f43517 t1396	West Indies v England
	England in West Indies 1997/98 (1st Test)
Venue	Sabina Park, Kingston on 29th January 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	SA Bucknor, S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire	JR Gayle
Referee	BN Jarman

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Atherton	c Campbell b Walsh	2	7	10	-	-
+AJ Stewart	not out	9	26	56	-	-
MA Butcher	c SC Williams b Walsh	0	1	1	-	-
N Hussain	c Hooper b Ambrose	1	18	22	-	-
GP Thorpe	not out	0	10	21	-	-
JP Crawley	did not bat
AJ Hollioake	did not bat
AR Caddick	did not bat
DW Headley	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 56 minutes, 10.1 overs)	17
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Atherton, 2.1 ov), 2-4 (Butcher, 2.2 ov), 3-9 (Hussain, 7.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	5.1	1	10	2	-	-
Ambrose	5	3	3	1	-	1

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SC Williams	did not bat
SL Campbell	did not bat
*BC Lara	did not bat
S Chanderpaul	did not bat
CL Hooper	did not bat
JC Adams	did not bat
+D Williams	did not bat
NAM McLean	did not bat
IR Bishop	did not bat
CEL Ambrose	did not bat
CA Walsh	did not bat

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in one.
--> NAM McLean made his debut in Test matches
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> NAM McLean made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> JP Crawley made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> AJ Hollioake made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> DW Headley made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> MA Butcher made his debut in West Indies in First-Class matches
--> MA Butcher made his debut in West Indies in Test matches

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After England players had been hit 7 times in the first 10 overs, the game was suspended whilst the pitch conditions were discussed
56 minutes of play were complete when the game was held up
After 90 minutes of discussions the game was officially abandoned.
An additional Test was scheduled for 5-9 February at Port-of-Spain

 

 

 

 

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