- Test no. 781 | 1976 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 12,13,14,16,17 August 1976 (5-day match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | c Balderstone b Miller | 71 | 157 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 51.82 | |
| CG Greenidge | lbw b Willis | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| IVA Richards | b Greig | 291 | 472 | 386 | 38 | 0 | 75.38 | |
| LG Rowe | st †Knott b Underwood | 70 | 167 | 178 | 10 | 0 | 39.32 | |
| CH Lloyd* | c †Knott b Greig | 84 | 193 | 150 | 12 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| CL King | c Selvey b Balderstone | 63 | 142 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 50.80 | |
| DL Murray† | c & b Underwood | 36 | 94 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 42.35 | |
| VA Holder | not out | 13 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| MA Holding | b Underwood | 32 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 213.33 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 17, nb 9) | 27 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 182.5 overs) | 687 | (3.75 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat AME Roberts, WW Daniel |
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Greenidge), 2-159 (Fredericks), 3-350 (Rowe), 4-524 (Richards), 5-547 (Lloyd), 6-640 (Murray), 7-642 (King), 8-687 (Holding) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 15 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 4.86 | |||
| MWW Selvey | 15 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 4.46 | |||
| DL Underwood | 60.5 | 15 | 165 | 3 | 2.71 | |||
| RA Woolmer | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.88 | |||
| G Miller | 27 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 3.92 | |||
| JC Balderstone | 16 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| AW Greig | 34 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 2.82 | |||
| P Willey | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| DS Steele | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Holding | 8 | 69 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 18.60 | |
| DL Amiss | b Holding | 203 | 443 | 320 | 28 | 0 | 63.43 | |
| DS Steele | lbw b Holding | 44 | 110 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JC Balderstone | b Holding | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Willey | c Fredericks b King | 33 | 157 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 28.20 | |
| AW Greig* | b Holding | 12 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| DL Underwood | b Holding | 4 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| APE Knott† | b Holding | 50 | 107 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| G Miller | c sub b Holder | 36 | 128 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| MWW Selvey | b Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 5 | 39 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 11, nb 21) | 40 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 129.5 overs) | 435 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-47 (Woolmer), 2-147 (Steele), 3-151 (Balderstone), 4-279 (Willey), 5-303 (Greig), 6-323 (Underwood), 7-342 (Amiss), 8-411 (Knott), 9-411 (Selvey), 10-435 (Miller) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AME Roberts | 27 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 3.77 | |||
| MA Holding | 33 | 9 | 92 | 8 | 2.78 | |||
| VA Holder | 27.5 | 7 | 75 | 1 | 2.69 | |||
| WW Daniel | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| RC Fredericks | 11 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 3.27 | |||
| IVA Richards | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2.14 | |||
| CL King | 7 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 4.28 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | not out | 86 | 137 | 101 | 9 | 0 | 85.14 | |
| CG Greenidge | not out | 85 | 137 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 86.73 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 5) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets dec; 32 overs) | 182 | (5.68 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat IVA Richards, LG Rowe, CH Lloyd*, CL King, DL Murray†, VA Holder, MA Holding, AME Roberts, WW Daniel |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 7 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 6.85 | |||
| MWW Selvey | 9 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 4.88 | |||
| DL Underwood | 9 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 4.22 | |||
| RA Woolmer | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| AW Greig | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 435 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RA Woolmer | c †Murray b Holding | 30 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 107.14 | |
| DL Amiss | c Greenidge b Holding | 16 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| DS Steele | c †Murray b Holder | 42 | 183 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 28.96 | |
| JC Balderstone | b Holding | 0 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Willey | c Greenidge b Holder | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| AW Greig* | b Holding | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| APE Knott† | b Holding | 57 | 193 | 172 | 4 | 0 | 33.13 | |
| G Miller | b Richards | 24 | 61 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 48.00 | |
| DL Underwood | c Lloyd b Roberts | 2 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| MWW Selvey | not out | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| RGD Willis | lbw b Holding | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 15, lb 3, w 8) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 78.4 overs) | 203 | (2.58 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-49 (Amiss), 2-54 (Woolmer), 3-64 (Balderstone), 4-77 (Willey), 5-78 (Greig), 6-148 (Steele), 7-196 (Miller), 8-196 (Knott), 9-202 (Underwood), 10-203 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AME Roberts | 13 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 2.84 | |||
| MA Holding | 20.4 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 2.75 | |||
| VA Holder | 14 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 2.07 | |||
| RC Fredericks | 12 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 2.75 | |||
| IVA Richards | 11 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1.00 | |||
| CL King | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| CH Lloyd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series West Indies won the 5-match series 3-0 |
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Test debut
G Miller
(England) |
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Umpires
WE Alley and HD Bird |
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Close of play 12 Aug day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 373/3 (IVA Richards 200*, CH Lloyd 15*) 13 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 34/0 (RA Woolmer 6*, DL Amiss 22*) 14 Aug day 3 - England 1st innings 304/5 (DL Amiss 176*, DL Underwood 1*) 15 Aug rest day 16 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 43/0 (RA Woolmer 21*, DL Amiss 14*) 17 Aug day 5 - England 2nd innings 203 (78.4 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Aug 17, 1976 
Michael Holding sends Alan Knott's middle stump cartwheeling © Getty Images |
Aug 16, 1976 
Michael Holding is surrounded after taking 8 for 62 © Getty Images |
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