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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
216 & 278-9d
Series badge WI
186 & 91
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Overs: 105.2 RR: 2.64 vs spin: 1.86
vs seam: 2.32
Overs: 34.3 RR: 2.64 vs spin: 2.50
vs seam: 2.55
Thu 04/07/63 England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by 217 runs
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England - 1st Inns 216 (98.4; RR: 2.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Richardson b Hall 2 8 0 0 25.00
MJ Stewart lbw b Sobers 39 88 2 1 44.32
ER Dexter b Sobers 29 50 3 0 58.00
KF Barrington b Sobers 9 46 0 0 19.57
DB Close lbw b Sobers 55 175 5 0 31.43
PJ Sharpe c Kanhai b Gibbs 23 64 2 0 35.94
JM Parks c Murray b Sobers 12 50 2 0 24.00
FJ Titmus c Griffith b Hall 27 80 3 0 33.75
FS Trueman b Griffith 4 11 0 0 36.36
GAR Lock b Griffith 1 3 0 0 33.33
D Shackleton not out 6 22 1 0 27.27
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb) 9  
TOTAL 216 all out (98.4 overs; RR: 2.19)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (PE Richardson 0.0 ov), 50-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 72-3 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 89-4 (MJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 129-5 (PJ Sharpe 0.0 ov), 172-6 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 187-7 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 194-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 200-9 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 216-10 (FJ Titmus 98.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 16.4 2 56 2 3.50 0 0
CC Griffith 21.0 5 48 2 2.29 0 0
GS Sobers 31.0 10 60 5 1.94 0 0
FMM Worrell 14.0 5 15 0 1.07 0 0
LR Gibbs 16.0 7 28 1 1.75 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 186 (69.0; RR: 2.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte b Trueman 18 71 1 0 25.35
MC Carew c & b Trueman 40 87 3 1 45.98
RB Kanhai c Lock b Shackleton 32 60 2 0 53.33
BF Butcher lbw b Dexter 15 65 1 0 23.08
JS Solomon lbw b Dexter 0 6 0 0 0.00
GS Sobers b Trueman 19 26 3 0 73.08
FMM Worrell b Dexter 1 2 0 0 50.00
DL Murray not out 20 51 1 0 39.22
WW Hall c Sharpe b Dexter 28 36 4 0 77.78
CC Griffith lbw b Trueman 5 10 0 0 50.00
LR Gibbs b Trueman 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 186 all out (69.0 overs; RR: 2.70)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 79-2 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 108-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 109-4 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 128-5 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 130-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 130-7 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 178-8 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 186-9 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 186-10 (LR Gibbs 69.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 26.0 5 75 5 2.88 0 0
D Shackleton 21.0 9 60 1 2.86 0 0
GAR Lock 2.0 1 5 0 2.50 0 0
ER Dexter 20.0 5 38 4 1.90 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 278-9 (105.2; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Richardson c Murray b Griffith 14 29 1 0 48.28
MJ Stewart c Murray b Griffith 27 86 0 0 31.40
KF Barrington b Sobers 1 4 0 0 25.00
DB Close c Sobers b Griffith 13 41 0 0 31.71
ER Dexter st Murray b Gibbs 57 127 7 0 44.88
PJ Sharpe not out 85 199 8 0 42.71
JM Parks c Sobers b Gibbs 5 16 0 0 31.25
FJ Titmus b Gibbs 0 2 0 0 0.00
FS Trueman c Gibbs b Sobers 1 12 0 0 8.33
GAR Lock b Gibbs 56 116 7 0 48.28
D Shackleton  
Extras (9b, 9lb, 0w, 1nb) 19  
TOTAL 278-9 (105.2 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (PE Richardson 0.0 ov), 31-2 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 60-3 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 69-4 (MJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 170-5 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 184-6 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 184-7 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 189-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 278-9 (GAR Lock 105.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 16.0 1 47 0 2.94 0 0
CC Griffith 28.0 7 55 3 1.96 0 0
FMM Worrell 8.0 3 28 0 3.50 0 0
GS Sobers 27.0 4 80 2 2.96 0 0
LR Gibbs 26.2 4 49 4 1.88 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 91 (34.3; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Barrington b Trueman 5 9 1 0 55.56
MC Carew lbw b Shackleton 1 4 0 0 25.00
RB Kanhai c Lock b Trueman 38 73 3 0 52.05
BF Butcher b Dexter 14 29 1 0 48.28
GS Sobers c Sharpe b Shackleton 9 23 0 0 39.13
JS Solomon c Parks b Trueman 14 37 0 0 37.84
FMM Worrell c Parks b Trueman 0 7 0 0 0.00
DL Murray c Parks b Trueman 3 7 0 0 42.86
WW Hall b Trueman 0 4 0 0 0.00
CC Griffith lbw b Trueman 0 2 0 0 0.00
LR Gibbs not out 4 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 1w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 91 all out (34.3 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (MC Carew 0.0 ov), 10-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 38-3 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 64-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 78-5 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 80-6 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 86-7 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 86-8 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 86-9 (CC Griffith 0.0 ov), 91-10 (JS Solomon 34.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 14.3 2 44 7 3.14 0 0
D Shackleton 17.0 4 37 2 2.18 0 0
ER Dexter 3.0 1 7 1 2.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at Birmingham, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 4, 1963

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

LH Gray, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

DB Close, D Shackleton, FS Trueman, GAR Lock, JM Parks, KF Barrington, FJ Titmus, PE Richardson, ER Dexter, MJ Stewart, PJ Sharpe

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, CC Hunte, LR Gibbs, BF Butcher, WW Hall, JS Solomon, CC Griffith, MC Carew, DL Murray