The Wisden Trophy - 5th Test

England v West Indies

England won by 158 runs

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton b McLean 83 280 214 12 0 38.78
ME Trescothick c Campbell b Nagamootoo 78 239 192 12 0 40.62
N Hussain* c †Jacobs b Nagamootoo 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
GP Thorpe lbw b Walsh 40 203 158 1 0 25.31
AJ Stewart lbw b McLean 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
MP Vaughan lbw b Ambrose 10 38 26 2 0 38.46
GA Hick lbw b Ambrose 17 117 73 0 0 23.28
C White not out 11 67 40 1 0 27.50
DG Cork lbw b McLean 0 14 6 0 0 0.00
AR Caddick c Hinds b Walsh 4 26 17 1 0 23.52
D Gough b Walsh 8 21 21 1 0 38.09
Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 1, nb 10) 30
Total (all out; 123.4 overs; 509 mins) 281 (2.27 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-159 (Trescothick, 61.3 ov), 2-159 (Hussain, 61.5 ov), 3-184 (Atherton, 72.1 ov), 4-184 (Stewart, 72.4 ov), 5-214 (Vaughan, 82.3 ov), 6-254 (Hick, 108.6 ov), 7-254 (Thorpe, 109.5 ov), 8-255 (Cork, 112.5 ov), 9-264 (Caddick, 119.3 ov), 10-281 (Gough, 123.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CEL Ambrose 31 8 38 2 1.22 (5nb)
CA Walsh 35.4 16 68 3 1.90 (5nb)
NAM McLean 29 6 80 3 2.75 (1w)
MV Nagamootoo 24 7 63 2 2.62
JC Adams 4 0 13 0 3.25
West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SL Campbell b Cork 20 91 74 3 0 27.02
AFG Griffith c Hick b White 6 97 64 0 0 9.37
WW Hinds lbw b Cork 2 13 7 0 0 28.57
BC Lara b White 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
JC Adams* c Hick b Cork 5 36 17 0 0 29.41
RR Sarwan c Trescothick b White 5 6 8 0 0 62.50
RD Jacobs not out 26 119 61 1 0 42.62
MV Nagamootoo c Trescothick b Gough 18 24 22 3 0 81.81
CEL Ambrose lbw b Caddick 0 4 1 0 0 0.00
NAM McLean b White 29 54 46 5 0 63.04
CA Walsh b White 5 10 10 1 0 50.00
Extras (lb 3, nb 6) 9
Total (all out; 50.5 overs; 233 mins) 125 (2.45 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-32 (Campbell, 21.3 ov), 2-32 (Griffith, 22.4 ov), 3-32 (Lara, 22.5 ov), 4-34 (Hinds, 23.4 ov), 5-39 (Sarwan, 24.6 ov), 6-51 (Adams, 29.5 ov), 7-74 (Nagamootoo, 34.6 ov), 8-75 (Ambrose, 35.6 ov), 9-119 (McLean, 48.5 ov), 10-125 (Walsh, 50.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 13 3 25 1 1.92 (4nb)
AR Caddick 18 7 42 1 2.33 (2nb)
C White 11.5 1 32 5 2.70
DG Cork 8 3 23 3 2.87
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton c †Jacobs b Walsh 108 444 331 13 0 32.62
ME Trescothick c Lara b Ambrose 7 50 36 1 0 19.44
N Hussain* lbw b McLean 0 25 15 0 0 0.00
GP Thorpe c Griffith b Walsh 10 78 56 0 0 17.85
AJ Stewart c Campbell b Nagamootoo 25 131 104 3 0 24.03
MP Vaughan lbw b Walsh 9 48 46 0 0 19.56
GA Hick c Campbell b Walsh 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
C White run out (Griffith) 18 32 25 3 0 72.00
DG Cork lbw b McLean 26 51 27 4 1 96.29
AR Caddick c †Jacobs b McLean 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
D Gough not out 1 14 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (b 1, lb 7, nb 5) 13
Total (all out; 108 overs; 444 mins) 217 (2.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-21 (Trescothick, 12.5 ov), 2-29 (Hussain, 18.3 ov), 3-56 (Thorpe, 37.3 ov), 4-121 (Stewart, 71.1 ov), 5-139 (Vaughan, 85.2 ov), 6-139 (Hick, 85.4 ov), 7-163 (White, 93.1 ov), 8-207 (Cork, 104.3 ov), 9-207 (Caddick, 104.6 ov), 10-217 (Atherton, 107.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CEL Ambrose 22 8 36 1 1.63 (4nb)
CA Walsh 38 17 73 4 1.92 (1nb)
NAM McLean 22 5 60 3 2.72
MV Nagamootoo 19 7 29 1 1.52
JC Adams 7 3 11 0 1.57
West Indies 2nd innings (target: 374 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
SL Campbell c Hick b Gough 28 75 49 5 0 57.14
AFG Griffith c †Stewart b Caddick 20 81 67 2 0 29.85
BC Lara lbw b Gough 47 166 104 7 0 45.19
WW Hinds lbw b Caddick 7 24 15 1 0 46.66
JC Adams* c White b Caddick 15 77 58 1 0 25.86
RR Sarwan run out (Thorpe) 27 40 31 4 0 87.09
RD Jacobs c Hick b Caddick 1 5 4 0 0 25.00
