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England v West Indies @ Kennington Oval, London
26, 27, 28, 30, 31 July 1973 (five-day match)
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Match Result: West Indies won by 158 runs
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roy Fredericks | lbw b Geoff Arnold | 35 | 0 | 123 | 2 | - |
| 2. Ron Headley | lbw b Tony Greig | 8 | 64 | 81 | - | - |
| *3. Rohan Kanhai | b Tony Greig | 10 | 0 | 62 | 1 | - |
| 4. Clive Lloyd | lbw b Geoff Arnold | 132 | 0 | 238 | 15 | 2 |
| 5. Alvin Kallicharran | c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold | 80 | 164 | 197 | 13 | - |
| +6. Deryck Murray | c Graham Roope b Geoff Arnold | 28 | 115 | 152 | 1 | - |
| 7. Garry Sobers | run out ( > > ) | 10 | 0 | 59 | - | - |
| 8. Bernard Julien | lbw b Geoff Arnold | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 9. Keith Boyce | b Derek Underwood | 72 | 99 | 136 | 6 | 1 |
| 10. Inshan Ali | c Geoff Boycott b Derek Underwood | 15 | 45 | 66 | 2 | - |
| 11. Lance Gibbs | not out | 1 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-33 (Ron Headley), 2-47 (Roy Fredericks), 3-64 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-272 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-275 (Clive Lloyd), 6-297 (Garry Sobers), 7-309 (Bernard Julien), 8-346 (Deryck Murray), 9-405 (Inshan Ali), 415 (Keith Boyce). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 145 ovs) 415 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 31 | 8 | 71 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Arnold | 39 | 10 | 113 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 30.3 | 6 | 81 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Roope | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 23.3 | 8 | 68 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 15 | 3 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | c Deryck Murray b Bernard Julien | 97 | 0 | 245 | 13 | 1 |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | b Keith Boyce | 29 | 0 | 57 | 5 | - |
| 3. Graham Roope | b Keith Boyce | 9 | 35 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 4. Frank Hayes | c Clive Lloyd b Garry Sobers | 16 | 51 | 52 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Keith Fletcher | c Clive Lloyd b Bernard Julien | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | c Garry Sobers b Keith Boyce | 38 | 91 | 91 | 6 | - |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | lbw b Garry Sobers | 27 | 0 | 59 | 4 | - |
| +8. Alan Knott | not out | 4 | 0 | 31 | - | - |
| 9. John Snow | b Keith Boyce | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Geoff Arnold | c Alvin Kallicharran b Keith Boyce | 4 | 24 | 22 | - | - |
| 11. Derek Underwood | c Ron Headley b Garry Sobers | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-50 (Dennis Amiss), 2-95 (Graham Roope), 3-134 (Frank Hayes), 4-163 (Keith Fletcher), 5-185 (Geoff Boycott), 6-247 (Ray Illingworth), 7-247 (Tony Greig), 8-247 (John Snow), 9-257 (Geoff Arnold), 257 (Derek Underwood). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 2w, 11nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 98.1 ovs) 257 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Garry Sobers | 22.1 | 13 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Boyce | 22 | 4 | 70 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bernard Julien | 20 | 6 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Gibbs | 23 | 8 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Inshan Ali | 11 | 3 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roy Fredericks | c Frank Hayes b Geoff Arnold | 3 | 0 | 15 | - | - |
| 2. Ron Headley | b Geoff Arnold | 42 | 137 | 177 | 5 | - |
| *3. Rohan Kanhai | c Alan Knott b John Snow | 0 | 0 | 20 | - | - |
| 4. Clive Lloyd | c Tony Greig b John Snow | 14 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 5. Alvin Kallicharran | b Ray Illingworth | 80 | 139 | 176 | 11 | - |
| 6. Garry Sobers | c Derek Underwood b John Snow | 51 | 0 | 152 | 8 | - |
| +7. Deryck Murray | c Graham Roope b Derek Underwood | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 8. Bernard Julien | b Ray Illingworth | 23 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| 9. Keith Boyce | b Ray Illingworth | 9 | 25 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 10. Inshan Ali | not out | 5 | 17 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 11. Lance Gibbs | c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Roy Fredericks), 2-31 (Rohan Kanhai), 3-52 (Clive Lloyd), 4-117 (Ron Headley), 5-177 (Alvin Kallicharran), 6-184 (Deryck Murray), 7-215 (Bernard Julien), 8-232 (Keith Boyce), 9-252 (Garry Sobers), 255 (Lance Gibbs). |
| Extras | 2b, 13lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 87.1 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 18 | 4 | 62 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Arnold | 18.1 | 7 | 49 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 19 | 5 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 24 | 8 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | c & b Lance Gibbs | 30 | 0 | 96 | 4 | - |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | c Rohan Kanhai b Keith Boyce | 15 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 3. Graham Roope | c & b Lance Gibbs | 31 | 101 | 87 | 4 | - |
| 4. Frank Hayes | not out | 106 | 234 | 240 | 12 | - |
| 5. Keith Fletcher | c Alvin Kallicharran b Lance Gibbs | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | c Lance Gibbs b Inshan Ali | 0 | 20 | 12 | - | - |
| 7. Derek Underwood | lbw b Keith Boyce | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - |
| *8. Ray Illingworth | b Keith Boyce | 40 | 0 | 118 | 2 | - |
| +9. Alan Knott | lbw b Keith Boyce | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 10. Geoff Arnold | c Ron Headley b Keith Boyce | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 11. John Snow | b Keith Boyce | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-36 (Dennis Amiss), 2-66 (Geoff Boycott), 3-91 (Graham Roope), 4-97 (Keith Fletcher), 5-107 (Tony Greig), 6-136 (Derek Underwood), 7-229 (Ray Illingworth), 8-239 (Alan Knott), 9-253 (Geoff Arnold), 255 (John Snow). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 105.1 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Garry Sobers | 11 | 3 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Boyce | 21.1 | 4 | 77 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bernard Julien | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Gibbs | 33 | 9 | 61 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Inshan Ali | 23 | 6 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Geoff Boycott, Dennis Amiss, Graham Roope, Frank Hayes, Keith Fletcher, Tony Greig, Derek Underwood, Ray Illingworth, Alan Knott, Geoff Arnold, John Snow