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West Indies v England @ Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
27, 28, 29, 31 March, 1 April 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DM Archer, S Mohammed
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | run out ( > > ) | 33 | 65 | 88 | 4 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c David Murray b Colin Croft | 38 | 0 | 117 | 5 | - |
| 3. Bill Athey | c Clive Lloyd b Colin Croft | 2 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| 4. David Gower | c Everton Mattis b Michael Holding | 32 | 51 | 75 | 6 | - |
| 5. Roland Butcher | c Gordon Greenidge b Colin Croft | 20 | 37 | 42 | 3 | - |
| *6. Ian Botham | c Clive Lloyd b Colin Croft | 1 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| 7. Peter Willey | not out | 102 | 158 | 226 | 15 | 1 |
| +8. Paul Downton | c David Murray b Joel Garner | 13 | 44 | 56 | 2 | - |
| 9. John Emburey | b Colin Croft | 10 | 66 | 80 | - | - |
| 10. Graham Stevenson | b Colin Croft | 1 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Graham Dilley | c David Murray b Michael Holding | 2 | 36 | 69 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Graham Gooch), 2-70 (Bill Athey), 3-95 (Geoff Boycott), 4-135 (Roland Butcher), 5-138 (Ian Botham), 6-138 (David Gower), 7-176 (Paul Downton), 8-233 (John Emburey), 9-235 (Graham Stevenson), 271 (Graham Dilley). |
| Extras | 6b, 7lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90.2 ovs) 271 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 22 | 4 | 59 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 18.2 | 4 | 51 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 16 | 5 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 25 | 5 | 74 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 9 | 4 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Bill Athey b Graham Stevenson | 63 | 0 | 145 | 10 | - |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c Paul Downton b Ian Botham | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | c John Emburey b Graham Dilley | 114 | 0 | 306 | 21 | 1 |
| 4. Everton Mattis | c Roland Butcher b Ian Botham | 71 | 181 | 209 | 10 | 1 |
| 5. Larry Gomes | c David Gower b Ian Botham | 12 | 32 | 41 | 2 | - |
| *6. Clive Lloyd | c Paul Downton b Graham Stevenson | 58 | 0 | 164 | 10 | - |
| +7. David Murray | c Geoff Boycott b Ian Botham | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Andy Roberts | b Graham Stevenson | 13 | 0 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 9. Joel Garner | c Roland Butcher b Graham Dilley | 46 | 93 | 144 | 3 | - |
| 10. Michael Holding | not out | 58 | 78 | 104 | 5 | 3 |
| 11. Colin Croft | not out | 17 | 42 | 64 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Desmond Haynes), 2-133 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-241 (Sir Viv Richards), 4-268 (Everton Mattis), 5-269 (Larry Gomes), 6-271 (David Murray), 7-296 (Andy Roberts), 8-379 (Clive Lloyd), 9-401 (Joel Garner). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 155 ovs) 468 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 25 | 5 | 99 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 37 | 6 | 127 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Stevenson | 33 | 5 | 111 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 35 | 12 | 85 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 20 | 8 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Boycott | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Gordon Greenidge b Sir Viv Richards | 83 | 158 | 191 | 8 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | not out | 104 | 0 | 350 | 8 | - |
| 3. Bill Athey | c Sir Viv Richards b Colin Croft | 1 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| 4. David Gower | c David Murray b Colin Croft | 22 | 136 | 125 | 1 | - |
| 5. Peter Willey | not out | 1 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| 6. Roland Butcher | ||||||
| *7. Ian Botham | ||||||
| +8. Paul Downton | ||||||
| 9. John Emburey | ||||||
| 10. Graham Stevenson | ||||||
| 11. Graham Dilley |
| FOW | 1-144 (Graham Gooch), 2-146 (Bill Athey), 3-217 (David Gower). |
| Extras | 11b, 3lb, 0w, 9nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 93 ovs) 234 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 17 | 5 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 15 | 3 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 16 | 4 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 22 | 7 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Larry Gomes | 13 | 5 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Everton Mattis | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
West Indies:
Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv Richards, Everton Mattis, Larry Gomes, Clive Lloyd, David Murray, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft