SOBERS LED THE WAY

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32381, 21 August 1970, Page 9

SOBERS LED THE WAY

The return to full form by the West Indies captain, G. S. Sobers, was one of the most satisfactory features of the test series between England and The Rest of the World, which has just ended. Sobers, apparently overworked and jaded in the last two or three years, came back into his own in these matches, scoring most runs at the highest average, taking most wickets and being second to E. J. Barlow, of South Africa, in the number of catches held in the field.

The principal performances in the series are listed below:—

FIELDING D. L. Murray made 15 wicketkeeping catches, F. M. Engineer eight catches and a stumping, to give 24 wicket-keeping dismissals by the Rest of the World. Knott held 13 catches for England. Most catches in the field were taken by Barlow (9) and Sobers <«)-

BATTING In. NO HS Agg. Av. Sobers 9 1 183 588 74.0 Boycott 4 - 157 260 65.0 Illingworth 9 - 97 476 52.9 Lloyd 9 1 114* 400 50.0 Procter 9 3 62 292 48.7 Fletcher 8 1 89 340 48.5 Luckhurst 10 1 113* 408 45.3 D’Oliveira 7 - 110 308, 44.0 Murray 4 - 95 172 43.0 Barlow 9 - 142 353 39.1 Richards 8 1 64 257 36.7 Intikhab 8 1 61 240 34.3 Kanhai 9 - 100 284 31.5 Pollock 8 - 114 250 31.2 Cowdrey 8 - 73 241 30.1 Knott 9 2 51* 210 30.0 Amiss 2 - 35 59 29.5 Edrich 4 - 39 96 24.0 Greig 5 - 55 96 19.2 Snow 9 3 27* 115 19.2 (* denotes not out.) BOWLING Runs Wkts Av. Lever 117 7 16.7 Barlow 368 0 18.4 Lloyd 120 6 20.0 Procter 339 15 22.6 Sobers 497 21 23.7 Greig 288 11 26.2 Ward 121 4 30.2 D’Oliveira 278 9 35.8 Snow 681 19 35.8 McKenzie 256 7 36.6 Underwood 283 7 40.4 Illingworth 461 11 41.9 Intikhab 627 14 44.8