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Test no. 781

The Wisden Trophy - 5th Test
England v West Indies

1976 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 12,13,14,16,17 August 1976 (5-day match)

Result West Indies won by 231 runs


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

	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

	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

	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

	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

Toss West Indies, who chose to bat first
Series West Indies won the 5-match series 3-0

Test debut G Miller (England)

Umpires WE Alley and HD Bird

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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