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Test no. 439

West Indies in England Test Series - 1st Test
England v West Indies

1957 season

Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 30,31 May, 1,3,4 June 1957 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	PE Richardson	c Walcott b Ramadhin	47	148	5	0
	DB Close	c Kanhai b Gilchrist	15	34	1	0
	DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	20	46	1	0
	PBH May	c Weekes b Ramadhin	30	80	3	0
	MC Cowdrey	c Gilchrist b Ramadhin	4	35	0	0
	TE Bailey	b Ramadhin	1	8	0	0
	GAR Lock	b Ramadhin	0	6	0	0
	TG Evans	b Gilchrist	14	37	1	0
	JC Laker	b Ramadhin	7	10	0	0
	FS Trueman	not out	29	45	3	1
	JB Statham	b Atkinson	13	26	1	0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 3)	6

	Total	(all out; 79.4 overs)	186	(2.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-32 (Close), 2-61 (Insole), 3-104 (Richardson), 4-115 (May), 5-116 (Bailey), 6-118 (Lock), 7-121 (Cowdrey), 8-130 (Laker), 9-150 (Evans), 10-186 (Statham)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FMM Worrell	9	1	27	0	3.00
R Gilchrist	27	4	74	2	2.74
S Ramadhin	31	16	49	7	1.58
DS Atkinson	12.4	3	30	1	2.36


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	1	14	0	0
	RB Kanhai	lbw b Statham	42	119	6	0
	CL Walcott	c Evans b Laker	90	262	11	0
	ED Weekes	b Trueman	9	53	0	0
	GS Sobers	c Bailey b Statham	53	129	8	0
	OG Smith	lbw b Laker	161	341	19	1
	FMM Worrell	b Statham	81	293	8	0
	JDC Goddard	c Lock b Laker	24	48	3	0
	DS Atkinson	c Statham b Laker	1	8	0	0
	S Ramadhin	not out	5	6	0	0
	R Gilchrist	run out	0	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7

	Total	(all out; 191.4 overs)	474	(2.47 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Pairaudeau), 2-83 (Kanhai), 3-120 (Weekes), 4-183 (Walcott), 5-197 (Sobers), 6-387 (Worrell), 7-466 (Smith), 8-469 (Atkinson), 9-474 (Goddard), 10-474 (Gilchrist)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	39	4	114	3	2.92
FS Trueman	30	4	99	2	3.30
TE Bailey	34	11	80	0	2.35
JC Laker	54	17	119	4	2.20
GAR Lock	34.4	15	55	0	1.58


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	PE Richardson	c sub b Ramadhin	34	92	2	0
	DB Close	c Weekes b Gilchrist	42	141	3	0
	DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	0	2	0	0
	PBH May	not out	285	600	25	2
	MC Cowdrey	c sub b Smith	154	500	16	0
	TG Evans	not out	29	30	5	0
	Extras	(b 23, lb 16)	39

	Total	(4 wickets dec; 258 overs)	583	(2.25 runs per over)

Did not bat TE Bailey, GAR Lock, JC Laker, FS Trueman, JB Statham

Fall of wickets1-63 (Richardson), 2-65 (Insole), 3-113 (Close), 4-524 (Cowdrey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Gilchrist	26	2	67	1	2.57
S Ramadhin	98	35	179	2	1.82
DS Atkinson	72	29	137	0	1.90
GS Sobers	30	4	77	0	2.56
OG Smith	26	4	72	1	2.76
JDC Goddard	6	2	12	0	2.00


West Indies 2nd innings (target: 296 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	7	25	0	0
	RB Kanhai	c Close b Trueman	1	5	0	0
	GS Sobers	c Cowdrey b Lock	14	35	3	0
	ED Weekes	c Trueman b Lock	33	91	6	0
	FMM Worrell	c May b Lock	0	18	0	0
	CL Walcott	c Lock b Laker	1	28	0	0
	OG Smith	lbw b Laker	5	64	0	0
	JDC Goddard	not out	0	40	0	0
	DS Atkinson	not out	4	6	1	0
	Extras	(b 7)	7

	Total	(7 wickets; 60 overs)	72	(1.20 runs per over)

Did not bat S Ramadhin, R Gilchrist

Fall of wickets1-1 (Kanhai), 2-9 (Pairaudeau), 3-25 (Sobers), 4-27 (Worrell), 5-43 (Walcott), 6-66 (Weekes), 7-68 (Smith)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	2	0	6	0	3.00
FS Trueman	5	3	7	2	1.40
JC Laker	24	20	13	2	0.54
GAR Lock	27	19	31	3	1.14
DB Close	2	1	8	0	4.00

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts R Gilchrist and RB Kanhai (West Indies)

Umpires DE Davies and CS Elliott

Close of play
30 May day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 83/1 (RB Kanhai 42*, CL Walcott 40*)
31 May day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 316/5 (OG Smith 70*, FMM Worrell 48*)
1 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 102/2 (DB Close 34*, PBH May 21*)
2 Jun rest day
3 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 378/3 (PBH May 193*, MC Cowdrey 78*)
4 Jun day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 72/7 (60 ov) - end of match

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