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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v West Indies⁠

Result

West Indies won by 4 wickets

England
204 & 313
West Indies
318 & 200/6
Date
8 Jul – 12 Jul 2020 · England in 2020
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v West Indies Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 204 all out (67.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns lbw b ST Gabriel 30 85 4 0 35.3
DP Sibley b ST Gabriel 0 4 0 0 0.0
Joe Denly b ST Gabriel 18 58 4 0 31.0
Zak Crawley lbw b JO Holder 10 26 2 0 38.5
Ben Stokes c SO Dowrich b JO Holder 43 97 7 0 44.3
Ollie Pope c SO Dowrich b JO Holder 12 13 2 0 92.3
Jos Buttler c SO Dowrich b JO Holder 35 47 6 0 74.5
DM Bess not out 31* 44 4 0 70.5
Jofra Archer lbw b JO Holder 0 6 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c SD Hope b JO Holder 5 7 0 0 71.4
James Anderson b ST Gabriel 10 20 1 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 10
Total 67.3 overs 204

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (DP Sibley, 1.4 ov), 2-48 (JL Denly, 23.2 ov), 3-51 (RJ Burns, 25.4 ov), 4-71 (Z Crawley, 33.1 ov), 5-87 (OJ Pope, 37.4 ov), 6-154 (BA Stokes, 53.3 ov), 7-157 (JC Buttler, 55.4 ov), 8-157 (JC Archer, 57.4 ov), 9-174 (MA Wood, 61.1 ov), 10-204 (JM Anderson, 67.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KAJ Roach 19 6 41 0 2.16 0 0
ST Gabriel 15.3 3 62 4 4.00 1 1
AS Joseph 13 4 53 0 4.08 1 0
JO Holder 20 6 42 6 2.10 0 1

West Indies · 1st innings 318 all out (102 overs)

West Indies · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KC Brathwaite lbw b BA Stokes 65 125 6 0 52.0
JD Campbell lbw b JM Anderson 28 36 3 0 77.8
SD Hope c BA Stokes b DM Bess 16 64 1 0 25.0
SSJ Brooks c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 39 71 6 0 54.9
RL Chase lbw b JM Anderson 47 142 6 0 33.1
J Blackwood c JM Anderson b DM Bess 12 22 2 0 54.5
SO Dowrich c JC Buttler b BA Stokes 61 115 8 0 53.0
JO Holder c JC Archer b BA Stokes 5 14 0 0 35.7
AS Joseph b BA Stokes 18 12 3 0 150.0
KAJ Roach not out 1* 7 0 0 14.3
ST Gabriel b MA Wood 4 5 1 0 80.0
Extras (b 0, lb 21, w 0, nb 1) 22
Total 102 overs 318

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (JD Campbell, 12.6 ov), 2-102 (SD Hope, 34.3 ov), 3-140 (KC Brathwaite, 41.6 ov), 4-173 (SSJ Brooks, 55.2 ov), 5-186 (J Blackwood, 60.6 ov), 6-267 (RL Chase, 88.6 ov), 7-281 (JO Holder, 94.1 ov), 8-306 (AS Joseph, 98.4 ov), 9-313 (SO Dowrich, 100.2 ov), 10-318 (ST Gabriel, 101.6 ov)

West Indies · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 25 11 62 3 2.48 0 0
Jofra Archer 22 3 61 0 2.77 0 1
Mark Wood 22 2 74 1 3.36 0 0
Ben Stokes 14 5 49 4 3.50 0 0
DM Bess 19 5 51 2 2.68 0 0

England · 2nd innings 313 all out (111.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c JD Campbell b RL Chase 42 104 5 0 40.4
DP Sibley c SO Dowrich b ST Gabriel 50 164 4 0 30.5
Joe Denly c JO Holder b RL Chase 29 70 3 0 41.4
Zak Crawley c & b AS Joseph 76 127 8 0 59.8
Ben Stokes c SD Hope b JO Holder 46 79 6 0 58.2
Ollie Pope b ST Gabriel 12 30 1 0 40.0
Jos Buttler b AS Joseph 9 13 2 0 69.2
DM Bess b ST Gabriel 3 24 0 0 12.5
Jofra Archer c SO Dowrich b ST Gabriel 23 35 4 0 65.7
Mark Wood c SO Dowrich b ST Gabriel 2 18 0 0 11.1
James Anderson not out 4* 7 1 0 57.1
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 0, nb 3) 17
Total 111.2 overs 313

Fall of wickets: 1-72 (RJ Burns, 36.1 ov), 2-113 (DP Sibley, 51.3 ov), 3-151 (JL Denly, 64.3 ov), 4-249 (BA Stokes, 89.4 ov), 5-253 (Z Crawley, 90.4 ov), 6-265 (JC Buttler, 94.2 ov), 7-278 (DM Bess, 101.2 ov), 8-279 (OJ Pope, 101.6 ov), 9-303 (MA Wood, 109.3 ov), 10-313 (JC Archer, 111.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
KAJ Roach 22 8 50 0 2.27 0 0
ST Gabriel 21.2 4 75 5 3.52 0 3
JO Holder 22 8 49 1 2.23 0 0
RL Chase 25 6 71 2 2.84 0 0
AS Joseph 18 2 45 2 2.50 0 0
KC Brathwaite 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0

West Indies · 2nd innings 200/6 (64.2 overs)

West Indies · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KC Brathwaite b JC Archer 4 18 0 0 22.2
JD Campbell not out 8* 26 1 0 30.8
SD Hope b MA Wood 9 23 2 0 39.1
SSJ Brooks lbw b JC Archer 0 5 0 0 0.0
RL Chase c JC Buttler b JC Archer 37 88 1 0 42.0
J Blackwood c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 95 154 12 0 61.7
SO Dowrich c JC Buttler b BA Stokes 20 37 1 0 54.1
JO Holder not out 14* 36 1 0 38.9
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 5, nb 1) 13
Total 64.2 overs 200/6

Did not bat: AS Joseph, KAJ Roach, ST Gabriel

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (KC Brathwaite, 5.4 ov), 2-7 (SSJ Brooks, 7.3 ov), 3-27 (SD Hope, 11.4 ov), 4-100 (RL Chase, 35.4 ov), 5-168 (SO Dowrich, 52.5 ov), 6-189 (J Blackwood, 60.4 ov)

West Indies · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15 3 42 0 2.80 0 0
Jofra Archer 17 3 45 3 2.65 1 0
Mark Wood 12 0 36 1 3.00 0 0
DM Bess 10 2 31 0 3.10 0 0
Ben Stokes 10.2 1 39 2 3.77 0 1

Player of the match: ST Gabriel · Umpires: RA Kettleborough, RK Illingworth · TV umpire: MA Gough · Match referee: BC Broad. 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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Meetings166In our results database
England wins54England perspective
Draws, ties & NR53Drawn, tied or no result
West Indies wins59West Indies victories

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