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563-8d Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
482 & 71-0 ENG flag
Overs: 239.4 RR: 2.35 vs spin: 2.30
vs seam: 2.23
 Overs: 42.0 RR: 1.69 vs spin: 1.35
vs seam: 1.56
Wed 06/01/60 West Indies v England, 1st Test, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 482 (188.4; RR: 2.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar run out 65 0 9 0
MC Cowdrey c Sobers b Watson 30 0 4 0
KF Barrington c Alexander b Ramadhin 128 0 20 0
PBH May c Alexander b Hall 1 0 0 0
MJK Smith c Alexander b Scarlett 39 0 6 1
ER Dexter not out 136 0 19 1
R Illingworth b Ramadhin 5 0 0 0
R Swetman c Alexander b Worrell 45 0 2 0
FS Trueman c Alexander b Ramadhin 3 0 0 0
DA Allen lbw b Watson 10 0 0 0
AE Moss b Watson 4 2 1 0 200.00
Extras (4b, 6lb, 0w, 6nb) 16  
TOTAL 482 all out (188.4 overs; RR: 2.55)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 153-2 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 162-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 251-4 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 291-5 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 303-6 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 426-7 (R Swetman 0.0 ov), 439-8 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 478-9 (DA Allen 0.0 ov), 482-10 (AE Moss 188.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 40.0 9 98 1 2.45 0 5
CD Watson 32.4 6 121 3 3.78 0 2
FMM Worrell 15.0 2 39 1 2.60 0 1
S Ramadhin 54.0 22 109 3 2.02 0 0
RO Scarlett 26.0 9 46 1 1.77 0 0
GS Sobers 21.0 3 53 0 2.52 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 563-8 (239.4; RR: 2.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Swetman b Barrington 42 0 4 0
EDAS McMorris run out 0 0 0 0
RB Kanhai b Trueman 40 0 5 1
GS Sobers b Trueman 226 0 24 0
FMM Worrell not out 197 0 17 2
BF Butcher c Trueman b Dexter 13 0 2 0
WW Hall lbw b Trueman 14 0 2 0
FCM Alexander c Smith b Trueman 3 0 0 0
RO Scarlett lbw b Dexter 7 0 0 0
CD Watson  
S Ramadhin  
Extras (8b, 7lb, 1w, 5nb) 21  
TOTAL 563-8 (239.4 overs; RR: 2.35)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (EDAS McMorris 0.0 ov), 68-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 102-3 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 501-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 521-5 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 544-6 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 556-7 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 563-8 (RO Scarlett 239.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 47.0 15 93 4 1.98 0 0
AE Moss 47.0 14 116 0 2.47 0 0
ER Dexter 37.4 11 85 2 2.30 0 0
R Illingworth 47.0 9 106 0 2.26 0 0
DA Allen 43.0 12 82 0 1.91 0 0
KF Barrington 18.0 3 60 1 3.33 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 71-0 (42.0; RR: 1.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar not out 46 0 0 0
MC Cowdrey not out 16 0 0 0
KF Barrington  
PBH May  
MJK Smith  
ER Dexter  
R Illingworth  
R Swetman  
FS Trueman  
DA Allen  
AE Moss  
Extras (7b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 71-0 (42.0 overs; RR: 1.69)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 6.0 2 9 0 1.50 0 0
CD Watson 8.0 1 19 0 2.38 0 0
S Ramadhin 7.0 2 11 0 1.57 0 0
RO Scarlett 10.0 4 12 0 1.20 0 0
CC Hunte 7.0 2 9 0 1.29 0 0
RB Kanhai 4.0 3 2 0 0.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 1st Test

Date

Wednesday January 6, 1960

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:00pm UTC

Venue

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Umpires

HBD Jordan, JHJ Roberts

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, S Ramadhin, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, FCM Alexander, CC Hunte, EDAS McMorris, BF Butcher, WW Hall, RO Scarlett, CD Watson

England Team

Playing XI

PBH May, FS Trueman, AE Moss, MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, MJK Smith, ER Dexter, R Illingworth, R Swetman, G Pullar, DA Allen