England v West Indies
England won by an innings and 34 runs
18 to 22 August 1966The Oval
Englandwon by an innings and 34 runs
527199.5 ov
West Indies
268 & 22585.1 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
West Indies innings
26897.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Hunte | bowled | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Easton McMorris | bowled | 14 | 57 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 24.6 |
| Rohan Kanhai | caught | 104 | 217 | 224 | 14 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Basil Butcher | caught | 12 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Seymour Nurse | caught | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Garry Sobers | caught | 81 | 151 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 53.6 |
| David Holford | caught | 5 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 15.6 |
| Jackie Hendriks | bowled | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Griffith | caught | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Wes Hall | not out | 30* | 29 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 103.4 |
| Lance Gibbs | caught | 12 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3, nb 1 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 97.5 overs | 268 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-1 Conrad Hunte2-56 Easton McMorris3-73 Basil Butcher4-74 Seymour Nurse5-196 Rohan Kanhai6-218 Garry Sobers7-218 David Holford8-223 Jackie Hendriks9-223 Charlie Griffith10-268 Lance Gibbs
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 20.5 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Higgs | 17 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 3.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 21 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Close | 9 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 15 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 3.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 15 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
527199.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Bob Barber | caught | 36 | 66 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 54.5 |
| John Edrich | caught | 35 | 98 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 35.7 |
| Tom Graveney | run out | 165 | 361 | 359 | 19 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Dennis Amiss | lbw | 17 | 58 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 29.3 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | bowled | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Brian Close | run out | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| Ray Illingworth | caught | 3 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| John Murray | lbw | 112 | 260 | 266 | 13 | 0 | 43.1 |
| Ken Higgs | caught | 63 | 148 | 172 | 3 | 1 | 42.6 |
| John Snow | not out | 59* | 146 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 14, nb 3 | 25 | |||||
| Total | all out, 199.5 overs | 527 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-6 Geoff Boycott2-72 Bob Barber3-85 John Edrich4-126 Dennis Amiss5-130 Basil D'Oliveira6-150 Brian Close7-166 Ray Illingworth8-383 Tom Graveney9-399 John Murray10-527 Ken Higgs
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Hall | 31 | 8 | 85 | 3 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Griffith | 32 | 7 | 78 | 1 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Sobers | 54 | 23 | 104 | 3 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| David Holford | 25.5 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 3.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Gibbs | 44 | 16 | 115 | 0 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Conrad Hunte | 13 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 3.15 | 0 | 0 |
West Indies innings
22585.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Hunte | caught | 7 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 |
| Easton McMorris | caught | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Rohan Kanhai | bowled | 15 | 30 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Basil Butcher | caught | 60 | 102 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 58.8 |
| Seymour Nurse | caught | 70 | 121 | 129 | 14 | 0 | 57.9 |
| David Holford | run out | 7 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Garry Sobers | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackie Hendriks | bowled | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Griffith | not out | 29* | 93 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 31.2 |
| Wes Hall | caught | 17 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 30.4 |
| Lance Gibbs | caught | 3 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 14, nb 1 | 16 | |||||
| Total | all out, 85.1 overs | 225 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 530
1-5 Easton McMorris2-12 Conrad Hunte3-50 Rohan Kanhai4-107 Basil Butcher5-137 David Holford6-137 Garry Sobers7-142 Jackie Hendriks8-168 Seymour Nurse9-204 Wes Hall10-225 Lance Gibbs
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 13 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 3.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Higgs | 15 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 17 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 2.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Close | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 22.1 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Illingworth | 15 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 |