- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras12 (b 7, lb 5)TOTAL255 all out (166.5 Overs, RR: 1.52)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Noel McGregor), 2-45 (Tony MacGibbon), 3-66 (Don Taylor), 4-87 (Lawrie Miller), 5-191 (John Beck), 6-203 (Sammy Guillen), 7-205 (John Reid), 8-210 (Murray Chapple), 9-250 (Harry Cave), 10-255 (Don Beard)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DT Dewdney 19.5 11 21 5 1.05 0 0 DS Atkinson 32 14 45 0 1.40 0 0 AL Valentine 41 20 46 2 1.12 0 0 S Ramadhin 23 8 41 1 1.78 0 0 OG Smith 31 19 55 1 1.77 0 0 GS Sobers 20 7 35 0 1.75 0 0
08/03Result
4th Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 9-13 1956
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255 & 157/9d -
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145 & 77 (45.1 ov)
08/03Result
4th Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 9-13 1956
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255 & 157/9d -
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145 & 77 (45.1 ov)
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras5 (b 1, lb 3, nb 1)TOTAL145 all out (78.3 Overs, RR: 1.84)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 2-32 (Sir Garry Sobers), 3-46 (Sir Everton Weekes), 4-59 (Collie Smith), 5-94 (Denis Atkinson), 6-139 (Hammond Furlonge), 7-140 (Alfie Binns), 8-145 (Sonny Ramadhin), 9-145 (Alphonso Roberts), 10-145 (Alf Valentine)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AR MacGibbon 21 5 44 4 2.09 0 0 HB Cave 27.3 17 22 4 0.80 0 0 JR Reid 18 5 48 1 2.66 0 0 DD Beard 9 4 20 1 2.22 0 0 JC Alabaster 3 1 6 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras9 (b 4, lb 5)TOTAL157/9d (80 Overs, RR: 1.96)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Noel McGregor), 2-61 (Lawrie Miller), 3-66 (Tony MacGibbon), 4-91 (Don Taylor), 5-100 (John Beck), 6-102 (John Reid), 7-109 (Murray Chapple), 8-146 (Sammy Guillen), 9-155 (Jack Alabaster)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DT Dewdney 12 5 22 0 1.83 0 0 DS Atkinson 40 21 53 7 1.32 0 0 AL Valentine 6 0 29 1 4.83 0 0 S Ramadhin 18 6 26 1 1.44 0 0 OG Smith 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL77 all out (45.1 Overs, RR: 1.7)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 2-16 (Hammond Furlonge), 3-16 (Denis Atkinson), 4-16 (Collie Smith), 5-18 (Sir Garry Sobers), 6-22 (Alphonso Roberts), 7-68 (Sir Everton Weekes), 8-68 (Sonny Ramadhin), 9-68 (Alfie Binns), 10-77 (Alf Valentine)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AR MacGibbon 6 1 16 0 2.66 0 0 HB Cave 13.1 9 21 4 1.59 0 0 JR Reid 6 2 14 0 2.33 0 0 DD Beard 15 7 22 3 1.46 0 0 JC Alabaster 5 4 4 2 0.80 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Series result
West Indies won the 4-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
Match days
9,10,12,13 March 1956 (4-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Fri, 09 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 203/6 (JR Reid 82*)
- Sat, 10 Mar - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 96/5 (HA Furlonge 48*, AT Roberts 1*)
- Sun, 11 Mar - rest day
- Mon, 12 Mar - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 61/2 (AR MacGibbon 30*)
- Tue, 13 Mar - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 77 (45.1 ov) - end of match
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- New Zealand's first ever test win in 45 matches and 26 years.
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