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435 & 203
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
687-8d & 182-0d
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Overs: 78.4 RR: 2.58 vs spin: 2.75
vs seam: 2.39
Overs: 32.0 RR: 5.69 vs spin: 4.39
vs seam: 5.33
Thu 12/08/76 England v West Indies, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 231 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 687-8 (182.5; RR: 3.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Balderstone b Miller 71 137 7 0 51.82
CG Greenidge lbw b Willis 0 11 0 0 0.00
IVA Richards b Greig 291 386 38 0 75.39
LG Rowe st Knott b Underwood 70 178 10 0 39.33
CH Lloyd c Knott b Greig 84 150 12 0 56.00
CL King c Selvey b Balderstone 63 124 6 0 50.81
DL Murray c & b Underwood 36 85 4 0 42.35
VA Holder not out 13 23 2 0 56.52
MA Holding b Underwood 32 15 5 1 213.33
AME Roberts  
WW Daniel  
Extras (1b, 17lb, 0w, 9nb) 27  
TOTAL 687-8 (182.5 overs; RR: 3.76)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (CG Greenidge 0.0 ov), 159-2 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 350-3 (LG Rowe 0.0 ov), 524-4 (IVA Richards 0.0 ov), 547-5 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 640-6 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 642-7 (CL King 0.0 ov), 687-8 (MA Holding 182.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 15.0 3 73 1 4.87 0 0
MWW Selvey 15.0 0 67 0 4.47 0 0
DL Underwood 60.5 15 165 3 2.75 0 0
RA Woolmer 9.0 0 44 0 4.89 0 0
G Miller 27.0 4 106 1 3.93 0 0
JC Balderstone 16.0 0 80 1 5.00 0 0
AW Greig 34.0 5 96 2 2.82 0 0
P Willey 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0
DS Steele 3.0 0 18 0 6.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 435 (129.5; RR: 3.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Woolmer lbw b Holding 8 43 1 0 18.60
DL Amiss b Holding 203 320 28 0 63.44
DS Steele lbw b Holding 44 88 6 0 50.00
JC Balderstone b Holding 0 7 0 0 0.00
P Willey c Fredericks b King 33 117 5 0 28.21
AW Greig b Holding 12 22 2 0 54.55
DL Underwood b Holding 4 18 0 0 22.22
APE Knott b Holding 50 65 8 0 76.92
G Miller c b Holder 36 100 4 0 36.00
MWW Selvey b Holding 0 1 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis not out 5 22 0 0 22.73
Extras (8b, 11lb, 0w, 21nb) 40  
TOTAL 435 all out (129.5 overs; RR: 3.35)

Fall of wickets

47-1 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 147-2 (DS Steele 0.0 ov), 151-3 (JC Balderstone 0.0 ov), 279-4 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 303-5 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 323-6 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 342-7 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 411-8 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 411-9 (MWW Selvey 0.0 ov), 435-10 (G Miller 129.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AME Roberts 27.0 4 102 0 3.78 0 0
MA Holding 33.0 9 92 8 2.79 0 0
VA Holder 27.5 7 75 1 2.78 0 0
WW Daniel 10.0 1 30 0 3.00 0 0
RC Fredericks 11.0 2 36 0 3.27 0 0
IVA Richards 14.0 4 30 0 2.14 0 0
CL King 7.0 3 30 1 4.29 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 182-0 (32.0; RR: 5.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks not out 86 101 9 0 85.15
CG Greenidge not out 85 98 12 1 86.73
IVA Richards  
LG Rowe  
CH Lloyd  
CL King  
DL Murray  
VA Holder  
MA Holding  
AME Roberts  
WW Daniel  
Extras (4b, 1lb, 1w, 5nb) 11  
TOTAL 182-0 (32.0 overs; RR: 5.69)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 7.0 0 48 0 6.86 0 0
MWW Selvey 9.0 1 44 0 4.89 0 0
DL Underwood 9.0 2 38 0 4.22 0 0
RA Woolmer 5.0 0 30 0 6.00 0 0
AW Greig 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 203 (78.4; RR: 2.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RA Woolmer c Murray b Holding 30 28 6 0 107.14
DL Amiss c Greenidge b Holding 16 16 2 0 100.00
DS Steele c Murray b Holder 42 145 5 0 28.97
JC Balderstone b Holding 0 17 0 0 0.00
P Willey c Greenidge b Holder 1 11 0 0 9.09
AW Greig b Holding 1 4 0 0 25.00
APE Knott b Holding 57 172 4 0 33.14
G Miller b Richards 24 50 3 0 48.00
DL Underwood c Lloyd b Roberts 2 14 0 0 14.29
MWW Selvey not out 4 13 0 0 30.77
RGD Willis lbw b Holding 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (15b, 3lb, 8w, 0nb) 26  
TOTAL 203 all out (78.4 overs; RR: 2.58)

Fall of wickets

49-1 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 54-2 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 64-3 (JC Balderstone 0.0 ov), 77-4 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 78-5 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 148-6 (DS Steele 0.0 ov), 196-7 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 196-8 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 202-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 203-10 (RGD Willis 78.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AME Roberts 13.0 4 37 1 2.85 0 0
MA Holding 20.4 6 57 6 2.85 0 0
VA Holder 14.0 5 29 2 2.07 0 0
RC Fredericks 12.0 5 33 0 2.75 0 0
IVA Richards 11.0 6 11 1 1.00 0 0
CL King 6.0 2 9 0 1.50 0 0
CH Lloyd 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 12, 1976

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

HD Bird, WE Alley

England Team

Playing XI

DL Underwood, DL Amiss, APE Knott, RGD Willis, AW Greig, DS Steele, RA Woolmer, MWW Selvey, JC Balderstone, P Willey, G Miller

West Indies Team

Playing XI

DL Murray, CH Lloyd, RC Fredericks, VA Holder, LG Rowe, AME Roberts, CG Greenidge, IVA Richards, MA Holding, WW Daniel, CL King