f21746 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*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Walcott b Ramadhin	47	150	148	5	-
DB Close	c Kanhai b Gilchrist	15	33	34	1	-
DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	20	41	46	1	-
*PBH May	c Weekes b Ramadhin	30	96	80	3	-
MC Cowdrey	c Gilchrist b Ramadhin	4	30	35	-	-
TE Bailey	b Ramadhin	1	5	8	-	-
GAR Lock	b Ramadhin	0	5	6	-	-
+TG Evans	b Gilchrist	14	38	37	1	-
JC Laker	b Ramadhin	7	9	10	-	-
FS Trueman	not out	29	45	45	3	1
JB Statham	b Atkinson	13	26	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	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RB Kanhai	lbw b Statham	42	94	119	6	-
BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	1	11	14	-	-
CL Walcott	c Evans b Laker	90	240	262	11	-
ED Weekes	b Trueman	9	24	53	-	-
GS Sobers	c Bailey b Statham	53	113	129	8	-
OG Smith	lbw b Laker	161	350	412	18	1
FMM Worrell	b Statham	81	250	293	8	-
*JDC Goddard	c Lock b Laker	24	59	84	3	-
DS Atkinson	c Statham b Laker	1	3	8	-	-
S Ramadhin	not out	5	6	6	1	-
R Gilchrist	run out	0	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	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c sub (NS Asgarali) b Ramadhin	34	100	92	2	-
DB Close	c Weekes b Gilchrist	42	164	141	5	-
DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	0	4	2	-	-
*PBH May	not out	285	625	594	25	2
MC Cowdrey	c sub (NS Asgarali) b Smith	154	621	520	16	-
+TG Evans	not out	29	34	30	3	-
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	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RB Kanhai	c Close b Trueman	1	5	5	-	-
BH Pairaudeau	b Trueman	7	22	25	-	-
GS Sobers	c Cowdrey b Lock	14	29	35	3	-
ED Weekes	c Trueman b Lock	33	105	91	6	-
FMM Worrell	c May b Lock	0	24	18	-	-
CL Walcott	c Lock b Laker	1	34	28	-	-
OG Smith	lbw b Laker	5	81	64	1	-
*JDC Goddard	not out	0	51	40	-	-
DS Atkinson	not out	4	9	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	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Kanhai made his debut in Test matches
--> R Gilchrist made his debut in Test matches
--> DJ Insole made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PBH May (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> FS Trueman (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Test matches
--> CL Walcott (1) 50 in 111 balls
--> GS Sobers (1) 50 in 104 balls with 8 fours
--> OG Smith (1) 50 in 91 balls
--> OG Smith (1) 100 in 266 balls, 310 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> OG Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Test matches
--> OG Smith (1) 150 in 332 balls with 16 fours and 1 six
--> FMM Worrell (1) 50 in 147 balls
--> DB Close (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Test matches
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 167 balls, 150 minutes
--> PBH May (2) 100 in 265 balls, 250 minutes with 11 fours
--> PBH May (2) passed his previous highest score of 138 in Test matches
--> PBH May (2) 150 in 367 balls with 18 fours
--> PBH May (2) 200 in 464 balls, 440 minutes with 20 fours
--> PBH May (2) passed his previous highest score of 227 in First-Class matches
--> PBH May (2) 250 in 590 balls with 23 fours and 2 sixes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 243 balls, 220 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 100 in 535 balls, 434 minutes with 9 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 150 in 615 balls, 512 minutes with 16 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> OG Smith made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DS Atkinson made his debut in England in Test matches
--> BH Pairaudeau made his debut in England in Test matches
--> GS Sobers made his debut in England in Test matches
--> 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)

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