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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
292 & 203 Series badge RSA
186 & 209 RSA flag
Overs: 86.0 RR: 2.36 vs spin: 2.30
vs seam: 2.25
 Overs: 84.0 RR: 2.49 vs spin: 2.53
vs seam: 2.24
Thu 09/06/60 England v South Africa, 1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by 100 runs
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England - 1st Inns 292 (150.5; RR: 1.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar c McLean b Goddard 37 141 0 0 26.24
MC Cowdrey c Waite b Adcock 3 50 0 0 6.00
ER Dexter b Tayfield 52 141 8 0 36.88
R Subba Row c Waite b Griffin 56 212 0 0 26.42
MJK Smith c Waite b Adcock 54 144 5 0 37.50
JM Parks c Waite b Adcock 35 103 0 0 33.98
R Illingworth b Tayfield 1 0 0 0
RW Barber lbw b Adcock 5 0 0 0
PM Walker c Goddard b Adcock 9 0 0 0
FS Trueman b Tayfield 11 0 0 0
JB Statham not out 14 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 9lb, 0w, 2nb) 15  
TOTAL 292 all out (150.5 overs; RR: 1.94)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 80-2 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 100-3 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 196-4 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 225-5 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 234-6 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 255-7 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 262-8 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 275-9 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 292-10 (PM Walker 150.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NAT Adcock 41.5 14 62 5 1.51 0 0
GM Griffin 21.0 3 61 1 2.90 0 0
TL Goddard 33.0 17 47 1 1.42 0 0
HJ Tayfield 50.0 19 93 3 1.86 0 0
JP Fellows-Smith 5.0 1 14 0 2.80 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 186 (82.5; RR: 2.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew c Parks b Trueman 11 0 0 0
TL Goddard c Smith b Statham 10 0 0 0
AJ Pithey lbw b Statham 6 0 0 0
RA McLean c Statham b Trueman 21 0 0 0
JHB Waite b Illingworth 58 0 5 0
PR Carlstein lbw b Trueman 4 0 0 0
S O'Linn c Cowdrey b Illingworth 42 0 0 0
JP Fellows-Smith lbw b Illingworth 18 0 0 0
GM Griffin b Trueman 6 0 0 0
HJ Tayfield run out 6 0 0 0
NAT Adcock not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 3  
TOTAL 186 all out (82.5 overs; RR: 2.25)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 21-2 (DJ McGlew 0.0 ov), 40-3 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 52-4 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 61-5 (PR Carlstein 0.0 ov), 146-6 (S O'Linn 0.0 ov), 168-7 (JHB Waite 0.0 ov), 179-8 (JP Fellows-Smith 0.0 ov), 179-9 (GM Griffin 0.0 ov), 186-10 (HJ Tayfield 82.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Statham 28.0 8 67 2 2.39 0 0
FS Trueman 24.5 4 58 4 2.42 0 0
ER Dexter 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
RW Barber 6.0 0 26 0 4.33 0 0
R Illingworth 17.0 11 15 3 0.88 0 0
PM Walker 6.0 1 13 0 2.17 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 203 (86.0; RR: 2.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MC Cowdrey b Adcock 0 0 0 0
R Subba Row c Waite b Tayfield 32 0 0 0
ER Dexter b Adcock 26 0 4 0
MJK Smith c O'Linn b Tayfield 28 0 0 0
JM Parks b Griffin 4 0 0 0
R Illingworth c Waite b Adcock 16 0 0 0
RW Barber c McLean b Tayfield 4 0 0 0
PM Walker c Goddard b Griffin 37 0 6 0
FS Trueman b Tayfield 25 0 0 1
JB Statham c McLean b Griffin 22 0 0 0
G Pullar not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 203 all out (86.0 overs; RR: 2.36)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 42-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 69-3 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 74-4 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 112-5 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 112-6 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 118-7 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 163-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 202-9 (PM Walker 0.0 ov), 203-10 (JB Statham 86.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NAT Adcock 28.0 8 57 3 2.04 0 0
TL Goddard 10.0 5 32 0 3.20 0 0
HJ Tayfield 27.0 12 62 4 2.30 0 0
GM Griffin 21.0 4 44 3 2.10 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 209 (84.0; RR: 2.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DJ McGlew c Parks b Statham 5 0 0 0
TL Goddard c Walker b Statham 0 0 0 0
AJ Pithey b Illingworth 17 0 0 0
RA McLean lbw b Trueman 68 0 12 0
JHB Waite not out 56 0 0 0
PR Carlstein b Trueman 10 0 0 0
S O'Linn lbw b Barber 12 0 0 0
JP Fellows-Smith lbw b Illingworth 5 0 0 0
HJ Tayfield b Illingworth 3 0 0 0
GM Griffin c Walker b Trueman 14 0 0 1
NAT Adcock b Statham 7 0 1 0
Extras (7b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 209 all out (84.0 overs; RR: 2.49)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 5-2 (DJ McGlew 0.0 ov), 58-3 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 120-4 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 132-5 (PR Carlstein 0.0 ov), 156-6 (S O'Linn 0.0 ov), 161-7 (JP Fellows-Smith 0.0 ov), 167-8 (HJ Tayfield 0.0 ov), 200-9 (GM Griffin 0.0 ov), 209-10 (NAT Adcock 84.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 22.0 4 58 3 2.64 0 0
JB Statham 18.0 5 41 3 2.28 0 0
R Illingworth 24.0 6 57 3 2.38 0 0
ER Dexter 6.0 4 4 0 0.67 0 0
PM Walker 4.0 2 8 0 2.00 0 0
RW Barber 10.0 2 29 1 2.90 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Birmingham, 1st Test

Date

Thursday June 9, 1960

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

WE Phillipson, JG Langridge

England Team

Playing XI

JB Statham, FS Trueman, JM Parks, MC Cowdrey, MJK Smith, ER Dexter, R Illingworth, R Subba Row, G Pullar, RW Barber, PM Walker

South Africa Team

Playing XI

HJ Tayfield, DJ McGlew, JHB Waite, RA McLean, NAT Adcock, TL Goddard, AJ Pithey, PR Carlstein, JP Fellows-Smith, GM Griffin, S O'Linn