English cricket team in the West Indies in 1967–68

The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to March 1968 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which England won 1–0. England were captained by Colin Cowdrey; West Indies by Garfield Sobers.[1]

Test series summary

19–24 January 1968
(5-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	West Indies
568 (200.5 overs) KF Barrington 143 CC Griffith 5/69 (29.5 overs)		363 (135 overs) CH Lloyd 118 IJ Jones 3/63 (19 overs)
		243/8 (f/o) (90 overs) BF Butcher 52 DJ Brown 3/27 (14 overs)

Match drawn
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and HBD Jordan

8–14 February 1968
(5-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	West Indies
376 (169.2 overs) MC Cowdrey 101 WW Hall 4/63 (27 overs)		143 (48.1 overs) CH Lloyd 34* JA Snow 7/49 (21 overs)
68/8 (38.5 overs) TW Graveney 21 LR Gibbs 3/11 (14 overs)		391 (f/o) (135 overs) GS Sobers 113* IJ Jones 3/90 (30 overs)

Match drawn
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: HBD Jordan and D Sang Hue

England won the toss and elected to bat.
11 February was taken as a rest day.
The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six, to make up for time lost due to rioting on the fourth day.

29 February–5 March 1968
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	England
349 (143.1 overs) BF Butcher 86 JA Snow 5/86 (35 overs)		449 (180.5 overs) JH Edrich 146 CC Griffith 3/71 (24 overs)
284/6 (53 overs) CH Lloyd 113* JA Snow 3/39 (10 overs)

Match drawn
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: HBD Jordan and D Sang Hue

14–19 March 1968
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	England
526/7d (133 overs) RB Kanhai 153 DJ Brown 3/107 (27 overs)		404 (175.4 overs) MC Cowdrey 148 BF Butcher 5/34 (13.4 overs)
92/2d (30 overs) MC Carew 40* JA Snow 1/29 (9 overs)		215/3 (52.4 overs) G Boycott 80* LR Gibbs 2/76 (16.4 overs)

England won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: RG Gosein and D Sang Hue

28 March–3 April 1968
(6-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	England
414 (150.4 overs) GS Sobers 152 (362) JA Snow 4/82 (27.4 overs)		371 (163.2 overs) G Boycott 116 (254) GS Sobers 3/72 (37 overs)
264 (66.2 overs) GS Sobers 95* (118) JA Snow 6/60 (15.2 overs)		206/9 (120 overs) MC Cowdrey 82 (211) LR Gibbs 6/60 (40 overs)

Match drawn
Bourda, Georgetown, British Guiana
Umpires: HBD Jordan and FCP Kippins

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