f26428 t608	England v West Indies
	West Indies in British Isles 1966 (4th Test)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th August 1966 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by an innings and 55 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 137/3 (Butcher 26*, Nurse 8*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 4/0 (Boycott 4*, Barber 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 40/1 (Barber 22*, D'Oliveira 0*)
Batter of the Match	GS Sobers
Bowler of the Match	GS Sobers

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	lbw b Snow	48	130	159	7	-
PD Lashley	b Higgs	9	44	44	1	-
RB Kanhai	c Graveney b Underwood	45	94	81	7	-
BF Butcher	c Parks b Higgs	38	66	77	7	-
SM Nurse	c Titmus b Snow	137	323	341	14	2
*GS Sobers	b Barber	174	260	240	24	-
DAJ Holford	b Higgs	24	45	39	1	-
CC Griffith	b Higgs	0	2	1	-	-
+JL Hendriks	not out	9	18	27	1	-
WW Hall	b Snow	1	3	5	-	-
LR Gibbs	not out	2	7	7	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 164 overs)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Lashley), 2-102 (Kanhai), 3-122 (Hunte), 4-154 (Butcher), 5-419 (Sobers), 6-467 (Holford), 7-467 (Griffith), 8-489 (Nurse), 9-491 (Hall)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	42	6	146	3	-	-
Higgs	43	11	94	4	-	-
D'Oliveira	19	3	52	0	-	-
Titmus	22	7	59	0	-	-
Underwood	24	9	81	1	-	-
Barber	14	2	55	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Holford b Hall	12	29	38	1	-
RW Barber	c Hendriks b Griffith	6	15	23	1	-
C Milburn	not out	29	54	65	6	-
TW Graveney	b Hall	8	36	56	-	-
*MC Cowdrey	b Hall	17	17	22	3	-
BL D'Oliveira	c Hall b Griffith	88	141	137	8	4
+JM Parks	lbw b Sobers	2	9	11	-	-
FJ Titmus	c Hendriks b Sobers	6	23	19	1	-
K Higgs	c Nurse b Sobers	49	139	128	5	2
DL Underwood	c Gibbs b Sobers	0	5	3	-	-
JA Snow	c Holford b Sobers	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(12 b, 11 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Barber), 2-18 (Boycott), 3-42 (Cowdrey), 4-49 (Graveney), 5-63 (Parks), 6-83 (Titmus), 7-179 (D'Oliveira), 8-238 (Higgs), 9-240 (Underwood), 10-240 (Snow, 78.3 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	17	5	47	3	-	-
Griffith	12	2	37	2	-	-
Sobers	19.3	4	41	5	-	-
Gibbs	20	5	49	0	-	-
Holford	10	3	43	0	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Hendriks b Lashley	14	26	33	1	-
RW Barber	b Sobers	55	102	116	7	-
BL D'Oliveira	c Butcher b Sobers	7	53	67	1	-
TW Graveney	b Gibbs	19	46	65	1	-
*MC Cowdrey	lbw b Gibbs	12	28	29	2	-
+JM Parks	c Nurse b Gibbs	16	44	31	1	-
C Milburn	b Gibbs	42	46	35	7	1
FJ Titmus	b Gibbs	22	51	43	2	-
K Higgs	c Hunte b Sobers	7	29	27	1	-
DL Underwood	c Kanhai b Gibbs	0	2	1	-	-
JA Snow	not out	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Boycott), 2-70 (D'Oliveira), 3-84 (Barber), 4-109 (Cowdrey), 5-128 (Graveney), 6-133 (Parks), 7-184 (Milburn), 8-205 (Titmus), 9-205 (Underwood), 10-205 (Higgs, 71.1 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	20.1	5	39	3	-	-
Griffith	12	0	52	0	-	-
Lashley	3	2	1	1	-	-
Hall	8	2	24	0	-	-
Gibbs	19	6	39	6	-	-
Holford	9	0	39	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> PD Lashley made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SM Nurse (1) 50 in 152 balls
--> SM Nurse (1) 100 in 282 balls, 300 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> SM Nurse (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 106
--> GS Sobers (1) 50 in 110 balls
--> GS Sobers (1) 100 in 186 balls, 172 minutes with 14 fours
--> GS Sobers (1) 150 in 240 balls with 21 fours
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 90
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 83
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) 50 in 92 balls
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Test matches
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> K Higgs (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> RW Barber (2) 50 in 87 balls, 105 minutes
--> GS Sobers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-60)
--> GS Sobers reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed K Higgs, his 3rd wicket in the England second innings
--> C Milburn retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 0 (team score 11/1) - he returned when the score was 179/7

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