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527
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
268 & 225
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Overs: 199.5 RR: 2.64 vs spin: 2.78
vs seam: 2.68
Overs: 85.1 RR: 2.64 vs spin: 2.69
vs seam: 2.07
Thu 18/08/66 England v West Indies, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 34 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 268 (97.5; RR: 2.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte b Higgs 1 5 0 0 20.00
EDAS McMorris b Snow 14 57 0 0 24.56
RB Kanhai c Graveney b Illingworth 104 217 14 0 47.93
BF Butcher c Illingworth b Close 12 39 1 0 30.77
SM Nurse c Graveney b D'Oliveira 0 4 0 0 0.00
GS Sobers c Graveney b Barber 81 151 12 0 53.64
DAJ Holford c D'Oliveira b Illingworth 5 32 1 0 15.63
JL Hendriks b Barber 0 19 0 0 0.00
CC Griffith c Higgs b Barber 4 13 1 0 30.77
WW Hall not out 30 29 5 0 103.45
LR Gibbs c Murray b Snow 12 24 1 0 50.00
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 268 all out (97.5 overs; RR: 2.74)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 56-2 (EDAS McMorris 0.0 ov), 73-3 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 74-4 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 196-5 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 218-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 218-7 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 223-8 (JL Hendriks 0.0 ov), 223-9 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 268-10 (LR Gibbs 97.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 20.5 1 66 2 3.30 0 0
K Higgs 17.0 4 52 1 3.06 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 21.0 7 35 1 1.67 0 0
DB Close 9.0 2 21 1 2.33 0 0
RW Barber 15.0 3 49 3 3.27 0 0
R Illingworth 15.0 7 40 2 2.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 527 (199.5; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott b Hall 4 11 1 0 36.36
RW Barber c Nurse b Sobers 36 66 5 0 54.55
JH Edrich c Hendriks b Sobers 35 98 5 0 35.71
TW Graveney run out 165 361 19 0 45.71
DL Amiss lbw b Hall 17 58 2 0 29.31
BL D'Oliveira b Hall 4 4 1 0 100.00
DB Close run out 4 21 0 0 19.05
R Illingworth c Hendriks b Griffith 3 23 0 0 13.04
JT Murray lbw b Sobers 112 260 13 0 43.08
K Higgs c & b Holford 63 148 3 1 42.57
JA Snow not out 59 146 8 0 40.41
Extras (8b, 14lb, 0w, 3nb) 25  
TOTAL 527 all out (199.5 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 72-2 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 85-3 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 126-4 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 130-5 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 150-6 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 166-7 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 383-8 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 399-9 (JT Murray 0.0 ov), 527-10 (K Higgs 199.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 31.0 8 85 3 2.74 0 0
CC Griffith 32.0 7 78 1 2.44 0 0
GS Sobers 54.0 23 104 3 1.93 0 0
DAJ Holford 25.5 1 79 1 3.16 0 0
LR Gibbs 44.0 16 115 0 2.61 0 0
CC Hunte 13.0 2 41 0 3.15 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 225 (85.1; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Murray b Snow 7 25 1 0 28.00
EDAS McMorris c Murray b Snow 1 6 0 0 16.67
RB Kanhai b D'Oliveira 15 30 2 0 50.00
BF Butcher c Barber b Illingworth 60 102 9 0 58.82
SM Nurse c Edrich b Barber 70 121 14 0 57.85
DAJ Holford run out 7 24 0 0 29.17
GS Sobers c Close b Snow 0 1 0 0 0.00
JL Hendriks b Higgs 0 18 0 0 0.00
CC Griffith not out 29 93 3 0 31.18
WW Hall c D'Oliveira b Illingworth 17 56 3 0 30.36
LR Gibbs c & b Barber 3 36 0 0 8.33
Extras (1b, 14lb, 0w, 1nb) 16  
TOTAL 225 all out (85.1 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (EDAS McMorris 0.0 ov), 12-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 50-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 107-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 137-5 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 137-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 142-7 (JL Hendriks 0.0 ov), 168-8 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 204-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 225-10 (LR Gibbs 85.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 13.0 5 40 3 3.08 0 0
K Higgs 15.0 6 18 1 1.20 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 17.0 4 44 1 2.59 0 0
R Illingworth 15.0 9 22 2 1.47 0 0
RW Barber 22.1 2 78 2 3.55 0 0
DB Close 3.0 1 7 0 2.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 18, 1966

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

JS Buller, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

DB Close, TW Graveney, R Illingworth, RW Barber, JT Murray, JH Edrich, G Boycott, JA Snow, K Higgs, BL D'Oliveira, DL Amiss

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, CC Hunte, LR Gibbs, EDAS McMorris, BF Butcher, WW Hall, SM Nurse, CC Griffith, JL Hendriks, DAJ Holford