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West Indies Vs England 1St Odi

England tour of West Indies - 1981 (1980/81) · Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown · 4 February 1981

West Indies won by 2 runs

West Indies won by 2 runs. Everton Mattis top-scored with 62 for West Indies. Colin Croft took 6/15.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of West Indies - 1981 (1980/81)
Ground
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown
Date
4 February 1981
Toss
England, chose to field
Result
West Indies won by 2 runs
Player of the match
Colin Croft
Captains
Clive Lloyd (West Indies), Ian Botham (England)
Debut
Everton Mattis (West Indies)
Umpires
DM Archer and S Mohammed

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field. It was Everton Mattis's first ODI.

West Indies batted first and made 127 all out. Everton Mattis top-scored with 62 off 126 balls, and Desmond Haynes made 34.

Chasing 128, England made 125 all out. Ian Botham top-scored with 60 off 108 balls. Colin Croft took 6 for 15 for West Indies. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 15 runs, to 15 for 4.

West Indies won by 2 runs. Colin Croft's 6 for 15 are the best innings figures at Arnos Vale Ground.

WEST INDIES: 127 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Desmond Haynesc John Emburey3439
Faoud Bacchusc Graham Stevenson115
Everton Mattisrun out62126
Alvin Kallicharranbowled28
Clive Lloydc Peter Willey211
Larry Gomesbowled837
David Murraybowled19
Andy Robertsst David Bairstow26
Joel Garnerrun out414
Michael Holdingbowled111
Colin Croftnot out28

Extras 8 · Total 127 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
Chris Old5481
Ian Botham81321
Graham Stevenson8.22182
John Emburey104201
Peter Willey101291
Graham Gooch61122

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-48 (Desmond Haynes), 3-51 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-58 (Clive Lloyd), 5-89 (Larry Gomes), 6-90 (David Murray), 7-102 (Andy Roberts), 8-110 (Joel Garner), 9-120 (Michael Holding), 10-127 (Everton Mattis)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstDesmond Haynes and Faoud Bacchus5
secondDesmond Haynes and Everton Mattis43
thirdAlvin Kallicharran and Everton Mattis3
fourthClive Lloyd and Everton Mattis7
fifthLarry Gomes and Everton Mattis31
sixthDavid Murray and Everton Mattis1
seventhAndy Roberts and Everton Mattis12
eighthJoel Garner and Everton Mattis8
ninthMichael Holding and Everton Mattis10
tenthColin Croft and Everton Mattis7
ENGLAND: 125 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Geoff Boycottc Everton Mattis219
Graham Goochc Clive Lloyd1122
Peter Willeyc David Murray02
David Gowerc Desmond Haynes2369
Roland Butcherc David Murray14
Ian Bothamc David Murray60108
Mike Gattingbowled39
David Bairstowbowled527
John Embureybowled514
Graham Stevensonnot out613
Chris Oldbowled13

Extras 8 · Total 125 all out

Bowler (West Indies)OMRW
Andy Roberts101301
Michael Holding9.22302
Colin Croft94156
Joel Garner102170
Alvin Kallicharran103251

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Geoff Boycott), 2-14 (Peter Willey), 3-14 (Graham Gooch), 4-15 (Roland Butcher), 5-80 (David Gower), 6-88 (Mike Gatting), 7-111 (David Bairstow), 8-114 (Ian Botham), 9-123 (John Emburey), 10-125 (Chris Old)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstGeoff Boycott and Graham Gooch14
secondGraham Gooch and Peter Willey0
thirdGraham Gooch and David Gower0
fourthDavid Gower and Roland Butcher1
fifthIan Botham and David Gower65
sixthIan Botham and Mike Gatting8
seventhIan Botham and David Bairstow23
eighthIan Botham and John Emburey3
ninthJohn Emburey and Graham Stevenson9
tenthChris Old and Graham Stevenson2
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