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323 & 297-8d Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlWI
276 & 348-5 WI flag
Overs: 112.2 RR: 2.64 vs spin: 1.88
vs seam: 1.84
 Overs: 69.0 RR: 5.04 vs spin: 3.06
vs seam: 3.82
Wed 26/02/69 New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Eden Park, Auckland
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 5 wickets
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 323 (73.4; RR: 4.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GT Dowling c Hendriks b Edwards 18 0 0 0
GM Turner c Sobers b Hall 0 0 0 0
BE Congdon c Sobers b Gibbs 85 0 11 0
BF Hastings c Hendriks b Sobers 21 0 0 0
MG Burgess c Hendriks b Sobers 11 0 0 0
V Pollard c & b Gibbs 4 0 0 0
BW Yuile c Lloyd b Holford 20 0 0 0
BR Taylor c Fredericks b Edwards 124 0 14 5
RC Motz c Hall b Edwards 13 0 0 0
RS Cunis c Fredericks b Gibbs 13 0 0 0
BD Milburn not out 4 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 10  
TOTAL 323 all out (73.4 overs; RR: 4.38)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (GM Turner 0.0 ov), 28-2 (GT Dowling 0.0 ov), 92-3 (BF Hastings 0.0 ov), 122-4 (MG Burgess 0.0 ov), 135-5 (V Pollard 0.0 ov), 152-6 (BE Congdon 0.0 ov), 232-7 (BW Yuile 0.0 ov), 275-8 (RC Motz 0.0 ov), 315-9 (BR Taylor 0.0 ov), 323-10 (RS Cunis 73.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 8.0 1 34 1 4.25 0 0
RM Edwards 16.0 2 58 3 3.63 0 0
LR Gibbs 25.4 3 96 3 3.84 0 0
GS Sobers 19.0 1 87 2 4.58 0 0
DAJ Holford 5.0 1 38 1 7.60 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 276 (79.7; RR: 3.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks b Motz 6 0 0 0
MC Carew c Burgess b Yuile 109 0 12 0
SM Nurse c Turner b Pollard 95 0 11 1
CH Lloyd lbw b Yuile 3 0 0 0
BF Butcher c Hastings b Yuile 0 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Milburn b Pollard 11 0 0 0
DAJ Holford c Burgess b Taylor 18 0 0 0
JL Hendriks c Dowling b Taylor 15 0 0 0
RM Edwards c Milburn b Motz 2 0 0 0
WW Hall b Motz 1 0 0 0
LR Gibbs not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 9lb, 0w, 5nb) 16  
TOTAL 276 all out (79.7 overs; RR: 3.44)

Fall of wickets

25-1 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 197-2 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 212-3 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 212-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 225-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 249-6 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 269-7 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 272-8 (RM Edwards 0.0 ov), 274-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 276-10 (JL Hendriks 79.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RC Motz 19.0 3 70 3 3.68 0 0
BR Taylor 16.7 2 48 2 3.00 0 0
RS Cunis 9.0 2 36 0 4.00 0 0
BW Yuile 15.0 2 64 3 4.27 0 0
V Pollard 20.0 5 42 2 2.10 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 297-8 (112.2; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GT Dowling b Edwards 71 0 5 2
GM Turner b Edwards 40 0 0 0
BE Congdon lbw b Edwards 7 0 0 0
BF Hastings c Gibbs b Holford 31 0 0 0
MG Burgess c Fredericks b Holford 30 0 2 1
BR Taylor c Gibbs b Holford 9 0 0 0
V Pollard not out 51 0 4 1
BW Yuile c Hendriks b Gibbs 1 0 0 0
RC Motz lbw b Sobers 23 0 5 0
RS Cunis not out 20 0 0 0
BD Milburn  
Extras (3b, 2lb, 0w, 9nb) 14  
TOTAL 297-8 (112.2 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

112-1 (GT Dowling 0.0 ov), 122-2 (BE Congdon 0.0 ov), 131-3 (GM Turner 0.0 ov), 185-4 (MG Burgess 0.0 ov), 200-5 (BR Taylor 0.0 ov), 200-6 (BF Hastings 0.0 ov), 201-7 (BW Yuile 0.0 ov), 235-8 (RC Motz 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 8.2 4 8 0 1.00 0 0
RM Edwards 24.0 4 71 3 2.96 0 0
LR Gibbs 35.0 9 69 1 1.97 0 0
GS Sobers 30.0 7 79 1 2.63 0 0
DAJ Holford 15.0 1 56 3 3.73 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 348-5 (69.0; RR: 5.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Turner b Pollard 23 0 0 0
MC Carew c Hastings b Cunis 38 0 5 0
SM Nurse c Yuile b Motz 168 0 22 2
BF Butcher not out 78 0 8 0
CH Lloyd run out 14 0 0 1
GS Sobers lbw b Taylor 0 0 0 0
DAJ Holford not out 4 0 0 0
JL Hendriks  
RM Edwards  
WW Hall  
LR Gibbs  
Extras (12b, 10lb, 0w, 1nb) 23  
TOTAL 348-5 (69.0 overs; RR: 5.04)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 122-2 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 296-3 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 320-4 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 320-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RC Motz 12.0 0 85 1 7.08 0 0
BR Taylor 11.0 1 54 1 4.91 0 0
V Pollard 12.0 1 48 1 4.00 0 0
RS Cunis 20.0 1 80 1 4.00 0 0
BW Yuile 14.0 2 58 0 4.14 0 0

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, 1st Test

Date

Wednesday February 26, 1969

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:00pm UTC

Venue

Eden Park, Auckland

Umpires

ECA Mackintosh, RWR Shortt

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

RC Motz, GT Dowling, BW Yuile, RS Cunis, BE Congdon, V Pollard, BR Taylor, MG Burgess, BF Hastings, BD Milburn, GM Turner

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, LR Gibbs, BF Butcher, WW Hall, SM Nurse, JL Hendriks, MC Carew, DAJ Holford, CH Lloyd, RM Edwards, RC Fredericks