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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
275 & 223 Series badge WI
246 & 255-2 WI flag
Overs: 81.0 RR: 2.75 vs spin: 3.22
vs seam: 2.69
 Overs: 95.0 RR: 2.68 vs spin: 2.08
vs seam: 2.44
Thu 22/08/63 England v West Indies, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 8 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 275 (102.2; RR: 2.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Bolus c Murray b Sobers 33 72 3 0 45.83
JH Edrich c Murray b Sobers 25 63 1 0 39.68
ER Dexter c & b Griffith 29 70 2 0 41.43
KF Barrington c Sobers b Gibbs 16 49 1 0 32.65
DB Close b Griffith 46 136 6 0 33.82
PJ Sharpe c Murray b Griffith 63 136 9 0 46.32
JM Parks c Kanhai b Griffith 19 42 1 0 45.24
FS Trueman b Griffith 19 29 2 0 65.52
GAR Lock hit wicket b Griffith 4 9 0 0 44.44
JB Statham b Hall 8 13 0 0 61.54
D Shackleton not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 7nb) 13  
TOTAL 275 all out (102.2 overs; RR: 2.69)

Fall of wickets

59-1 (JB Bolus 0.0 ov), 64-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 103-3 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 115-4 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 216-5 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 224-6 (PJ Sharpe 0.0 ov), 254-7 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 258-8 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 275-9 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 275-10 (JB Statham 102.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 22.2 2 71 1 3.23 0 0
CC Griffith 27.0 4 71 6 2.63 0 0
GS Sobers 21.0 4 44 2 2.10 0 0
LR Gibbs 27.0 7 50 1 1.85 0 0
FMM Worrell 5.0 0 26 0 5.20 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 246 (104.1; RR: 2.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Parks b Shackleton 80 175 7 0 45.71
WV Rodriguez c Lock b Statham 5 15 1 0 33.33
RB Kanhai b Lock 30 66 3 0 45.45
BF Butcher run out 53 156 7 0 33.97
GS Sobers run out 26 73 2 0 35.62
JS Solomon c Trueman b Statham 16 70 0 0 22.86
FMM Worrell b Statham 9 18 1 0 50.00
DL Murray c Lock b Trueman 5 8 1 0 62.50
WW Hall b Trueman 2 9 0 0 22.22
CC Griffith not out 13 25 2 0 52.00
LR Gibbs b Trueman 4 10 0 0 40.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 246 all out (104.1 overs; RR: 2.36)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (WV Rodriguez 0.0 ov), 72-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 152-3 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 185-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 198-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 214-6 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 221-7 (DL Murray 0.0 ov), 225-8 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 233-9 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 246-10 (LR Gibbs 104.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 26.1 2 65 3 2.50 0 0
JB Statham 22.0 3 68 3 3.09 0 0
D Shackleton 21.0 5 37 1 1.76 0 0
GAR Lock 29.0 6 65 1 2.24 0 0
ER Dexter 6.0 1 8 0 1.33 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 223 (81.0; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Bolus c Gibbs b Sobers 15 56 0 0 26.79
JH Edrich c Murray b Griffith 12 28 1 0 42.86
ER Dexter c Murray b Sobers 27 79 2 0 34.18
KF Barrington b Griffith 28 39 4 0 71.79
DB Close lbw b Sobers 4 4 1 0 100.00
PJ Sharpe c Murray b Hall 83 185 10 0 44.86
JM Parks lbw b Griffith 23 47 2 0 48.94
FS Trueman c Sobers b Hall 5 31 0 0 16.13
GAR Lock b Hall 0 1 0 0 0.00
JB Statham b Hall 14 13 3 0 107.69
D Shackleton not out 0 9 0 0 0.00
Extras (5b, 3lb, 0w, 4nb) 12  
TOTAL 223 all out (81.0 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (JB Bolus 0.0 ov), 31-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 64-3 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 69-4 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 121-5 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 173-6 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 196-7 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 196-8 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 218-9 (JB Statham 0.0 ov), 223-10 (PJ Sharpe 81.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 16.0 3 39 4 2.44 0 0
CC Griffith 23.0 7 66 3 2.87 0 0
GS Sobers 33.0 6 77 3 2.33 0 0
LR Gibbs 9.0 1 29 0 3.22 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 255-2 (95.0; RR: 2.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte not out 108 295 9 0 36.61
WV Rodriguez c Lock b Dexter 28 114 1 0 24.56
RB Kanhai c Bolus b Lock 77 103 10 1 74.76
BF Butcher not out 31 57 3 0 54.39
GS Sobers  
JS Solomon  
FMM Worrell  
DL Murray  
WW Hall  
CC Griffith  
LR Gibbs  
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 255-2 (95.0 overs; RR: 2.68)

Fall of wickets

78-1 (WV Rodriguez 0.0 ov), 191-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Statham 22.0 2 54 0 2.45 0 0
D Shackleton 32.0 7 68 0 2.13 0 0
FS Trueman 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
GAR Lock 25.0 8 52 1 2.08 0 0
ER Dexter 9.0 1 34 1 3.78 0 0
DB Close 6.0 0 36 0 6.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 22, 1963

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

JS Buller, AEG Rhodes

England Team

Playing XI

DB Close, D Shackleton, JB Statham, FS Trueman, GAR Lock, JM Parks, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, JH Edrich, PJ Sharpe, JB Bolus

West Indies Team

Playing XI

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