The day was April 21st, 1965. It was the final day of third test of the 1964/65 series for the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy between the West Indies and Australia captained by legends Sir Gary Sobers and Bobby Simpson respectively at the Bourda Oval, Guyana. Lancelot Richard Gibbs, one of test history’s premier off-spin bowlers playing in only his second test in front of his home crowd at the time following a seven- year hiatus and at age 31, produced one of his best spells of his illustrious 17-year career from 1958-1975.
Against the opposition in which he claimed the largest portion of his 309 test victims; 103 scalps in 24 tests, the former world-recorder holder for the most test wickets was the chief architect behind Australia being routed for 144 in their fourth innings due to his mesmeric
