In Barbados, he scored 70 and 82 not out at Kensington Oval. In Trinidad, he scored 26 at Queen's Park Oval and in Guyana, he scored 21 at Bourda and in Nevis he scored 36 at Grove Park, Charlestown. He took wickets with his slow left-arm spin bowling, notably 4 for 37 at Bourda in Georgetown, Guyana. The Young England team also played in Antigua and Saint Vincent. Final at Lord's 1973 was Johnson's best year in professional cricket. He played 21 first-class games, scoring 475 runs at 20.65, including three half-centuries, and took 15 wickets, albeit at an average of 51. He scored 54 against Middlesex at Lord's. In his 24 one-day matches he fared better, claiming 15 wickets at 27.20; he also contributed some useful runs from number seven or eight. In 1973, Johnson scored a valuable 27 in the Benson & Hedges semi-final against Lancashire at Old Trafford. During his innings, he told Basil D'Oliveira that his bat seemed to be middling the ball with exceptional power and sweet timing. D'Oliveira looked at the bat and exclaimed, "I'm not surprised. That's my number two bat!" Johnson had picked up the wrong bat in the pavilion changing room. Worcestershire won the low-scoring semi-final. The scores were tied on 159 but Worcestershire won because they had lost nine wickets to Lancashire's ten. Johnson then played in the Benson & Hedges Cup final at Lord's before a crowd of 35,000. The match was televised on BBC Sport. Worcestershire were defeated in the final by Kent. Kent batted first making 225 for 7 in 55 overs. In reply, Worcestershire were bowled out for 186, losing by 39 runs. Johnson took 1 (the wicket of Alan Ealham) for 41 in his eight overs. He dropped an easy caught-and-bowled catch from Asif Iqbal, and the wicketkeeper, Rodney Cass, missed a chance to stump Brian Luckhurst from Johnson's bowling. John Player League one-day game In 1973, Johnson played in a John Player League 40-over one-day game for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire at Dudley. Worcestershire required four runs from the last ball of the match to win. Leading up to this, Johnson and D'Oliveira had added 67 runs and Johnson had taken 1 for 26 in his eight overs. Johnson faced the last ball. Garry Sobers, the West Indies Test player, bowled the last ball. He delivered a full-length ball on off-stump. Johnson hit the ball