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t545 England v West Indies

West Indies in British Isles 1963 (3rd Test)

Venue Edgbaston, Birmingham on 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th July 1963 (5-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss England won the toss and decided to bat

Result England won by 217 runs

Umpires CS Elliott, LH Gray

Close of play day 1 England (1) 157/5 (Close 41*, Parks 7*)

Close of play day 2 England (1) 216 all out

Close of play day 3 West Indies (1) 110/4 (Butcher 14*, Sobers 1*)

Close of play day 4 England (2) 226/8 (Sharpe 69*, Lock 23*)

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Hall	2	8	8	-	-
MJ Stewart	lbw b Sobers	39	88	124	2	1
*ER Dexter	b Sobers	29	50	60	3	-
KF Barrington	b Sobers	9	46	35	-	-
DB Close	lbw b Sobers	55	175	173	5	-
PJ Sharpe	c Kanhai b Gibbs	23	64	74	2	-
+JM Parks	c Murray b Sobers	12	50	53	2	-
FJ Titmus	c Griffith b Hall	27	80	77	3	-
FS Trueman	b Griffith	4	11	12	-	-
GAR Lock	b Griffith	1	3	16	-	-
D Shackleton	not out	6	22	27	1	-
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 98.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Richardson), 2-50 (Dexter), 3-72 (Barrington), 4-89 (Stewart), 5-129 (Sharpe), 6-172 (Parks), 7-187 (Close), 8-194 (Trueman), 9-200 (Lock), 10-216 (Titmus, 98.4 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16.4	2	56	2	-	-
Griffith	21	5	48	2	-	-
Sobers	31	10	60	5	-	-
Worrell	14	5	15	0	-	-
Gibbs	16	7	28	1	-	-

West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	b Trueman	18	71	65	1	-
MC Carew	c and b Trueman	40	87	109	3	1
RB Kanhai	c Lock b Shackleton	32	60	82	2	-
BF Butcher	lbw b Dexter	15	65	63	1	-
JS Solomon	lbw b Dexter	0	6	3	-	-
GS Sobers	b Trueman	19	26	23	3	-
*FMM Worrell	b Dexter	1	2	6	-	-
+DL Murray	not out	20	51	56	1	-
WW Hall	c Sharpe b Dexter	28	36	38	4	-
CC Griffith	lbw b Trueman	5	10	8	-	-
LR Gibbs	b Trueman	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Hunte), 2-79 (Carew), 3-108 (Kanhai), 4-109 (Solomon), 5-128 (Butcher), 6-130 (Sobers), 7-130 (Worrell), 8-178 (Hall), 9-186 (Griffith), 10-186 (Gibbs, 69 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	26	5	75	5	-	-
Shackleton	21	9	60	1	-	-
Lock	2	1	5	0	-	-
Dexter	20	5	38	4	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Murray b Griffith	14	29	36	1	-
MJ Stewart	c Murray b Griffith	27	86	105	-	-
KF Barrington	b Sobers	1	4	3	-	-
DB Close	c Sobers b Griffith	13	41	47	-	-
*ER Dexter	st Murray b Gibbs	57	127	124	7	-
PJ Sharpe	not out	85	199	233	8	-
+JM Parks	c Sobers b Gibbs	5	16	15	-	-
FJ Titmus	b Gibbs	0	2	1	-	-
FS Trueman	c Gibbs b Sobers	1	12	7	-	-
GAR Lock	b Gibbs	56	116	100	7	-
D Shackleton	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105.2 overs)	278
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Richardson), 2-31 (Barrington), 3-60 (Close), 4-69 (Stewart), 5-170 (Dexter), 6-184 (Parks), 7-184 (Titmus), 8-189 (Trueman), 9-278 (Lock, 105.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	1	47	0	-	-
Griffith	28	7	55	3	-	-
Worrell	8	3	28	0	-	-
Sobers	27	4	80	2	-	-
Gibbs	26.2	4	49	4	-	-

West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	c Barrington b Trueman	5	9	10	1	-
MC Carew	lbw b Shackleton	1	4	4	-	-
RB Kanhai	c Lock b Trueman	38	73	82	3	-
BF Butcher	b Dexter	14	29	38	1	-
GS Sobers	c Sharpe b Shackleton	9	23	22	-	-
JS Solomon	c Parks b Trueman	14	37	47	-	-
*FMM Worrell	c Parks b Trueman	0	7	6	-	-
+DL Murray	c Parks b Trueman	3	7	6	-	-
WW Hall	b Trueman	0	4	4	-	-
CC Griffith	lbw b Trueman	0	2	1	-	-
LR Gibbs	not out	4	4	6	1	-
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	91
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Carew), 2-10 (Hunte), 3-38 (Butcher), 4-64 (Sobers), 5-78 (Kanhai), 6-80 (Worrell), 7-86 (Murray), 8-86 (Hall), 9-86 (Griffith), 10-91 (Solomon, 34.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	-	-
Shackleton	17	4	37	2	-	-
Dexter	3	1	7	1	-	-

Notes
--> ER Dexter (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 1
--> PJ Sharpe made his debut in Test Matches
--> MC Carew (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 16
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> DL Murray (1) equalled his previous highest Test Matches score of 20
--> GAR Lock (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 49
--> GS Sobers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-63)
--> GS Sobers reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed FS Trueman, his 2nd wicket in the England second innings

f24610 t545	England v West Indies
	West Indies in British Isles 1963 (3rd Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th July 1963 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 217 runs
Umpires	CS Elliott, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	England (1) 157/5 (Close 41, Parks 7)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 216 all out
Close of play day 3	West Indies (1) 110/4 (Butcher 14, Sobers 1)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 226/8 (Sharpe 69, Lock 23)