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f21509 t439	England v West Indies
	West Indies in British Isles 1957 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th, 31st May, 1st, 3rd, 4th June 1957 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DE Davies, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 83/1 (Kanhai 42, Walcott 40)
Close of play day 2	West Indies (1) 316/5 (Smith 70, Worrell 48)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 102/2 (Close 34, May 21)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 378/3 (May 193, Cowdrey 78)

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Walcott b Ramadhin	47		148	5	-
DB Close	c Kanhai b Gilchrist	15		34	1	-
DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	20		46	1	-
*PBH May	c Weekes b Ramadhin	30		80	3	-
MC Cowdrey	c Gilchrist b Ramadhin	4		35	-	-
TE Bailey	b Ramadhin	1		8	-	-
GAR Lock	b Ramadhin	0		6	-	-
+TG Evans	b Gilchrist	14		37	1	-
JC Laker	b Ramadhin	7		10	-	-
FS Trueman	not out	29		45	3	1
JB Statham	b Atkinson	13		26	1	-
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (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, 79.4 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worrell	9	1	27	0	-	-
Gilchrist	27	4	74	2	-	-
Ramadhin	31	16	49	7	-	-
Atkinson	12.4	3	30	1	-	-

West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	1		14	-	-
+RB Kanhai	lbw b Statham	42		119	6	-
CL Walcott	c Evans b Laker	90		262	11	-
ED Weekes	b Trueman	9		53	-	-
GS Sobers	c Bailey b Statham	53		129	8	-
OG Smith	lbw b Laker	161		341	19	1
FMM Worrell	b Statham	81		293	8	-
*JDC Goddard	c Lock b Laker	24		48	3	-
DS Atkinson	c Statham b Laker	1		8	-	-
S Ramadhin	not out	5		6	-	-
R Gilchrist	run out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 191.4 overs)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (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, 191.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	39	4	114	3	-	-
Trueman	30	4	99	2	-	-
Bailey	34	11	80	0	-	-
Laker	54	17	119	4	-	-
Lock	34.4	15	55	0	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c sub (NS Asgarali) b Ramadhin	34		90	2	-
DB Close	c Weekes b Gilchrist	42		162	3	-
DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	0		5	-	-
*PBH May	not out	285		594	25	2
MC Cowdrey	c sub (NS Asgarali) b Smith	154		500	16	-
+TG Evans	not out	29		27	5	-
TE Bailey	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 16 lb)	39
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 258 overs)	583
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Richardson), 2-65 (Insole), 3-113 (Close, 56.1 ov), 4-524 (Cowdrey, 247.1 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilchrist	26	2	67	1	-	-
Atkinson	72	29	137	0	-	-
Ramadhin	98	35	179	2	-	-
Sobers	30	4	77	0	-	-
Smith	26	4	72	1	-	-
Goddard	6	2	12	0	-	-

West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	7		25	-	-
+RB Kanhai	c Close b Trueman	1		5	-	-
GS Sobers	c Cowdrey b Lock	14		35	3	-
ED Weekes	c Trueman b Lock	33		91	6	-
FMM Worrell	c May b Lock	0		18	-	-
CL Walcott	c Lock b Laker	1		28	-	-
OG Smith	lbw b Laker	5		64	-	-
*JDC Goddard	not out	0		40	-	-
DS Atkinson	not out	4		6	1	-
S Ramadhin	did not bat
R Gilchrist	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 60 overs)	72
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kanhai), 2-9 (Pairaudeau), 3-25 (Sobers), 4-27 (Worrell), 5-43 (Walcott), 6-66 (Weekes), 7-68 (Smith)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	2	0	6	0	-	-
Trueman	5	3	7	2	-	-
Lock	27	19	31	3	-	-
Laker	24	20	13	2	-	-
Close	2	1	8	0	-	-

Notes
--> PBH May (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 25
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 19
--> RB Kanhai made his debut in Test Matches
--> OG Smith (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 104
--> R Gilchrist made his debut in Test Matches
--> DB Close (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 32
--> PBH May (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 138
--> PBH May (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 227
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 100 in 434 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 102
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 110
--> S Ramadhin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed JC Laker in the England first innings (previous best was 6-23)