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305 & 199 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
267 & 263 ENG flag
Overs: 88.3 RR: 2.25 vs spin: 2.40
vs seam: 1.56
 Overs: 149.2 RR: 1.76 vs spin: 1.62
vs seam: 2.37
Sat 30/03/74 West Indies v England, 5th Test, Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
ENGLAND WIN England won by 26 runs
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England - 1st Inns 267 (135.3; RR: 1.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Murray b Julien 99 340 13 0 29.12
DL Amiss c Kanhai b Sobers 44 148 5 0 29.73
MH Denness c Fredericks b Ali 13 50 2 0 26.00
KWR Fletcher c Kanhai b Gibbs 6 26 0 0 23.08
AW Greig lbw b Gibbs 19 30 3 0 63.33
FC Hayes c Rowe b Ali 24 107 2 0 22.43
APE Knott not out 33 80 2 0 41.25
J Birkenshaw c Lloyd b Julien 8 11 2 0 72.73
GG Arnold run out 6 19 1 0 31.58
PI Pocock c Lloyd b Ali 0 2 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood b Gibbs 4 6 1 0 66.67
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 6nb) 11  
TOTAL 267 all out (135.3 overs; RR: 1.97)

Fall of wickets

83-1 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 114-2 (MH Denness 0.0 ov), 133-3 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 165-4 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 204-5 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 212-6 (J Birkenshaw 0.0 ov), 244-7 (FC Hayes 0.0 ov), 257-8 (GG Arnold 0.0 ov), 260-9 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 267-10 (DL Underwood 135.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Boyce 10.0 3 14 0 1.40 0 0
BD Julien 21.0 8 35 2 1.67 0 0
GS Sobers 31.0 16 44 1 1.42 0 0
I Ali 35.0 12 86 3 2.46 0 0
LR Gibbs 34.3 10 70 3 2.06 0 0
CH Lloyd 4.0 2 7 0 1.75 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 305 (117.1; RR: 2.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Fletcher b Pocock 67 123 8 0 54.47
LG Rowe c Boycott b Greig 123 340 10 1 36.18
AI Kallicharran c & b Pocock 0 14 0 0 0.00
CH Lloyd c Knott b Greig 52 122 6 1 42.62
GS Sobers c Birkenshaw b Greig 0 3 0 0 0.00
RB Kanhai c & b Greig 2 6 0 0 33.33
DL Murray c Pocock b Greig 2 13 0 0 15.38
BD Julien c Birkenshaw b Greig 17 38 2 0 44.74
KD Boyce c Pocock b Greig 19 38 1 0 50.00
I Ali lbw b Greig 5 6 1 0 83.33
LR Gibbs not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (11b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb) 18  
TOTAL 305 all out (117.1 overs; RR: 2.60)

Fall of wickets

110-1 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 122-2 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 224-3 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 224-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 226-5 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 232-6 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 270-7 (BD Julien 0.0 ov), 300-8 (KD Boyce 0.0 ov), 300-9 (LG Rowe 0.0 ov), 305-10 (I Ali 117.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GG Arnold 8.0 0 27 0 3.38 0 0
AW Greig 36.1 10 86 8 2.39 0 0
PI Pocock 31.0 7 86 2 2.77 0 0
DL Underwood 34.0 12 57 0 1.68 0 0
J Birkenshaw 8.0 1 31 0 3.88 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 263 (149.2; RR: 1.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott b Gibbs 112 385 12 0 29.09
DL Amiss b Lloyd 16 70 1 0 22.86
MH Denness run out 4 12 1 0 33.33
KWR Fletcher b Julien 45 192 4 0 23.44
PI Pocock c Kallicharran b Boyce 5 23 0 0 21.74
AW Greig c Fredericks b Julien 1 10 0 0 10.00
FC Hayes lbw b Julien 0 7 0 0 0.00
APE Knott lbw b Sobers 44 124 3 1 35.48
J Birkenshaw c Gibbs b Ali 7 27 1 0 25.93
GG Arnold b Sobers 13 46 3 0 28.26
DL Underwood not out 1 11 0 0 9.09
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 11nb) 15  
TOTAL 263 all out (149.2 overs; RR: 1.76)

Fall of wickets

39-1 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 44-2 (MH Denness 0.0 ov), 145-3 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 169-4 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 174-5 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 176-6 (FC Hayes 0.0 ov), 213-7 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 226-8 (J Birkenshaw 0.0 ov), 258-9 (GG Arnold 0.0 ov), 263-10 (APE Knott 149.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 24.2 9 36 2 1.50 0 0
BD Julien 22.0 7 31 3 1.41 0 0
CH Lloyd 7.0 4 5 1 0.71 0 0
LR Gibbs 50.0 15 85 1 1.70 0 0
I Ali 34.0 12 51 1 1.50 0 0
KD Boyce 12.0 3 40 1 3.33 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 199 (88.3; RR: 2.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks run out 36 104 4 0 34.62
LG Rowe lbw b Birkenshaw 25 74 2 0 33.78
AI Kallicharran c Fletcher b Greig 0 2 0 0 0.00
CH Lloyd c & b Greig 13 24 2 0 54.17
RB Kanhai c Fletcher b Greig 7 29 0 0 24.14
GS Sobers b Underwood 20 62 2 0 32.26
DL Murray c Fletcher b Greig 33 109 2 0 30.28
BD Julien c Denness b Pocock 2 5 0 0 40.00
KD Boyce not out 34 67 3 0 50.75
I Ali c Underwood b Greig 15 55 0 0 27.27
LR Gibbs b Arnold 1 5 0 0 20.00
Extras (9b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb) 13  
TOTAL 199 all out (88.3 overs; RR: 2.25)

Fall of wickets

63-1 (LG Rowe 0.0 ov), 64-2 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 65-3 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 84-4 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 85-5 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 135-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 138-7 (BD Julien 0.0 ov), 166-8 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 197-9 (I Ali 0.0 ov), 199-10 (LR Gibbs 88.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GG Arnold 5.3 1 13 1 2.60 0 0
AW Greig 33.0 7 70 5 2.12 0 0
DL Underwood 15.0 7 19 1 1.27 0 0
PI Pocock 25.0 7 60 1 2.40 0 0
J Birkenshaw 10.0 1 24 1 2.40 0 0

Match Info

Match

West Indies v England at Port of Spain, 5th Test

Date

Saturday March 30, 1974

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:00pm UTC

Venue

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Umpires

D Sang Hue, S Ishmael

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, LR Gibbs, DL Murray, CH Lloyd, RC Fredericks, KD Boyce, I Ali, LG Rowe, AI Kallicharran, BD Julien

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, DL Underwood, DL Amiss, GG Arnold, APE Knott, PI Pocock, KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, AW Greig, J Birkenshaw, FC Hayes