b Boyce	5	11	14	0	0	45.45
Bob Willis	not out	5	56	58	0	0	8.92
Derek Underwood	c Gibbs b Holder	12	28	34	1	0	42.85
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 17, w 3)	30
Total	73 Ov (RR: 3.19)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Geoff Boycott), 2-7 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-29 (Frank Hayes), 4-97 (Dennis Amiss), 5-176 (Keith Fletcher), 6-176 (Ray Illingworth), 7-187 (Tony Greig), 8-205 (Geoff Arnold), 9-213 (Alan Knott), 10-233 (Derek Underwood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Vanburn Holder	15	3	56	4	3.73	-	-	-
Keith Boyce	20	7	50	4	2.50	-	-	-
Bernard Julien	11	4	26	0	2.36	-	-	-
Lance Gibbs	18	3	39	2	2.16	-	-	-
Garry Sobers	8	0	30	0	3.75	-	-	-
Maurice Foster	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Kallicharran b Boyce	15	52	84	1	0	28.84
Dennis Amiss	c Sobers b Boyce	10	45	62	1	0	22.22
Alan Knott †	c †Murray b Boyce	5	11	8	0	0	45.45
Brian Luckhurst	c Sobers b Julien	12	50	64	2	0	24.00
Frank Hayes	c Holder b Boyce	0	14	18	0	0	0.00
Keith Fletcher	not out	86	132	175	12	0	65.15
Tony Greig	lbw b Julien	13	19	26	2	0	68.42
Ray Illingworth (c)	c Kanhai b Gibbs	13	31	35	2	0	41.93
Geoff Arnold	c Fredericks b Gibbs	1	11	12	0	0	9.09
Bob Willis	c Fredericks b Julien	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Derek Underwood	b Gibbs	14	38	53	1	0	36.84
Extras	(b 9, nb 14, w 1)	24
Total	65.3 Ov (RR: 2.94)	193
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Dennis Amiss), 2-38 (Alan Knott), 3-42 (Geoff Boycott), 4-49 (Frank Hayes), 5-63 (Brian Luckhurst), 6-87 (Tony Greig), 7-132 (Ray Illingworth), 8-143 (Geoff Arnold), 9-146 (Bob Willis), 10-193 (Derek Underwood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Vanburn Holder	14	4	18	0	1.28	-	-	-
Keith Boyce	16	5	49	4	3.06	-	-	-
Bernard Julien	18	2	69	3	3.83	-	-	-
Lance Gibbs	13.3	3	26	3	1.92	-	-	-
Garry Sobers	4	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 23 Aug - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 335/4 (Rohan Kanhai 156*, Garry Sobers 31*)

Fri, 24 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 88/3 (Dennis Amiss 32*, Keith Fletcher 30*)

Sat, 25 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 42/3 (Brian Luckhurst 2*)

Sun, 26 Aug - rest day

Mon, 27 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 193 (65.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

GS Sobers (1) retired hurt on 132* from 528/6 to 604/7

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	West Indies, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of England
Season	1973
Series result	West Indies won the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 727
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Charlie Elliott Dickie Bird

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
G Boycott	caught	15	52
DL Amiss	caught	10	45
APE Knott	caught	5	11
BW Luckhurst	caught	12	50
FC Hayes	caught	0	14
KWR Fletcher	not out	86	132
AW Greig	lbw	13	19
R Illingworth	caught	13	31
GG Arnold	caught	1	11
RGD Willis	caught	0	6
DL Underwood	bowled	14	38
Extras	(b 9, nb 14, w 1)
Total	193(10 wkts; 65.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
VA Holder	14	4	18	0	1.28
KD Boyce	16	5	49	4	3.06
BD Julien	18	2	69	3	3.83
LR Gibbs	13.3	3	26	3	1.92
GS Sobers	4	1	7	0	1.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	32	Geoff Boycott	Dennis Amiss
2nd	6	Geoff Boycott	Alan Knott
3rd	4	Geoff Boycott	Brian Luckhurst
4th	7	Brian Luckhurst	Frank Hayes
5th	14	Keith Fletcher	Brian Luckhurst
6th	24	Keith Fletcher	Tony Greig
7th	45	Ray Illingworth	Keith Fletcher
8th	11	Geoff Arnold	Keith Fletcher
9th	3	Keith Fletcher	Bob Willis
10th	47	Derek Underwood	Keith Fletcher

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