- Test no. 727 | 1973 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 23,24,25,27 August 1973 (5-day match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | c Underwood b Willis | 51 | 96 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 66.23 | |
| DL Murray† | b Willis | 4 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| RB Kanhai* | c Greig b Willis | 157 | 339 | 280 | 21 | 0 | 56.07 | |
| CH Lloyd | c & b Willis | 63 | 134 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 55.26 | |
| AI Kallicharran | c Arnold b Illingworth | 14 | 40 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 29.16 | |
| GS Sobers | not out | 150 | 288 | 227 | 19 | 0 | 66.07 | |
| MLC Foster | c Willis b Greig | 9 | 57 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 20.45 | |
| BD Julien | c & b Greig | 121 | 171 | 143 | 18 | 2 | 84.61 | |
| KD Boyce | c Amiss b Greig | 36 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 78.26 | |
| VA Holder | not out | 23 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 92.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 14, w 1, nb 8) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 168.4 overs) | 652 | (3.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat LR Gibbs |
| Fall of wickets1-8 (Murray), 2-87 (Fredericks), 3-225 (Lloyd), 4-256 (Kallicharran), 5-339 (Kanhai), 6-373 (Foster), 6-528* (Sobers, retired not out), 7-604 (Julien), 8-610 (Boyce) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GG Arnold | 35 | 6 | 111 | 0 | 3.17 | |||
| RGD Willis | 35 | 3 | 118 | 4 | 3.37 | |||
| AW Greig | 33 | 2 | 180 | 3 | 5.45 | |||
| DL Underwood | 34 | 6 | 105 | 0 | 3.08 | |||
| R Illingworth | 31.4 | 3 | 114 | 1 | 3.60 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c Kanhai b Holder | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DL Amiss | c Sobers b Holder | 35 | 104 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 47.29 | |
| BW Luckhurst | c †Murray b Boyce | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| FC Hayes | c Fredericks b Holder | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| KWR Fletcher | c Sobers b Gibbs | 68 | 159 | 129 | 7 | 0 | 52.71 | |
| AW Greig | c Sobers b Boyce | 44 | 109 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 48.35 | |
| R Illingworth* | c Sobers b Gibbs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| APE Knott† | c †Murray b Boyce | 21 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 41.17 | |
| GG Arnold | c †Murray b Boyce | 5 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 5 | 58 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 8.92 | |
| DL Underwood | c Gibbs b Holder | 12 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 4, w 3, nb 17) | 30 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 73 overs) | 233 | (3.19 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Boycott), 2-7 (Luckhurst), 3-29 (Hayes), 4-97 (Amiss), 5-176 (Fletcher), 6-176 (Illingworth), 7-187 (Greig), 8-205 (Arnold), 9-213 (Knott), 10-233 (Underwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| VA Holder | 15 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 3.73 | |||
| KD Boyce | 20 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 2.50 | |||
| BD Julien | 11 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2.36 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 18 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2.16 | |||
| GS Sobers | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| MLC Foster | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c Kallicharran b Boyce | 15 | 84 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 28.84 | |
| DL Amiss | c Sobers b Boyce | 10 | 62 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| APE Knott† | c †Murray b Boyce | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| BW Luckhurst | c Sobers b Julien | 12 | 64 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 24.00 | |
| FC Hayes | c Holder b Boyce | 0 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KWR Fletcher | not out | 86 | 175 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 65.15 | |
| AW Greig | lbw b Julien | 13 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 68.42 | |
| R Illingworth* | c Kanhai b Gibbs | 13 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 41.93 | |
| GG Arnold | c Fredericks b Gibbs | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| RGD Willis | c Fredericks b Julien | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DL Underwood | b Gibbs | 14 | 53 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 36.84 | |
| Extras | (b 9, w 1, nb 14) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 65.3 overs) | 193 | (2.94 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Amiss), 2-38 (Knott), 3-42 (Boycott), 4-49 (Hayes), 5-63 (Luckhurst), 6-87 (Greig), 7-132 (Illingworth), 8-143 (Arnold), 9-146 (Willis), 10-193 (Underwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| VA Holder | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1.28 | |||
| KD Boyce | 16 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 3.06 | |||
| BD Julien | 18 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 3.83 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 13.3 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1.92 | |||
| GS Sobers | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series West Indies won the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Umpires
HD Bird and CS Elliott |
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Close of play 23 Aug day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 335/4 (RB Kanhai 156*, GS Sobers 31*) 24 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 88/3 (DL Amiss 32*, KWR Fletcher 30*) 25 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 42/3 (BW Luckhurst 2*) 26 Aug rest day 27 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 193 (65.3 ov) - end of match |
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