MV Nagamootoo lbw b Gough 13 29 15 2 0 86.66
NAM McLean not out 23 67 41 3 0 56.09
CEL Ambrose c Atherton b Cork 28 43 36 3 0 77.77
CA Walsh lbw b Cork 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 2) 6
Total (all out; 70 overs; 310 mins) 215 (3.07 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-50 (Campbell, 18.3 ov), 2-50 (Griffith, 19.3 ov), 3-58 (Hinds, 25.1 ov), 4-94 (Adams, 43.4 ov), 5-140 (Sarwan, 52.2 ov), 6-142 (Jacobs, 53.2 ov), 7-150 (Lara, 54.3 ov), 8-167 (Nagamootoo, 58.5 ov), 9-215 (Ambrose, 69.4 ov), 10-215 (Walsh, 69.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 20 3 64 3 3.20 (2nb, 1w)
AR Caddick 21 7 54 4 2.57
C White 11 2 32 0 2.90
DG Cork 15 1 50 2 3.33
MP Vaughan 3 1 12 0 4.00
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to field
Series England won the 5-match series 3-1
Test debut MV Nagamootoo (West Indies)
Player of the match MA Atherton (England)
Players of the series D Gough (England) and CA Walsh (West Indies)
Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and DR Shepherd
TV umpire B Leadbeater
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Close of play
31 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 221/5 (GP Thorpe 31*, GA Hick 2*, 89.4 ov)
1 Sep day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 13/0 (SL Campbell 6*, AFG Griffith 4*, 14 ov)
2 Sep day 3 - England 2nd innings 56/2 (MA Atherton 36*, GP Thorpe 10*, 34 ov)
3 Sep day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 32/0 (SL Campbell 14*, AFG Griffith 17*, 14 ov)
4 Sep day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 215 (70 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • 4th Umpire - AGT Whitehead
  • Day 1
  • England 50 in 23.3 overs, 97 mins
  • Lunch: England 66/0 (Atherton 30*, Trescothick 30*, 29 overs)
  • England 150 in 42.4 overs
  • Trescothick 50 in 131 balls, 10x4
  • Atherton 50 in 151 balls, 7x4
  • England 150 in 59 overs
  • England 200 off 467 balls in 301 mins
  • Day 2
  • New ball taken in the 91st over by Ambrose
  • England 250 in 106.2 overs, 431 mins
  • Lunch: England 255/8 (White 1*, Caddick 0*, 115 overs)
  • Day 3
  • Lunch: West Indies 86/8 (Jacobs 15*, McLean 8*)
  • West Indies all out at 2.35pm
  • Tea: England 17/0 (Atherton 11*, Trescothick 5*)
  • Rain break 4.27 to 4.5271pm (Atherton 20*, Thorpe 0*)
  • Bad Light 5.09 to 5.58pm (Atherton 20*, Thorpe 2*)
  • 4 overs were deducted at 5.58pm
  • England 50 off 191 balls in 136 balls
  • Play ended for the day at 6.45pm due to bad light
  • Day 4
  • MA Atherton 50 off 184 balls in 246 mins, 5x4
  • Lunch: England 103/3 (Atherton 59*, Stewart 20*)
  • New Ball taken in 91st over
  • Tea: England 169/7 (Atherton 89*, Cork 1*)
  • MA Atherton 100 off 315 balls in 416 mins, 12x4
  • MA Atherton's 4th 100 against the West Indies
  • This was also his 1st 100 scored in London
  • England all out at 5.01pm, leaving West Indies 14 overs to bat in the day
  • Day 5
  • West Indies 50 in 17.2 overs. 71 mins
  • Lunch: West Indies 89/3 (Lara 17*, Adams 14*, 42 overs)
  • West Indies 100 in 44.4 overs, 191 mins
  • West Indies 150 in 54.2 overs, 242 mins
  • West Indies 200 in 66.3 overs, 297 mins
  • Tea: West Indies 205/8 (Ambrose 24*, McLean 17*, 67 overs)
 
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Feb 6, 2006

Ouch - Curtly Ambrose gets hurt

Ouch - Curtly Ambrose gets hurt

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Sep 5, 2000

Courtney Walsh (C) walks through the crowds after the West Indies were bowled out against England in the Fifth Test at the Oval in London. Walsh has said he may retire from international cricket. England won the test and the five-match series 3-1 breaking the longest running losing streak in test cricket. The Wisden Trophy, 2000, 5th Test, England v West Indies, Kennington Oval, London, 31Aug-04Sep 2000 (Day 5).

Walsh makes his way through the crowd after his last Test in England

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