- Test no. 439 | 1957 season
- Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
- 30,31 May, 1,3,4 June 1957 (5-day match)
| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 0-0 |
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Test debuts
R Gilchrist and
RB Kanhai
(West Indies) |
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Umpires
DE Davies and CS Elliott |
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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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Nyron Asgarali takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Peter Richardson © Getty Images |
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