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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
West Indies won by an innings and 23 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c D Ramdin b JE Taylor | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.7 |
| Alastair Cook | c RR Sarwan b DBL Powell | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Ian Bell | c DS Smith b CH Gayle | 28 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c D Ramdin b SJ Benn | 97 | 172 | 12 | 1 | 56.4 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b SJ Benn | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c BP Nash b DBL Powell | 43 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 29.5 |
| Matt Prior | c & b SJ Benn | 64 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 58.7 |
| Stuart Broad | c SJ Benn b JE Taylor | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | not out | 26* | 72 | 3 | 0 | 36.1 |
| Steve Harmison | lbw b JE Taylor | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b SJ Benn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 8, w 0, nb 7) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 122.2 overs | 318 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (AJ Strauss, 4.2 ov), 2-31 (AN Cook, 9.3 ov), 3-71 (IR Bell, 25.5 ov), 4-94 (PD Collingwood, 42.3 ov), 5-180 (KP Pietersen, 66.4 ov), 6-241 (A Flintoff, 90.3 ov), 7-256 (SCJ Broad, 95.3 ov), 8-288 (MJ Prior, 104.3 ov), 9-313 (SJ Harmison, 121.1 ov), 10-318 (MS Panesar, 122.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 20 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 3.70 | 0 | 3 |
| FH Edwards | 14 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 4.14 | 0 | 3 |
| DBL Powell | 20 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 |
| SJ Benn | 44.2 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 |
| CH Gayle | 24 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Gayle | b SCJ Broad | 104 | 193 | 5 | 5 | 53.9 |
| DS Smith | lbw b A Flintoff | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| RR Sarwan | b A Flintoff | 107 | 290 | 10 | 0 | 36.9 |
| XM Marshall | lbw b SCJ Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| S Chanderpaul | lbw b SCJ Broad | 20 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 23.3 |
| BP Nash | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 55 | 164 | 4 | 0 | 33.5 |
| D Ramdin | c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar | 35 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 45.5 |
| JE Taylor | lbw b SJ Harmison | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| SJ Benn | c AN Cook b SCJ Broad | 23 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 63.9 |
| DBL Powell | c MJ Prior b SJ Harmison | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| FH Edwards | not out | 10* | 24 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 8, w 1, nb 0) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 157.3 overs | 392 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (DS Smith, 5.6 ov), 2-220 (CH Gayle, 77.3 ov), 3-220 (XM Marshall, 77.5 ov), 4-235 (RR Sarwan, 91.2 ov), 5-254 (S Chanderpaul, 105.4 ov), 6-320 (D Ramdin, 131.4 ov), 7-341 (JE Taylor, 140.1 ov), 8-371 (SJ Benn, 148.6 ov), 9-376 (BP Nash, 150.6 ov), 10-392 (DBL Powell, 157.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 24 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 1.46 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 33 | 11 | 72 | 2 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 20.4 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 2.37 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 29 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 47 | 14 | 122 | 1 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3.5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c D Ramdin b JE Taylor | 9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c DS Smith b JE Taylor | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ian Bell | c D Ramdin b SJ Benn | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b JE Taylor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Paul Collingwood | b JE Taylor | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | b FH Edwards | 24 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 51.1 |
| Matt Prior | b JE Taylor | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | c XM Marshall b SJ Benn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | lbw b SJ Benn | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 |
| Steve Harmison | b SJ Benn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 0, w 0, nb 4) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 33.2 overs | 51 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AN Cook, 2.1 ov), 2-11 (IR Bell, 9.4 ov), 3-12 (KP Pietersen, 10.1 ov), 4-20 (AJ Strauss, 16.2 ov), 5-23 (PD Collingwood, 18.1 ov), 6-23 (MJ Prior, 18.5 ov), 7-26 (SCJ Broad, 19.6 ov), 8-50 (RJ Sidebottom, 31.5 ov), 9-51 (A Flintoff, 32.3 ov), 10-51 (SJ Harmison, 33.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 9 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1.22 | 0 | 2 |
| DBL Powell | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 |
| SJ Benn | 14.2 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 |
| CH Gayle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| FH Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 |
Player of the match: JE Taylor · Umpires: AL Hill, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: DJ Harper · Match referee: AG Hurst. 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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