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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
221 & 215-6d Series badge NZL
94 & 137 NZL flag
Overs: 96.2 RR: 2.23 vs spin: 2.20
vs seam: 2.24
 Overs: 77.3 RR: 1.77 vs spin: 2.23
vs seam: 1.60
Thu 05/06/58 England v New Zealand, 1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by 205 runs
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England - 1st Inns 221 (75.5; RR: 2.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Richardson lbw b MacGibbon 4 0 0 0
MJK Smith lbw b MacGibbon 0 3 0 0 0.00
TW Graveney c Alabaster b Hayes 7 0 0 0
PBH May c Petrie b MacGibbon 84 0 12 0
MC Cowdrey b MacGibbon 81 0 10 0
TE Bailey c Petrie b Alabaster 2 0 0 0
TG Evans c Petrie b MacGibbon 2 0 0 0
GAR Lock lbw b Alabaster 4 0 0 0
FS Trueman b Alabaster 0 0 0 0
JC Laker not out 11 0 0 1
PJ Loader b Alabaster 17 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 221 all out (75.5 overs; RR: 2.91)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 11-2 (PE Richardson 0.0 ov), 29-3 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 150-4 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 153-5 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 172-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 185-7 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 191-8 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 191-9 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 221-10 (PJ Loader 75.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Hayes 15.0 2 57 1 3.80 0 0
AR MacGibbon 27.0 11 64 5 2.37 0 0
HB Cave 12.0 2 29 0 2.42 0 0
JR Reid 6.0 3 16 0 2.67 0 0
JC Alabaster 15.5 4 46 4 3.07 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 94 (69.3; RR: 1.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LSM Miller lbw b Trueman 7 0 1 0
JW D'Arcy c Evans b Trueman 19 0 0 0
NS Harford b Bailey 9 0 0 0
JR Reid b Bailey 7 0 0 0
WR Playle b Trueman 4 0 0 0
T Meale lbw b Trueman 7 0 0 0
AR MacGibbon c Evans b Laker 5 0 0 0
EC Petrie lbw b Loader 1 0 0 0
JC Alabaster b Trueman 9 0 0 0
HB Cave not out 12 0 0 0
JA Hayes run out 14 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 94 all out (69.3 overs; RR: 1.35)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (LSM Miller 0.0 ov), 21-2 (NS Harford 0.0 ov), 39-3 (JR Reid 0.0 ov), 43-4 (JW D'Arcy 0.0 ov), 46-5 (WR Playle 0.0 ov), 54-6 (AR MacGibbon 0.0 ov), 59-7 (EC Petrie 0.0 ov), 67-8 (T Meale 0.0 ov), 68-9 (JC Alabaster 0.0 ov), 94-10 (JA Hayes 69.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 21.0 8 31 5 1.48 0 0
PJ Loader 21.3 6 37 1 1.76 0 0
TE Bailey 20.0 9 17 2 0.85 0 0
GAR Lock 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 0 0
JC Laker 5.0 2 9 1 1.80 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 215-6 (96.2; RR: 2.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Richardson c Cave b MacGibbon 100 0 7 0
MJK Smith c Petrie b MacGibbon 7 0 0 0
TW Graveney c Petrie b Cave 19 0 0 0
PBH May c Petrie b MacGibbon 11 0 0 0
MC Cowdrey c Reid b Hayes 70 0 9 1
TE Bailey not out 6 0 0 0
TG Evans c Reid b Cave 0 0 0 0
GAR Lock  
FS Trueman  
JC Laker  
PJ Loader  
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 215-6 (96.2 overs; RR: 2.23)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 71-2 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 94-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 198-4 (PE Richardson 0.0 ov), 214-5 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 215-6 (TG Evans 96.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Hayes 20.0 3 51 1 2.55 0 0
AR MacGibbon 24.0 8 41 3 1.71 0 0
HB Cave 28.2 9 70 2 2.50 0 0
JC Alabaster 15.0 7 33 0 2.20 0 0
JR Reid 9.0 2 18 0 2.00 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 137 (77.3; RR: 1.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LSM Miller b Trueman 8 0 0 0
JW D'Arcy c Trueman b Loader 25 0 0 0
WR Playle c Bailey b Loader 8 0 0 0
NS Harford c Graveney b Loader 23 0 0 0
T Meale c Smith b Lock 10 0 1 1
JR Reid b Bailey 13 0 0 0
AR MacGibbon c Cowdrey b Laker 26 0 0 0
HB Cave b Bailey 1 0 0 0
JC Alabaster c Laker b Lock 11 0 0 0
EC Petrie not out 5 0 0 0
JA Hayes c Bailey b Lock 5 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 137 all out (77.3 overs; RR: 1.77)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (LSM Miller 0.0 ov), 42-2 (WR Playle 0.0 ov), 49-3 (JW D'Arcy 0.0 ov), 64-4 (T Meale 0.0 ov), 93-5 (JR Reid 0.0 ov), 94-6 (NS Harford 0.0 ov), 95-7 (HB Cave 0.0 ov), 123-8 (JC Alabaster 0.0 ov), 131-9 (AR MacGibbon 0.0 ov), 137-10 (JA Hayes 77.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 17.0 5 33 1 1.94 0 0
PJ Loader 23.0 11 40 3 1.74 0 0
TE Bailey 20.0 9 23 2 1.15 0 0
GAR Lock 8.3 3 25 3 3.13 0 0
JC Laker 9.0 4 14 1 1.56 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1st Test

Date

Thursday June 5, 1958

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

JS Buller, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

TG Evans, JC Laker, TE Bailey, TW Graveney, PBH May, FS Trueman, GAR Lock, PJ Loader, MC Cowdrey, PE Richardson, MJK Smith

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

HB Cave, JR Reid, JA Hayes, AR MacGibbon, LSM Miller, JC Alabaster, NS Harford, EC Petrie, JW D'Arcy, T Meale, WR Playle