f26645 wid12	Leeward Islands v Barbados
	Shell Shield 1966/67
Venue	Warner Park, Basseterre on 9th, 10th, 11th February 1967 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Barbados won the toss and decided to field
Result	Barbados won by an innings and 76 runs
Points	Leeward Islands 0; Barbados 12
Umpires	S Brunder, M Henville
Close of play day 1	Leeward Islands (1) 151/8 (Duberry 10*, Coury 1*)
Close of play day 2	Barbados (1) 406/6 (Sobers 97*; 96.2 overs)

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Leeward Islands first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LA Harris	c Edwards b Sobers	18
H Benjamin	c Sobers b Brancker	47
HM Phillip	run out (Greenidge)	14
+A Hector	c King b Howard	1
LE Thomas	c Sobers b Brancker	4
C Hicks	b Brancker	21
E Gilbert	c Edwards b Brancker	23				2
C Francis	b Howard	0
W Duberry	not out	13
L Coury	st King b Howard	6
A Freeland	b Howard	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Harris), 2-53 (Phillip), 3-54 (Hector), 4-61 (Thomas), 5-105 (Hicks), 6-124 (Benjamin), 7-125 (Francis), 8-145 (Gilbert), 9-159 (Coury), 10-159 (Freeland, 65 ov)

Barbados bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffith	6	2	7	0	-	-
Edwards	8	1	34	0	-	-
Sobers	7	3	6	1	-	-
Brancker	24	6	53	4	-	-
Howard	16	4	33	4	-	-
Greenidge	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Barbados first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PD Lashley	c Freeland b Francis	96		148	16	-
GA Greenidge	st Hector b Freeland	39
SM Nurse	b Gilbert	1
RW Phillips	lbw b Gilbert	92
RC Brancker	c Harris b Hicks	29
*GS Sobers	not out	97		96	10	4
JAL Bethell	run out	33
+EH King	did not bat
RM Edwards	did not bat
CC Griffith	did not bat
AB Howard	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96.2 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-95 (Greenidge), 2-96 (Nurse), 3-176 (Lashley), 4-249 (Brancker), 5-305 (Phillips), 6-406 (Bethell, 96.2 ov)

Leeward Islands bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Duberry	7	1	29	0	-	-
Freeland	15	0	67	1	-	-
Gilbert	34	7	132	2	-	-
Coury	20	3	86	0	-	-
Francis	12	2	50	1	-	-
Hicks	8	1	23	1	-	-
Harris	0.2	0	0	0	-	-

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Leeward Islands second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LA Harris	c King b Edwards	10
H Benjamin	st King b Brancker	37
HM Phillip	lbw b Edwards	12
+A Hector	lbw b Edwards	6
LE Thomas	run out	29
C Hicks	b Edwards	32
E Gilbert	c Phillips b Sobers	16
C Francis	b Edwards	6
W Duberry	b Edwards	1
L Coury	c Lashley b Brancker	2
A Freeland	not out	7
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-28, 3-39, 4-103, 5-103, 6-148, 7-154, 8-156, 9-163, 10-171 (50.5 ov)

Barbados bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffith	7	1	27	0	-	-
Edwards	11	2	45	6	-	-
Sobers	14	6	32	1	-	-
Brancker	14.5	4	41	2	-	-
Howard	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> LE Thomas made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Duberry made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Greenidge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Phillips made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EH King made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Francis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> C Hicks (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> AB Howard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed A Freeland in the Leeward Islands first innings (previous best was 3-23)
--> RM Edwards achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leeward Islands second innings (previous best was 5-61)

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