England vs West Indies, 2nd Test at Birmingham, Aug 09 1973 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Birmingham, August 09 - 14, 1973, West Indies tour of England

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West Indies

327 & 302

England

(T:325) 305 & 182/2

Match drawn

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West Indies 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

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West Indies 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c Amiss b Underwood	150	443	510	17	0	33.86
Ron Headley	b Old	1	27	31	0	0	3.70
Rohan Kanhai (c)	c Greig b Arnold	2	7	8	0	0	28.57
Clive Lloyd	lbw b Old	15	29	34	2	0	51.72
Alvin Kallicharran	c Hayes b Arnold	34	65	82	3	0	52.30
Garry Sobers	b Old	21	58	72	2	0	36.20
Deryck Murray †	b Underwood	25	139	205	0	0	17.98
Bernard Julien	c Greig b Arnold	54	83	110	9	0	65.06
Keith Boyce	lbw b Illingworth	12	16	16	2	0	75.00
Vanburn Holder	c Boycott b Underwood	6	30	31	0	0	20.00
Lance Gibbs	not out	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 1)	6
Total	149.3 Ov (RR: 2.18)	327
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Ron Headley), 2-17 (Rohan Kanhai), 3-39 (Clive Lloyd), 4-93 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-128 (Garry Sobers), 6-242 (Deryck Murray), 7-280 (Roy Fredericks), 8-302 (Keith Boyce), 9-325 (Bernard Julien), 10-327 (Vanburn Holder)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Geoff Arnold	37	13	74	3	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Old	30	3	86	3	2.86	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Greig	26	3	84	0	3.23	-	-	-	0	0
Ray Illingworth	32	19	37	1	1.15	-	-	-	0	0
Derek Underwood	24.3	10	40	3	1.63	-	-	-	0	0

England 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	not out	56	155	202	4	0	36.12
Dennis Amiss	c †Murray b Julien	56	165	223	2	0	33.93
Brian Luckhurst	lbw b Sobers	12	57	87	1	0	21.05
Frank Hayes	c Kallicharran b Holder	29	149	148	2	0	19.46
Tony Greig	c Fredericks b Julien	27	84	82	1	1	32.14
Alan Knott †	b Holder	0	12	22	0	0	0.00
Keith Fletcher	c Holder b Sobers	52	151	214	6	0	34.43
Ray Illingworth (c)	lbw b Holder	27	77	95	2	0	35.06
Chris Old	run out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Geoff Arnold	c Kallicharran b Sobers	24	96	108	1	0	25.00
Derek Underwood	c †Murray b Gibbs	2	12	8	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 15)	20
Total	156.4 Ov (RR: 1.94)	305
Fall of wickets: 0-105* (Geoff Boycott, retired not out), 1-119 (Dennis Amiss), 2-139 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-191 (Frank Hayes), 4-191 (Alan Knott), 5-197 (Tony Greig), 6-249 (Ray Illingworth), 6-249* (Geoff Boycott, retired not out), 7-249 (Chris Old), 8-299 (Geoff Arnold), 9-302 (Keith Fletcher), 10-305 (Derek Underwood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vanburn Holder	44	16	83	3	1.88	-	-	-	0	0
Garry Sobers	30	6	62	3	2.06	-	-	-	0	0
Keith Boyce	19	2	48	0	2.52	-	-	-	0	0
Bernard Julien	26	8	55	2	2.11	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	-	-	-	0	0
Clive Lloyd	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

West Indies 2nd Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ron Headley	c †Knott b Old	11	40	63	2	0	27.50
Roy Fredericks	c †Knott b Arnold	12	33	47	1	0	36.36
Rohan Kanhai (c)	c Arnold b Illingworth	54	107	123	5	0	50.46
Clive Lloyd	c †Knott b Underwood	94	139	172	8	1	67.62
Alvin Kallicharran	b Underwood	4	22	19	1	0	18.18
Garry Sobers	b Arnold	74	147	160	12	0	50.34
Deryck Murray †	hit wicket b Arnold	15	79	69	0	0	18.98
Bernard Julien	b Greig	11	31	38	0	0	35.48
Keith Boyce	c †Knott b Arnold	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Vanburn Holder	c Luckhurst b Greig	10	19	22	1	0	52.63
Lance Gibbs	not out	3	8	10	0	0	37.50
Extras	(lb 10, nb 4)	14
Total	103.4 Ov (RR: 2.91)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Roy Fredericks), 2-42 (Ron Headley), 3-136 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-152 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-197 (Clive Lloyd), 6-247 (Deryck Murray), 7-283 (Bernard Julien), 8-283 (Keith Boyce), 9-293 (Garry Sobers), 10-302 (Vanburn Holder)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Geoff Arnold	20	1	43	4	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Old	14	0	65	1	4.64	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Greig	7.4	0	35	2	4.56	-	-	-	0	0
Ray Illingworth	26	6	67	1	2.57	-	-	-	0	0
Derek Underwood	32	9	66	2	2.06	-	-	-	0	0
Brian Luckhurst	4	2	12	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 325 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Luckhurst	c †Murray b Lloyd	42	122	125	3	0	34.42
Dennis Amiss	not out	86	186	197	9	0	46.23
Frank Hayes	lbw b Lloyd	0	10	6	0	0	0.00
Keith Fletcher	not out	44	89	62	5	0	49.43
Extras	(b 8, nb 2)	10
Total	67 Ov (RR: 2.71)	182/2
Did not bat: Geoff Boycott,  Tony Greig,  Alan Knott †,  Ray Illingworth (c),  Chris Old,  Geoff Arnold,  Derek Underwood
Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Brian Luckhurst), 2-100 (Frank Hayes)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vanburn Holder	7	1	17	0	2.42	-	-	-	0	0
Garry Sobers	7	1	21	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Bernard Julien	18	3	32	0	1.77	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Gibbs	12	2	32	0	2.66	-	-	-	0	0
Clive Lloyd	12	3	26	2	2.16	-	-	-	0	0
Roy Fredericks	4	0	23	0	5.75	-	-	-	0	0
Rohan Kanhai	7	1	21	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 09 Aug - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 190/5 (Roy Fredericks 98*, Deryck Murray 15*)

Fri, 10 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 96/0 (Geoff Boycott 52*, Dennis Amiss 42*)

Sat, 11 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 265/7 (Keith Fletcher 37*, Geoff Arnold 3*)

Sun, 12 Aug - rest day

Mon, 13 Aug - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 205/5 (Garry Sobers 21*, Deryck Murray 0*)

Tue, 14 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 182/2 (67 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

• G Boycott retired hurt on 54* from 105/0 to 249/6-[R Illingworth] (bruised ribs)
• G Boycott retired hurt on 54* from 249/6 to 299/8 (hit on the arm first ball by Holder)

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	West Indies, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of England
Season	1973
Series result	West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 726
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Arthur Fagg Dickie Bird