- Test no. 636 | 1967/68 season
- Played at Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
- 28,29,30 March, 1,2,3 April 1968 (6-day match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Nurse | c †Knott b Snow | 17 | 57 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 48.57 | |
| GS Camacho | c & b Jones | 14 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| RB Kanhai | c Edrich b Pocock | 150 | 412 | 301 | 21 | 0 | 49.83 | |
| BF Butcher | run out | 18 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| GS Sobers* | c Cowdrey b Barrington | 152 | 440 | 362 | 18 | 0 | 41.98 | |
| CH Lloyd | b Lock | 31 | 96 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 36.04 | |
| DAJ Holford | lbw b Snow | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| DL Murray† | c †Knott b Lock | 8 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| LA King | b Snow | 8 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| WW Hall | not out | 5 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| LR Gibbs | b Snow | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 2, nb 4) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 150.4 overs) | 414 | (2.74 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Camacho), 2-35 (Nurse), 3-72 (Butcher), 4-322 (Kanhai), 5-385 (Sobers), 6-387 (Holford), 7-399 (Lloyd), 8-400 (Murray), 9-412 (King), 10-414 (Gibbs) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 27.4 | 2 | 82 | 4 | 2.96 | |||
| IJ Jones | 31 | 5 | 114 | 1 | 3.67 | |||
| BL D'Oliveira | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.37 | |||
| PI Pocock | 38 | 11 | 78 | 1 | 2.05 | |||
| GAR Lock | 28 | 7 | 61 | 2 | 2.17 | |||
| KF Barrington | 18 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 2.38 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JH Edrich | c †Murray b Sobers | 0 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| G Boycott | c †Murray b Hall | 116 | 293 | 254 | 20 | 0 | 45.66 | |
| MC Cowdrey* | lbw b Sobers | 59 | 274 | 240 | 4 | 0 | 24.58 | |
| TW Graveney | c †Murray b Hall | 27 | 74 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 46.55 | |
| KF Barrington | c Kanhai b Sobers | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| BL D'Oliveira | c Nurse b Holford | 27 | 88 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 35.52 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Holford | 7 | 41 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 18.42 | |
| JA Snow | b Gibbs | 0 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GAR Lock | b King | 89 | 140 | 159 | 13 | 0 | 55.97 | |
| PI Pocock | c & b King | 13 | 129 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 12.62 | |
| IJ Jones | not out | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 14, nb 3) | 29 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 163.2 overs) | 371 | (2.27 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Edrich), 2-185 (Boycott), 3-185 (Cowdrey), 4-194 (Barrington), 5-240 (Graveney), 6-252 (D'Oliveira), 7-257 (Knott), 8-259 (Snow), 9-368 (Pocock), 10-371 (Lock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GS Sobers | 37 | 15 | 72 | 3 | 1.94 | |||
| WW Hall | 19 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 3.73 | |||
| LA King | 38.2 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 2.06 | |||
| DAJ Holford | 31 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 1.74 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 33 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 1.78 | |||
| BF Butcher | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Nurse | lbw b Snow | 49 | 84 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 90.74 | |
| GS Camacho | c Graveney b Snow | 26 | 80 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 42.62 | |
| RB Kanhai | c Edrich b Jones | 22 | 57 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| CH Lloyd | c †Knott b Snow | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| GS Sobers* | not out | 95 | 187 | 118 | 9 | 2 | 80.50 | |
| BF Butcher | c Lock b Pocock | 18 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 56.25 | |
| DL Murray† | c Boycott b Pocock | 16 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 41.02 | |
| DAJ Holford | b Lock | 3 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | |
| LA King | b Snow | 20 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 62.50 | |
| WW Hall | b Snow | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | |
| LR Gibbs | b Snow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 3) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 66.2 overs) | 264 | (3.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-78 (Camacho), 2-84 (Nurse), 3-86 (Lloyd), 4-133 (Kanhai), 5-171 (Butcher), 6-201 (Murray), 7-216 (Holford), 8-252 (King), 9-264 (Hall), 10-264 (Gibbs) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 15.2 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 3.91 | |||
| IJ Jones | 17 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 4.76 | |||
| BL D'Oliveira | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| PI Pocock | 17 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 3.88 | |||
| GAR Lock | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2.44 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 308 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JH Edrich | c Gibbs b Sobers | 6 | 66 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 10.34 | |
| G Boycott | b Gibbs | 30 | 73 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 39.47 | |
| MC Cowdrey* | lbw b Gibbs | 82 | 194 | 211 | 12 | 0 | 38.86 | |
| TW Graveney | c †Murray b Gibbs | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KF Barrington | c Lloyd b Gibbs | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BL D'Oliveira | c & b Gibbs | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| APE Knott† | not out | 73 | 237 | 260 | 15 | 0 | 28.07 | |
| JA Snow | lbw b Sobers | 1 | 45 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | |
| GAR Lock | c King b Sobers | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| PI Pocock | c Lloyd b Gibbs | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| IJ Jones | not out | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, w 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 120 overs) | 206 | (1.71 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-33 (Edrich), 2-37 (Boycott), 3-37 (Graveney), 4-39 (Barrington), 5-41 (D'Oliveira), 6-168 (Cowdrey), 7-198 (Snow), 8-200 (Lock), 9-206 (Pocock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GS Sobers | 31 | 16 | 53 | 3 | 1.70 | |||
| WW Hall | 13 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| LA King | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.22 | |||
| DAJ Holford | 17 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 2.17 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 40 | 20 | 60 | 6 | 1.50 | |||
| BF Butcher | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
HBD Jordan and FCP Kippins |
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Close of play 28 Mar day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 243/3 (RB Kanhai 113*, GS Sobers 75*) 29 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 40/1 (G Boycott 21*, MC Cowdrey 13*) 30 Mar day 3 - England 1st innings 146/1 (G Boycott 93*, MC Cowdrey 43*) 31 Mar rest day 1 Apr day 4 - England 1st innings 352/8 (GAR Lock 76*, PI Pocock 7*) 2 Apr day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 264 3 Apr day 6 - England 2nd innings 206/9 (120 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Apr 3, 1968 
Tom Graveney is caught-behind by Deryck Murray after the ball ricochets off Garry Sobers' leg © Getty Images |
Apr 3, 1968 
Tony Lock drives during his brief stay at the crease © Getty Images |
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