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ODI # 8
Prudential Trophy, 1973, 1st One-day International
England v West Indies
Headingley, Leeds
5 September 1973 (55-overs match)

Result: England won by 1 wicket
England leads the 2-ODI series 1-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: CS Elliott and AE Fagg
ODI Debuts: MH Denness, M Hendrick, CM Old, MJ Smith, RW Taylor, RGD Willis (Eng); KD Boyce, MLC Foster, RC Fredericks, LR Gibbs, VA Holder, BD Julien, AI Kallicharran, RB Kanhai, CH Lloyd, DL Murray, GS Sobers (WI).
Man of the Match: MH Denness

West Indies innings (55 overs maximum)                          R   B   4  6
RC Fredericks         c Greig            b Willis               4  12   1  0
MLC Foster            c Greig            b Old                 25  62   4  0
*RB Kanhai            c Greig            b Underwood           55  75   5  1
CH Lloyd                                 b Willis              31  32   2  1
AI Kallicharran       st Taylor          b Underwood           26  68   3  0
GS Sobers             c Taylor           b Old                  0   6   0  0
BD Julien             c Taylor           b Old                  0   2   0  0
KD Boyce                                 b Underwood            7  17   1  0
+DL Murray            run out                                  11  29   0  0
VA Holder             c Old              b Hendrick            10  21   0  0
LR Gibbs              not out                                   0   0   0  0
Extras                (lb 12)                                  12
Total                 (all out, 54 overs)                     181

FoW: 1-4 (Fredericks), 2-65 (Foster), 3-115 (Kanhai),
     4-132 (Lloyd), 5-133 (Sobers), 6-133 (Julien),
     7-158 (Kallicharran), 8-159 (Boyce), 9-181 (Holder),
     10-181 (Murray).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willis                      10      2     29      2
Hendrick                    11      4     27      1
Old                         11      1     43      3
Underwood                   11      2     30      3
Greig                       11      0     40      0

England innings (target: 182 runs from 55 overs)                R   B   4  6
G Boycott             c Kanhai           b Holder               0  13   0  0
MJ Smith              lbw                b Julien              31  71   2  0
*MH Denness                              b Gibbs               66 117   6  0
FC Hayes              c Murray           b Julien               9  27   2  0
KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Holder               2  10   0  0
AW Greig              c Sobers           b Boyce               48  54   4  0
CM Old                                   b Sobers               4  15   0  0
+RW Taylor            run out                                   8  18   1  0
M Hendrick                               b Boyce                1   2   0  0
RGD Willis            not out                                   5   4   0  0
DL Underwood          not out                                   1   2   0  0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 3)                         7
Total                 (9 wickets, 54.3 overs)                 182

FoW: 1-3 (Boycott), 2-74 (Smith), 3-93 (Hayes), 4-95 (Fletcher),
     5-143 (Denness), 6-157 (Old), 7-171 (Taylor), 8-176 (Greig),
     9-176 (Hendrick).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sobers                      10.3    3     31      1
Holder                      11      1     34      2
Boyce                       11      1     40      2
Julien                      11      1     40      2
Gibbs                       11      0     30      1

• On his debut as England's captain, Denness made the highes contribution to the first of these contests to be decided by the final pair of batsmen. Sobers failed to score in his only one-day international.

Tour Index

Team Pages: England, West Indies.

Ground Page: Headingley, Leeds

West Indies Player Pages: RC Fredericks, MLC Foster, RB Kanhai, CH Lloyd, AI Kallicharran, GS Sobers, BD Julien, KD Boyce, DL Murray, VA Holder, LR Gibbs.

England Player Pages: G Boycott, MJ Smith, MH Denness, FC Hayes, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, CM Old, RW Taylor, M Hendrick, RGD Willis, DL Underwood.

Match Officials' Pages: CS Elliott, AE Fagg.