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392 & 132-3
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131 & 392
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Overs: 37.5 RR: 3.49 vs spin: 3.21
vs seam: 3.79
Overs: 166.2 RR: 2.36 vs spin: 2.21
vs seam: 3.00
Sat 02/02/74 West Indies v England, 1st Test, Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 7 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 131 (55.0; RR: 2.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Julien b Boyce 6 15 1 0 40.00
DL Amiss c Murray b Sobers 6 27 1 0 22.22
MH Denness b Julien 9 22 1 0 40.91
FC Hayes c Fredericks b Sobers 12 49 0 0 24.49
KWR Fletcher b Julien 4 14 1 0 28.57
AW Greig c Murray b Boyce 37 79 4 1 46.84
APE Knott b Boyce 7 18 0 0 38.89
CM Old c Fredericks b Ali 11 28 0 0 39.29
PI Pocock b Boyce 2 13 0 0 15.38
DL Underwood not out 10 37 1 0 27.03
RGD Willis b Gibbs 6 41 0 0 14.63
Extras (1b, 8lb, 0w, 12nb) 21  
TOTAL 131 all out (55.0 overs; RR: 2.38)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 22-2 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 23-3 (MH Denness 0.0 ov), 30-4 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 71-5 (FC Hayes 0.0 ov), 90-6 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 100-7 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 108-8 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 116-9 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 131-10 (RGD Willis 55.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Boyce 19.0 4 42 4 2.21 0 0
BD Julien 12.0 5 14 2 1.17 0 0
GS Sobers 14.0 3 37 2 2.64 0 0
LR Gibbs 3.0 1 5 1 1.67 0 0
I Ali 7.0 5 12 1 1.71 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 392 (122.4; RR: 3.20)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Knott b Old 5 17 1 0 29.41
LG Rowe c Knott b Willis 13 30 2 0 43.33
AI Kallicharran c Underwood b Pocock 158 334 18 0 47.31
CH Lloyd c Denness b Old 18 17 2 1 105.88
RB Kanhai b Pocock 8 33 1 0 24.24
GS Sobers c Denness b Underwood 23 61 2 1 37.70
DL Murray c Fletcher b Pocock 19 59 0 0 32.20
BD Julien not out 86 154 12 0 55.84
KD Boyce c Boycott b Pocock 26 10 3 2 260.00
I Ali c Knott b Pocock 9 65 2 0 13.85
LR Gibbs b Old 2 18 0 0 11.11
Extras (3b, 6lb, 0w, 16nb) 25  
TOTAL 392 all out (122.4 overs; RR: 3.20)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 27-2 (LG Rowe 0.0 ov), 63-3 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 106-4 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 147-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 196-6 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 296-7 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 324-8 (KD Boyce 0.0 ov), 373-9 (I Ali 0.0 ov), 392-10 (LR Gibbs 122.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 19.0 5 52 1 2.74 0 0
CM Old 20.4 2 89 3 4.45 0 0
AW Greig 17.0 3 60 0 3.53 0 0
PI Pocock 43.0 12 110 5 2.56 0 0
DL Underwood 23.0 8 56 1 2.43 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 392 (166.2; RR: 2.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Fredericks b Gibbs 93 232 12 0 40.09
DL Amiss lbw b Sobers 174 429 19 0 40.56
MH Denness run out 44 123 5 0 35.77
FC Hayes b Sobers 8 34 0 0 23.53
KWR Fletcher c Rowe b Sobers 0 4 0 0 0.00
AW Greig b Gibbs 20 47 2 0 42.55
APE Knott c Rowe b Gibbs 21 82 0 0 25.61
CM Old c & b Gibbs 3 26 0 0 11.54
PI Pocock c Fredericks b Gibbs 0 2 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood c Kanhai b Gibbs 9 21 1 0 42.86
RGD Willis not out 0 8 0 0 0.00
Extras (5b, 5lb, 0w, 10nb) 20  
TOTAL 392 all out (166.2 overs; RR: 2.36)

Fall of wickets

209-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 328-2 (MH Denness 0.0 ov), 338-3 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 338-4 (KWR Fletcher 0.0 ov), 349-5 (FC Hayes 0.0 ov), 366-6 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 378-7 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 378-8 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 391-9 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 392-10 (DL Underwood 166.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Boyce 10.0 1 36 0 3.60 0 0
BD Julien 15.0 2 48 0 3.20 0 0
GS Sobers 34.0 15 54 3 1.59 0 0
LR Gibbs 57.2 15 108 6 1.89 0 0
I Ali 37.0 5 99 0 2.68 0 0
RC Fredericks 10.0 2 24 0 2.40 0 0
CH Lloyd 3.0 1 3 0 1.00 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 132-3 (37.5; RR: 3.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks not out 65 98 11 0 66.33
LG Rowe c Hayes b Pocock 5 24 1 0 20.83
AI Kallicharran c Greig b Underwood 21 60 4 0 35.00
CH Lloyd c Hayes b Underwood 0 3 0 0 0.00
RB Kanhai not out 39 44 4 1 88.64
GS Sobers  
DL Murray  
BD Julien  
KD Boyce  
I Ali  
LR Gibbs  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 132-3 (37.5 overs; RR: 3.49)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (LG Rowe 0.0 ov), 77-2 (AI Kallicharran 0.0 ov), 77-3 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 4.0 1 6 0 1.50 0 0
CM Old 3.0 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
PI Pocock 16.0 6 49 1 3.06 0 0
DL Underwood 12.0 2 48 2 4.00 0 0
AW Greig 2.0 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
KWR Fletcher 0.5 0 5 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

West Indies v England at Port of Spain, 1st Test

Date

Saturday February 2, 1974

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to field

Time

3:00pm UTC

Venue

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Umpires

RG Gosein, D Sang Hue

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, APE Knott, PI Pocock, KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, RGD Willis, AW Greig, CM Old, FC Hayes