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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v West Indies⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
221/5
West Indies
426
Date
Thursday 7 June 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Birmingham
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v West Indies Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

West Indies · 1st innings 426 all out (129.3 overs)

West Indies · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AB Barath lbw b G Onions 41 106 4 1 38.7
KOA Powell c GP Swann b TT Bresnan 24 43 2 0 55.8
AB Fudadin c IR Bell b TT Bresnan 28 110 4 0 25.5
DM Bravo c & b ST Finn 6 16 1 0 37.5
MN Samuels lbw b TT Bresnan 76 114 10 1 66.7
N Deonarine c AJ Strauss b G Onions 7 29 1 0 24.1
D Ramdin not out 107* 183 9 0 58.5
DJG Sammy c AJ Strauss b ST Finn 16 35 2 0 45.7
SP Narine b G Onions 11 17 1 0 64.7
R Rampaul c MJ Prior b ST Finn 2 12 0 0 16.7
TL Best c AJ Strauss b G Onions 95 112 14 1 84.8
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 0) 13
Total 129.3 overs 426

Fall of wickets: 1-49 (KOA Powell, 17.3 ov), 2-90 (AB Barath, 31.6 ov), 3-99 (DM Bravo, 38.5 ov), 4-128 (AB Fudadin, 52.3 ov), 5-152 (N Deonarine, 62.4 ov), 6-208 (MN Samuels, 79.1 ov), 7-241 (DJG Sammy, 88.4 ov), 8-267 (SP Narine, 94.1 ov), 9-283 (R Rampaul, 98.3 ov), 10-426 (TL Best, 129.3 ov)

West Indies · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
G Onions 29.3 7 88 4 2.98 0 0
Tim Bresnan 34 9 111 3 3.26 0 0
Steven Finn 32 6 109 3 3.41 1 0
Graeme Swann 26 5 85 0 3.27 0 0
Jonathan Trott 8 1 21 0 2.63 0 0

England · 1st innings 221/5 (58 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c DM Bravo b TL Best 17 45 1 0 37.8
Alastair Cook lbw b R Rampaul 4 8 0 0 50.0
Jonathan Trott b DJG Sammy 17 23 3 0 73.9
Kevin Pietersen c DJG Sammy b MN Samuels 78 81 11 1 96.3
Ian Bell not out 76* 137 10 0 55.5
Jonny Bairstow b TL Best 18 37 3 0 48.6
Steven Finn not out 0* 20 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 3) 11
Total 58 overs 221/5

Did not bat: MJ Prior, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, G Onions

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (AN Cook, 3.6 ov), 2-40 (IJL Trott, 10.2 ov), 3-49 (AJ Strauss, 14.2 ov), 4-186 (KP Pietersen, 44.2 ov), 5-215 (JM Bairstow, 53.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TL Best 12 2 37 2 3.08 0 3
R Rampaul 14 1 55 1 3.93 0 0
DJG Sammy 8 1 22 1 2.75 0 0
SP Narine 15 1 70 0 4.67 0 0
MN Samuels 9 0 29 1 3.22 0 0

Player of the match: TL Best · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, AL Hill · TV umpire: Aleem Dar · Match referee: RS Mahanama. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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England v West Indies stats

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Meetings166In our results database
England wins54England perspective
Draws, ties & NR53Drawn, tied or no result
West Indies wins59West Indies victories

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