f27114 t627	West Indies v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1967/68 (1st Test)
Venue	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th January 1968 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Gosein, HBD Jordan
Close of play day 1	England (1) 244/2 (Cowdrey 72*, Barrington 71*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 546/7 (Titmus 11*, Brown 12*)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (1) 195/3 (Kanhai 66*, Lloyd 36*)
Close of play day 4	West Indies (1) 363 all out

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Holford	68		156	10	-
JH Edrich	c Murray b Gibbs	25		113	4	-
*MC Cowdrey	c Murray b Griffith	72		218	12	-
KF Barrington	c Griffith b Gibbs	143		390	14	2
TW Graveney	b Gibbs	118		250	20	-
+JM Parks	lbw b Sobers	42		73	5	-
BL D'Oliveira	b Griffith	32		54	4	-
FJ Titmus	lbw b Griffith	15		49	3	-
DJ Brown	not out	22		51	3	-
RNS Hobbs	c Butcher b Griffith	2		17	-	-
IJ Jones	c Murray b Griffith	2		2	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 200.5 overs)	568
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Edrich), 2-110 (Boycott), 3-244 (Cowdrey), 4-432 (Barrington), 5-471 (Graveney), 6-511 (Parks), 7-527 (D'Oliveira), 8-554 (Titmus), 9-566 (Hobbs), 10-568 (Jones, 200.5 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	28	5	92	0	-	-
Sobers	26	5	83	1	-	-
Griffith	29.5	13	69	5	-	-
Gibbs	63	15	147	3	-	-
Holford	43	1	121	1	-	-
Lloyd	8	3	17	0	-	-
Camacho	3	1	12	0	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Nurse	c Graveney b Titmus	41		175	6	-
GS Camacho	c Graveney b Brown	22		88	3	-
RB Kanhai	c Cowdrey b D'Oliveira	85		250	8	-
BF Butcher	lbw b Brown	14		26	2	-
CH Lloyd	b Jones	118		273	17	1
*GS Sobers	c Graveney b Barrington	17		85	2	-
DAJ Holford	run out	4		6	1	-
+DL Murray	c D'Oliveira b Hobbs	16		33	2	-
CC Griffith	c Parks b Jones	18		43	2	-
WW Hall	not out	10		51	1	-
LR Gibbs	b Jones	1		11	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 135 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Camacho), 2-102 (Nurse), 3-124 (Butcher), 4-240 (Kanhai), 5-290 (Sobers), 6-294 (Holford), 7-329 (Murray), 8-352 (Lloyd), 9-357 (Griffith), 10-363 (Gibbs, 135 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	22	3	65	2	-	-
Jones	19	5	63	3	-	-
D'Oliveira	27	13	49	1	-	-
Titmus	34	9	91	1	-	-
Hobbs	15	1	34	1	-	-
Barrington	18	6	44	1	-	-

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West Indies second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Nurse	b Titmus	42		85	6	-
GS Camacho	c Graveney b Barrington	43		111	5	-
BF Butcher	lbw b Brown	52		145	6	-
RB Kanhai	c and b Hobbs	37		65	7	-
CH Lloyd	c Titmus b Jones	2		4	-	-
DAJ Holford	b Titmus	1		35	-	-
*GS Sobers	not out	33		115	5	-
+DL Murray	lbw b Brown	0		3	-	-
CC Griffith	b Brown	0		1	-	-
WW Hall	not out	26		90	4	-
LR Gibbs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 90 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Nurse), 2-100 (Camacho), 3-164 (Kanhai), 4-167 (Lloyd), 5-178 (Holford), 6-180 (Butcher), 7-180 (Murray), 8-180 (Griffith)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	14	4	27	3	-	-
Jones	15	3	32	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	5	2	21	0	-	-
Barrington	15	0	69	1	-	-
Hobbs	13	2	44	1	-	-
Titmus	27	13	42	2	-	-
Cowdrey	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TW Graveney (1) 100 in 174 balls
--> GS Camacho made his debut in Test matches
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 16000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> BF Butcher (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 42

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Graveney's century won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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