Cricinfo - 5th Test: West Indies v England at Kingston, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1954

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Test no. 386

England in West Indies Test Series - 5th Test
West Indies v England

1953/54 season

Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on 30,31 March, 1,2,3 April 1954 (6-day match)

Result England won by 9 wickets


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JKC Holt	c Lock b Bailey	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	JB Stollmeyer	c Evans b Bailey	9				0
	ED Weekes	b Bailey	0	15		0	0
	FMM Worrell	c Wardle b Trueman	4				0
	CL Walcott	c Laker b Lock	50	130			0
	DS Atkinson	lbw b Bailey	21				0
	GE Gomez	c Watson b Bailey	4				0
	CA McWatt	c Lock b Bailey	22				0
	GS Sobers	not out	14				0
	FM King	b Bailey	9				0
	S Ramadhin	lbw b Trueman	4				0
	Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)	2

	Total	(all out; 60.4 overs)	139	(2.29 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Holt), 2-2 (Weekes), 3-13 (Stollmeyer), 4-13 (Worrell), 5-65 (Atkinson), 6-75 (Gomez), 7-110 (Walcott), 8-115 (McWatt), 9-133 (King), 10-139 (Ramadhin)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TE Bailey	16	7	34	7	2.12
FS Trueman	15.4	4	39	2	2.48
JH Wardle	10	1	20	0	2.00
GAR Lock	15	6	31	1	2.06
JC Laker	4	1	13	0	3.25


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c McWatt b Walcott	205	532	24	1
	TE Bailey	c McWatt b Sobers	23			0
	PBH May	c sub b Ramadhin	30			1
	DCS Compton	hit wicket b King	31			0
	W Watson	c McWatt b King	4			0
	TW Graveney	lbw b Atkinson	11			0
	TG Evans	c Worrell b Ramadhin	28	142		0
	JH Wardle	c Holt b Sobers	66		9	1
	GAR Lock	b Sobers	4			0
	JC Laker	b Sobers	9			0
	FS Trueman	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(all out; 176.5 overs)	414	(2.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-43 (Bailey), 2-104 (May), 3-152 (Compton), 4-160 (Watson), 5-179 (Graveney), 6-287 (Evans), 7-392 (Hutton), 8-401 (Lock), 9-406 (Wardle), 10-414 (Laker)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FM King	26	12	45	2	1.73
GE Gomez	25	8	56	0	2.24
DS Atkinson	41	15	82	1	2.00
S Ramadhin	29	9	71	2	2.44
GS Sobers	28.5	9	75	4	2.60
CL Walcott	11	5	26	1	2.36
FMM Worrell	11	0	34	0	3.09
JB Stollmeyer	5	0	22	0	4.40


West Indies 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JKC Holt	c Lock b Trueman	8			0
	JB Stollmeyer	lbw b Trueman	64			0
	ED Weekes	b Wardle	3		0	0
	FMM Worrell	c Graveney b Trueman	29			0
	CL Walcott	c Graveney b Laker	116		20	0
	GE Gomez	lbw b Laker	22			0
	DS Atkinson	c Watson b Bailey	40	106		0
	CA McWatt	c Wardle b Laker	8			0
	GS Sobers	c Compton b Lock	26			0
	S Ramadhin	c & b Laker	10			0
	FM King	not out	10			0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)	10

	Total	(all out; 170 overs)	346	(2.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Holt), 2-38 (Weekes), 3-102 (Worrell), 4-123 (Stollmeyer), 5-191 (Gomez), 6-273 (Atkinson), 7-293 (McWatt), 8-306 (Walcott), 9-326 (Ramadhin), 10-346 (Sobers)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TE Bailey	25	11	54	1	2.16
FS Trueman	29	7	88	3	3.03
JH Wardle	39	14	83	1	2.12
GAR Lock	27	16	40	1	1.48
JC Laker	50	27	71	4	1.42


England 2nd innings (target: 72 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	TW Graveney	b King	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
	W Watson	not out	20	55			0
	PBH May	not out	40	50		7	0
	Extras	(b 12)	12

	Total	(1 wicket; 15.5 overs)	72	(4.54 runs per over)

Did not bat

L Hutton, TE Bailey, DCS Compton,

TG Evans, JH Wardle, GAR Lock, JC Laker, FS Trueman

Fall of wickets1-0 (Graveney)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FM King	4	1	21	1	5.25
DS Atkinson	3	0	8	0	2.66
S Ramadhin	3	0	14	0	4.66
GS Sobers	1	0	6	0	6.00
FMM Worrell	4	0	8	0	2.00
ED Weekes	0.5	0	3	0	3.60

Toss West Indies, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series drawn 2-2

Test debut GS Sobers (West Indies)

Umpires P Burke and TA Ewart

Close of play
30 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 17/0 (L Hutton 8*, TE Bailey 9*)
31 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 194/5 (L Hutton 93*, TG Evans 0*)
1 Apr day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 20/0 (JKC Holt 7*, JB Stollmeyer 12*)
2 Apr day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 184/4 (CL Walcott 51*, GE Gomez 21*)
3 Apr day 5 - England 2nd innings 72/1 (15.5 ov) - end of match

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