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England vs West Indies, 1st Test at Birmingham, May 30 1957 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Birmingham, May 30 - June 04, 1957, West Indies tour of England

186 & 583/4d

(T:296) 474 & 72/7

Match drawn

England 1st Innings

West Indies 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c Walcott b Ramadhin	47	-	148	5	0	-
Brian Close	c †Kanhai b Gilchrist	15	-	34	1	0	-
Doug Insole	b Ramadhin	20	-	46	1	0	-
Peter May (c)	c Weekes b Ramadhin	30	-	80	3	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Gilchrist b Ramadhin	4	-	35	0	0	-
Trevor Bailey	b Ramadhin	1	-	8	0	0	-
Tony Lock	b Ramadhin	0	-	6	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	b Gilchrist	14	-	37	1	0	-
Jim Laker	b Ramadhin	7	-	10	0	0	-
Fred Trueman	not out	29	-	45	3	1	-
Brian Statham	b Atkinson	13	-	26	1	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 3)	6
Total	79.4 Ov (RR: 2.33)	186
Fall of wickets 1-32 (Brian Close), 2-61 (Doug Insole), 3-104 (Peter Richardson), 4-115 (Peter May), 5-116 (Trevor Bailey), 6-118 (Tony Lock), 7-121 (Colin Cowdrey), 8-130 (Jim Laker), 9-150 (Godfrey Evans), 10-186 (Brian Statham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Frank Worrell	9	1	27	0	3.00	-	0	0
Roy Gilchrist	27	4	74	2	2.74	-	0	0
Sonny Ramadhin	31	16	49	7	1.58	-	0	0
Denis Atkinson	12.4	3	30	1	2.36	-	0	0

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Pairaudeau	b Trueman	1	-	14	0	0	-
Rohan Kanhai †	lbw b Statham	42	-	119	6	0	-
Clyde Walcott	c †Evans b Laker	90	-	262	11	0	-
Everton Weekes	b Trueman	9	-	53	0	0	-
Garry Sobers	c Bailey b Statham	53	-	129	8	0	-
Collie Smith	lbw b Laker	161	-	341	19	1	-
Frank Worrell	b Statham	81	-	293	8	0	-
John Goddard (c)	c Lock b Laker	24	-	48	3	0	-
Denis Atkinson	c Statham b Laker	1	-	8	0	0	-
Sonny Ramadhin	not out	5	-	6	0	0	-
Roy Gilchrist	run out	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7
Total	191.4 Ov (RR: 2.47)	474
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 2-83 (Rohan Kanhai), 3-120 (Everton Weekes), 4-183 (Clyde Walcott), 5-197 (Garry Sobers), 6-387 (Frank Worrell), 7-466 (Collie Smith), 8-469 (Denis Atkinson), 9-474 (John Goddard), 10-474 (Roy Gilchrist)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Brian Statham	39	4	114	3	2.92	-	0	0
Fred Trueman	30	4	99	2	3.30	-	0	0
Trevor Bailey	34	11	80	0	2.35	-	0	0
Jim Laker	54	17	119	4	2.20	-	0	0
Tony Lock	34.4	15	55	0	1.58	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c sub b Ramadhin	34	-	92	2	0	-
Brian Close	c Weekes b Gilchrist	42	-	141	3	0	-
Doug Insole	b Ramadhin	0	-	2	0	0	-
Peter May (c)	not out	285	-	600	25	2	-
Colin Cowdrey	c sub b Smith	154	-	500	16	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	not out	29	-	30	5	0	-
Extras	(b 23, lb 16)	39
Total	258 Ov (RR: 2.25)	583/4d
Did not bat Trevor Bailey, Tony Lock, Jim Laker, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham
Fall of wickets 1-63 (Peter Richardson), 2-65 (Doug Insole), 3-113 (Brian Close), 4-524 (Colin Cowdrey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Roy Gilchrist	26	2	67	1	2.57	-	0	0
Sonny Ramadhin	98	35	179	2	1.82	-	0	0
Denis Atkinson	72	29	137	0	1.90	-	0	0
Garry Sobers	30	4	77	0	2.56	-	0	0
Collie Smith	26	4	72	1	2.76	-	0	0
John Goddard	6	2	12	0	2.00	-	0	0

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 296 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Pairaudeau	b Trueman	7	-	25	0	0	-
Rohan Kanhai †	c Close b Trueman	1	-	5	0	0	-
Garry Sobers	c Cowdrey b Lock	14	-	35	3	0	-
Everton Weekes	c Trueman b Lock	33	-	91	6	0	-
Frank Worrell	c May b Lock	0	-	18	0	0	-
Clyde Walcott	c Lock b Laker	1	-	28	0	0	-
Collie Smith	lbw b Laker	5	-	64	0	0	-
John Goddard (c)	not out	0	-	40	0	0	-
Denis Atkinson	not out	4	-	6	1	0	-
Extras	(b 7)	7
Total	60 Ov (RR: 1.20)	72/7
Did not bat Sonny Ramadhin, Roy Gilchrist
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Rohan Kanhai), 2-9 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 3-25 (Garry Sobers), 4-27 (Frank Worrell), 5-43 (Clyde Walcott), 6-66 (Everton Weekes), 7-68 (Collie Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Brian Statham	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	0	0
Fred Trueman	5	3	7	2	1.40	-	0	0
Jim Laker	24	20	13	2	0.54	-	0	0
Tony Lock	27	19	31	3	1.14	-	0	0
Brian Close	2	1	8	0	4.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 30 May

day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 83/1 (Rohan Kanhai 42*, Clyde Walcott 40*)

Fri, 31 May

day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 316/5 (Collie Smith 70*, Frank Worrell 48*)

Sat, 01 Jun

day 3 - England 2nd innings 102/2 (Brian Close 34*, Peter May 21*)

Sun, 02 Jun

rest day

Mon, 03 Jun

day 4 - England 2nd innings 378/3 (Peter May 193*, Colin Cowdrey 78*)

Tue, 04 Jun

day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 72/7 (60 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundEdgbaston, Birmingham

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

West Indies tour of England

Season1957

Series result5-match series level 0-0

Match numberTest no. 439

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Umpires

Charlie Elliott

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