- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 4, lb 6, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL500 all out (160.3 Overs, RR: 3.11)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Desmond Haynes), 2-60 (Larry Gomes), 3-62 (Viv Richards), 4-70 (Clive Lloyd), 5-267 (Jeff Dujon), 6-437 (Winston Davis), 7-443 (Eldine Baptiste), 8-470 (Gordon Greenidge), 9-471 (Michael Holding), 10-500 (Joel Garner)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IT Botham 29 5 100 2 3.44 0 0 NG Cowans 19 2 76 0 4 0 0 PJW Allott 28 9 76 3 2.71 0 0 NGB Cook 39 6 114 1 2.92 0 0 PI Pocock 45.3 14 121 4 2.65 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras44 (b 5, lb 21, nb 18)TOTAL280 all out (105.2 Overs, RR: 2.65)Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Graeme Fowler), 1-105* (Paul Terry, retired not out ), 2-112 (Chris Broad), 3-117 (David Gower), 4-138 (Ian Botham), 5-147 (Paul Downton), 6-228 (Paul Allott), 7-257 (Nick Cook), 8-278 (Pat Pocock), 9-278 (Norman Cowans), 10-280 (Paul Terry)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Garner 22.2 7 51 4 2.28 0 0 WW Davis 20 2 71 2 3.55 0 0 RA Harper 23 10 33 0 1.43 0 0 MA Holding 21 2 50 1 2.38 0 0 EAE Baptiste 19 8 31 3 1.63 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 9, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL156 all out (f/o) (66.4 Overs, RR: 2.34)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Graeme Fowler), 2-39 (Chris Broad), 3-77 (Paul Downton), 4-99 (Allan Lamb), 5-101 (Ian Botham), 6-125 (Paul Allott), 7-127 (Nick Cook), 8-128 (Pat Pocock), 9-156 (Norman Cowans)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Garner 12 4 25 2 2.08 0 0 WW Davis 3 1 6 0 2 0 0 RA Harper 28.4 12 57 6 1.98 0 0 MA Holding 11 2 21 1 1.9 0 0 EAE Baptiste 11 5 29 0 2.63 0 0 IVA Richards 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
West Indies led the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28,30,31 July 1984 (5-day match)
Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 26 Jul - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 273/5 (CG Greenidge 128*, WW Davis 2*)
- Fri, 27 Jul - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 500
- Sat, 28 Jul - day 3 - England 1st innings 163/5 (AJ Lamb 27*, PJW Allott 10*)
- Sun, 29 Jul - rest day
- Mon, 30 Jul - day 4 - England 2nd innings 120/5 (DI Gower 43*, PJW Allott 10*)
- Tue, 31 Jul - day 5 - England 2nd innings 156 (66.4 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- In VP Terry's return to the wicket, he batted one-handed with his broken arm in a sling under his sweater, to aid Lamb (98*) reach his century.
- AJ Lamb scores 3 consecutive hundreds in the same series, the first England batsman to do so since KF Barrington (v Pakistan, 1967)
- VP Terry (1) retired hurt on 7* from 105/1 to 278/9 (fractured left ulna from a Davis delivery).
- CG Greenidge: 223 off 425, 588 mins, 30x4 The second WI batsman to score 2 double-centuries in the same series (the other being IVA Richards)
- PI Pocock returns after missing 86 Tests, the second longest wait for an Englishman. (HL Jackson missed 96)
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