f24965 t547	England v West Indies
	West Indies in British Isles 1963 (5th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th August 1963 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by 8 wickets
Umpires	JS Buller, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	England (1) 275 all out
Close of play day 2	West Indies (1) 231/8 (Solomon 15*, Griffith 3*)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (2) 5/0 (Hunte 5*, Rodriguez 0*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Murray b Sobers	33	72	87	3	-
JH Edrich	c Murray b Sobers	25	63	95	1	-
*ER Dexter	c and b Griffith	29	70	76	2	-
KF Barrington	c Sobers b Gibbs	16	49	50	1	-
DB Close	b Griffith	46	136	127	6	-
PJ Sharpe	c Murray b Griffith	63	136	119	9	-
+JM Parks	c Kanhai b Griffith	19	42	75	1	-
FS Trueman	b Griffith	19	29	28	2	-
GAR Lock	hit wkt b Griffith	4	9	16	-	-
JB Statham	b Hall	8	13	23	-	-
D Shackleton	not out	0	4	3	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Bolus), 2-64 (Edrich), 3-103 (Barrington), 4-115 (Dexter), 5-216 (Close), 6-224 (Sharpe), 7-254 (Trueman), 8-258 (Lock), 9-275 (Parks), 10-275 (Statham, 102.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	22.2	2	71	1	-	-
Griffith	27	4	71	6	-	-
Sobers	21	4	44	2	-	-
Gibbs	27	7	50	1	-	-
Worrell	5	0	26	0	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	c Parks b Shackleton	80	175	195	7	-
WV Rodriguez	c Lock b Statham	5	15	13	1	-
RB Kanhai	b Lock	30	66	77	3	-
BF Butcher	run out	53	156	156	7	-
GS Sobers	run out	26	73	68	2	-
JS Solomon	c Trueman b Statham	16	70	119	-	-
*FMM Worrell	b Statham	9	18	28	1	-
+DL Murray	c Lock b Trueman	5	8	8	1	-
WW Hall	b Trueman	2	9	8	-	-
CC Griffith	not out	13	25	38	2	-
LR Gibbs	b Trueman	4	10	12	-	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Rodriguez), 2-72 (Kanhai), 3-152 (Hunte), 4-185 (Butcher), 5-198 (Sobers), 6-214 (Worrell), 7-221 (Murray), 8-225 (Hall), 9-233 (Solomon), 10-246 (Gibbs, 104.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	26.1	2	65	3	-	-
Statham	22	3	68	3	-	-
Shackleton	21	5	37	1	-	-
Lock	29	6	65	1	-	-
Dexter	6	1	8	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Gibbs b Sobers	15	56	53	-	-
JH Edrich	c Murray b Griffith	12	28	58	1	-
*ER Dexter	c Murray b Sobers	27	79	98	2	-
KF Barrington	b Griffith	28	39	28	4	-
DB Close	lbw b Sobers	4	4	3	1	-
PJ Sharpe	c Murray b Hall	83	185	197	10	-
+JM Parks	lbw b Griffith	23	47	58	2	-
FS Trueman	c Sobers b Hall	5	31	35	-	-
GAR Lock	b Hall	0	1	1	-	-
JB Statham	b Hall	14	13	22	3	-
D Shackleton	not out	0	9	14	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Bolus), 2-31 (Edrich), 3-64 (Barrington), 4-69 (Close), 5-121 (Dexter), 6-173 (Parks), 7-196 (Trueman), 8-196 (Lock), 9-218 (Statham), 10-223 (Sharpe, 81 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	3	39	4	-	-
Griffith	23	7	66	3	-	-
Sobers	33	6	77	3	-	-
Gibbs	9	1	29	0	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	not out	108	295	306	9	-
WV Rodriguez	c Lock b Dexter	28	114	146	1	-
RB Kanhai	c Bolus b Lock	77	103	88	10	1
BF Butcher	not out	31	57	68	3	-
GS Sobers	did not bat
JS Solomon	did not bat
*FMM Worrell	did not bat
+DL Murray	did not bat
WW Hall	did not bat
CC Griffith	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 95 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Rodriguez), 2-191 (Kanhai)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	2	54	0	-	-
Shackleton	32	7	68	0	-	-
Trueman	1	1	0	0	-	-
Lock	25	8	52	1	-	-
Dexter	9	1	34	1	-	-
Close	6	0	36	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> D Shackleton made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FMM Worrell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DB Close (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> PJ Sharpe (1) 50 in 108 balls
--> PJ Sharpe (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> CC Hunte (1) 50 in 96 balls
--> BF Butcher (1) 50 in 141 balls with 7 fours
--> BF Butcher (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 51
--> BF Butcher (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> CC Griffith (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> PJ Sharpe (2) 50 in 91 balls
--> JM Parks (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 20
--> CC Hunte (2) 50 in 193 balls
--> CC Hunte (2) 100 in 281 balls, 285 minutes with 8 fours
--> RB Kanhai (2) 50 in 70 balls
--> WV Rodriguez made his debut in England in Test matches
--> GS Sobers reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JH Edrich, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings

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