England vs West Indies, 1st Test at London, Jul 26 1973 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, The Oval, July 26 - 31, 1973, West Indies tour of England
West Indies 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Arnold | 35 | 106 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 33.01 | |||
| lbw b Greig | 8 | 64 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |||
| b Greig | 10 | 33 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 30.30 | |||
| lbw b Arnold | 132 | 196 | 238 | 15 | 2 | 67.34 | |||
| c †Knott b Arnold | 80 | 164 | 197 | 13 | 0 | 48.78 | |||
| c Roope b Arnold | 28 | 115 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 24.34 | |||
| run out | 10 | 43 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 23.25 | |||
| lbw b Arnold | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | |||
| b Underwood | 72 | 99 | 136 | 6 | 1 | 72.72 | |||
| c Boycott b Underwood | 15 | 45 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| not out | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 10) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 145 Ov (RR: 2.86) | 415 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Ron Headley), 2-47 (Roy Fredericks), 3-64 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-272 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-275 (Clive Lloyd), 6-297 (Garry Sobers), 7-309 (Bernard Julien), 8-346 (Deryck Murray), 9-405 (Inshan Ali), 10-415 (Keith Boyce) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 2.29 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 10 | 113 | 5 | 2.89 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 30.3 | 6 | 81 | 2 | 2.65 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23.3 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 2.89 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 2.86 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Murray b Julien | 97 | 227 | 245 | 13 | 1 | 42.73 | |||
| b Boyce | 29 | 44 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 65.90 | |||
| b Boyce | 9 | 35 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 25.71 | |||
| c Lloyd b Sobers | 16 | 51 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 31.37 | |||
| c Lloyd b Julien | 11 | 45 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 24.44 | |||
| c Sobers b Boyce | 38 | 91 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 41.75 | |||
| lbw b Sobers | 27 | 64 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 42.18 | |||
| not out | 4 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| b Boyce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Kallicharran b Boyce | 4 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Headley b Sobers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 11, w 2) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 98.1 Ov (RR: 2.61) | 257 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Dennis Amiss), 2-95 (Graham Roope), 3-134 (Frank Hayes), 4-163 (Keith Fletcher), 5-185 (Geoff Boycott), 6-247 (Ray Illingworth), 7-247 (Tony Greig), 8-247 (John Snow), 9-257 (Geoff Arnold), 10-257 (Derek Underwood) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.1 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 1.21 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 3.18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 2.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 4.72 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
West Indies 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Hayes b Arnold | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |||
| b Arnold | 42 | 137 | 177 | 5 | 0 | 30.65 | |||
| c †Knott b Snow | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Greig b Snow | 14 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 56.00 | |||
| b Illingworth | 80 | 139 | 176 | 11 | 0 | 57.55 | |||
| c Underwood b Snow | 51 | 123 | 152 | 8 | 0 | 41.46 | |||
| c Roope b Underwood | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| b Illingworth | 23 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 95.83 | |||
| b Illingworth | 9 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 | |||
| not out | 5 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | |||
| c †Knott b Arnold | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 13, nb 6) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 87.1 Ov (RR: 2.92) | 255 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Roy Fredericks), 2-31 (Rohan Kanhai), 3-52 (Clive Lloyd), 4-117 (Ron Headley), 5-177 (Alvin Kallicharran), 6-184 (Deryck Murray), 7-215 (Bernard Julien), 8-232 (Keith Boyce), 9-252 (Garry Sobers), 10-255 (Lance Gibbs) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 3.44 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18.1 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 2.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 2.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 2.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 414 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c & b Gibbs | 30 | 74 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 40.54 | |||
| c Kanhai b Boyce | 15 | 24 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| c & b Gibbs | 31 | 101 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 30.69 | |||
| not out | 106 | 234 | 240 | 12 | 0 | 45.29 | |||
| c Kallicharran b Gibbs | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |||
| c Gibbs b Ali | 0 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Boyce | 7 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 21.87 | |||
| b Boyce | 40 | 117 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 34.18 | |||
| lbw b Boyce | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Headley b Boyce | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| b Boyce | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 5, w 1) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 105.1 Ov (RR: 2.42) | 255 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Dennis Amiss), 2-66 (Geoff Boycott), 3-91 (Graham Roope), 4-97 (Keith Fletcher), 5-107 (Tony Greig), 6-136 (Derek Underwood), 7-229 (Ray Illingworth), 8-239 (Alan Knott), 9-253 (Geoff Arnold), 10-255 (John Snow) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21.1 | 4 | 77 | 6 | 3.63 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 2.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 1.84 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 2.13 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 26 Jul - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 275/4 (Clive Lloyd 132*, Deryck Murray 1*)
Fri, 27 Jul - day 2 - England 1st innings 117/2 (Geoff Boycott 55*, Frank Hayes 14*)
Sat, 28 Jul - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 95/3 (Ron Headley 40*, Alvin Kallicharran 23*)
Sun, 29 Jul - rest day
Mon, 30 Jul - day 4 - England 2nd innings 126/5 (Frank Hayes 37*, Derek Underwood 3*)
Tue, 31 Jul - day 5 - England 2nd innings 255 (105.1 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| Kennington Oval, London | |
| Toss | West Indies, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1973 |
| Series result | West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 725 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
Match Coverage
England Innings
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