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240 & 205 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
500-9d WI flag
Overs: 71.1 RR: 2.88 vs spin: 2.79
vs seam: 3.35
 Overs: 164.0 RR: 3.05 vs spin: 3.17
vs seam: 2.94
Thu 04/08/66 England v West Indies, 4th Test, Headingley, Leeds
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by an innings and 55 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 500-9 (164.0; RR: 3.05)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte lbw b Snow 48 130 7 0 36.92
PD Lashley b Higgs 9 44 1 0 20.45
RB Kanhai c Graveney b Underwood 45 94 7 0 47.87
BF Butcher c Parks b Higgs 38 66 7 0 57.58
SM Nurse c Titmus b Snow 137 323 14 2 42.41
GS Sobers b Barber 174 260 24 0 66.92
DAJ Holford b Higgs 24 45 1 0 53.33
CC Griffith b Higgs 0 2 0 0 0.00
JL Hendriks not out 9 18 1 0 50.00
WW Hall b Snow 1 3 0 0 33.33
LR Gibbs not out 2 7 0 0 28.57
Extras (1b, 12lb, 0w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 500-9 (164.0 overs; RR: 3.05)

Fall of wickets

37-1 (PD Lashley 0.0 ov), 102-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 122-3 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 154-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 419-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 467-6 (DAJ Holford 0.0 ov), 467-7 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 489-8 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 491-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 42.0 6 146 3 3.48 0 0
K Higgs 43.0 11 94 4 2.19 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 19.0 3 52 0 2.74 0 0
FJ Titmus 22.0 7 59 0 2.68 0 0
DL Underwood 24.0 9 81 1 3.38 0 0
RW Barber 14.0 2 55 1 3.93 0 0

England - 1st Inns 240 (78.3; RR: 3.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Holford b Hall 12 29 1 0 41.38
RW Barber c Hendriks b Griffith 6 15 1 0 40.00
C Milburn not out 29 54 6 0 53.70
TW Graveney b Hall 8 36 0 0 22.22
MC Cowdrey b Hall 17 17 3 0 100.00
BL D'Oliveira c Hall b Griffith 88 141 8 4 62.41
JM Parks lbw b Sobers 2 9 0 0 22.22
FJ Titmus c Hendriks b Sobers 6 23 1 0 26.09
K Higgs c Nurse b Sobers 49 139 5 2 35.25
DL Underwood c Gibbs b Sobers 0 5 0 0 0.00
JA Snow c Holford b Sobers 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (12b, 11lb, 0w, 0nb) 23  
TOTAL 240 all out (78.3 overs; RR: 3.06)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 18-2 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 42-3 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 49-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 63-5 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 83-6 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 179-7 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 238-8 (K Higgs 0.0 ov), 240-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 240-10 (JA Snow 78.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 17.0 5 47 3 2.76 0 0
CC Griffith 12.0 2 37 2 3.08 0 0
GS Sobers 19.3 4 41 5 2.16 0 0
LR Gibbs 20.0 5 49 0 2.45 0 0
DAJ Holford 10.0 3 43 0 4.30 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 205 (71.1; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Hendriks b Lashley 14 26 1 0 53.85
RW Barber b Sobers 55 102 7 0 53.92
BL D'Oliveira c Butcher b Sobers 7 53 1 0 13.21
TW Graveney b Gibbs 19 46 1 0 41.30
MC Cowdrey lbw b Gibbs 12 28 2 0 42.86
JM Parks c Nurse b Gibbs 16 44 1 0 36.36
C Milburn b Gibbs 42 46 7 1 91.30
FJ Titmus b Gibbs 22 51 2 0 43.14
K Higgs c Hunte b Sobers 7 29 1 0 24.14
DL Underwood c Kanhai b Gibbs 0 2 0 0 0.00
JA Snow not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (8b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb) 11  
TOTAL 205 all out (71.1 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 70-2 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 84-3 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 109-4 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 128-5 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 133-6 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 184-7 (C Milburn 0.0 ov), 205-8 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 205-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 205-10 (K Higgs 71.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 20.1 5 39 3 1.95 0 0
CC Griffith 12.0 0 52 0 4.33 0 0
PD Lashley 3.0 2 1 1 0.33 0 0
WW Hall 8.0 2 24 0 3.00 0 0
LR Gibbs 19.0 6 39 6 2.05 0 0
DAJ Holford 9.0 0 39 0 4.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at Leeds, 4th Test

Date

Thursday August 4, 1966

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

JS Buller, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

TW Graveney, JM Parks, MC Cowdrey, FJ Titmus, RW Barber, G Boycott, JA Snow, K Higgs, C Milburn, BL D'Oliveira, DL Underwood

West Indies Team

Playing XI

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