Tell about cricket between England and west indies in 1968 ?

Question

controversial match ...

which was drawn ..ahter england was 68/8

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The Kingston Test in 1968 is best remembered for the ill-advised use of tear gas by the police to control the crowd.

England won an important toss and scored 376, West Indies collapsed to 143 and were forced to follow on. On the fourth day in the second innings, a disputed decision led to a crowd riot, and the match had to be stopped for some time.

The trigger was when Basil Butcher had been caught out by Jim Parks off Basil D'Oliveira's bowling. Neither umpire needed to signal, Butcher walked immediately.

Before David Holford joined Garry Sobers at the wicket, one or two bottles and catering trash had been thrown from the area of the scoreboard, in the direction of John Snow at third man. Much abuse was shouted at the batsmen as West Indies, who were following on, were still 25 runs in arrears. This encouraged the rest of the crowd to throw bottles and bric-a-brac.

Not unknown for his belligerence, Snow advanced towards the crowd appealing for calm. Instead a greater storm of debris rained down. Colin Cowdrey (England's captain) strode over in an attempt to placate spectators as did Sobers.



But matters were taken out of their hands by the local police who hustled across the playing area to confront the malcontents. Almost immediately they were followed by the police's mobile reserve wearing white riot helmets and waving long truncheons. These moves proved ineffectual.



An order was given for tear gas to be fired into the crowd. This caused the crowd to disperse quickly, some incurring minor injuries in the scramble. However the gas from ten or so canisters was blown by the prevailing sea winds back into the police and some of the gas was drawn by the air conditioning units into the media area.

The bulk of the gas blew across the ground into the main pavilion. On the first-floor balcony, the governor general, Clifford Campbell, sat with members of the government and the West Indies board. This group was affected the worst by the tear gas. Meantime, the crowd had overwhelmed the boundary fences and had surged onto the playing area. As the police and the players retreated to the pavilion, the pitch was overrun.

In a curious decision, the West Indian Cricket Board agreed to add a 70-minute sixth day to compensate for the lost time. This almost proved disastrous for England. From being beaten and facing defeat at 204/5 after five hours of struggle, West Indies batted on for a further six hours into the fifth day.

The pitch had dried out and cracked so much that Jeff Jones made the ball deviate wildly when he hit one of the cracks. Sobers then declared to let his bowlers have a go, and the tactic almost paid off. By the close, England were 19/4 and could well have done without the added time.

Play resumed at 10am on the sixth day and wickets continued to tumble. When David Brown was out with the score at 68/8, D'Oliveira was the only one on the ground who had realised that the extra 70 minutes were up at 11.10am.

With two balls of the 39th over remaining, D'Oliveira tucked his bat under his left arm, beckoned to David Brown, England's No. 10, and the pair strode off towards the pavilion leaving the umpires bemused. Once the penny had dropped, the pair pocketed the bails, withdrew the stumps and left the field with the downcast West Indies team. Fifty minutes later, the England coach left the ground, seen off by a handful of disgruntled fans hurling abuse.

England had surprisingly drew the match.   :)