Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton (c)	c Campbell b Walsh	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
Alec Stewart †	not out	9	26	56	0	0	34.61
Mark Butcher	c SC Williams b Walsh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Nasser Hussain	c Hooper b Ambrose	1	18	22	0	0	5.55
Graham Thorpe	not out	0	10	21	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, nb 1)	5
Total	10.1 Ov (RR: 1.67)	17/3
Did not bat John Crawley, Adam Hollioake, Andy Caddick, Dean Headley, Angus Fraser, Phil Tufnell
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Mike Atherton, 2.1 ov), 2-4 (Mark Butcher, 2.2 ov), 3-9 (Nasser Hussain, 7.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Courtney Walsh	5.1	1	10	2	1.93	-	0	0
Curtly Ambrose	5	3	3	1	0.60	-	0	1
West Indies Playing XI Stuart Williams, Sherwin Campbell, Brian Lara (c), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper, Jimmy Adams, David Williams †, Nixon McLean, Ian Bishop, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh

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Close of Play

Thu, 29 Jan

day 1 - match abandoned

Fri, 30 Jan

day 2 - cancelled

Sat, 31 Jan

day 3 - cancelled

Sun, 01 Feb

day 4 - cancelled

Mon, 02 Feb

day 5 - cancelled

Match Flow

General

Play was suspended after 10.1 overs (56 minutes) after the batsmen had been struck several times by balls which lifted dangerously off a length. Lengthy discussions ensured and after another 10 minutes the players left the field. An hour-and-a-half later the match was abandoned.

An additional Test was scheduled for 5-9 February at Port-of-Spain

David Richards, the ICC chief executive, said: "It is possible for ICC to rule that the match should be scrubbed out, but I think it is unlikely." Eventually it was ruled that the Test was valid and all performances counted towards career records

Match Details

GroundSabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of West Indies

Season1997/98

Series result6-match series level 0-0

Match numberTest no. 1396

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut