| f24897 t546 |
|
| Venue | Headingley, Leeds on 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th July 1963 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indies won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | West Indies won by 221 runs |
| Umpires | JG Langridge, WE Phillipson |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 294/5 (Solomon 39*, Murray 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 169/8 (Titmus 31*, Lock 51*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 113/4 (Close 14*, Sharpe 9*) |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Hunte | c Parks b Trueman | 22 | 56 | 54 | 4 | - | |
| EDAS McMorris | c Barrington b Shackleton | 11 | 30 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| RB Kanhai | b Lock | 92 | 213 | 216 | 10 | - | |
| BF Butcher | c Parks b Dexter | 23 | 43 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| GS Sobers | c and b Lock | 102 | 242 | 251 | 15 | - | |
| JS Solomon | c Stewart b Trueman | 62 | 181 | 205 | 9 | - | |
| +DL Murray | lbw b Titmus | 34 | 112 | 91 | 4 | - | |
| *FMM Worrell | c Close b Lock | 25 | 70 | 73 | 2 | - | |
| WW Hall | c Shackleton b Trueman | 15 | 32 | 38 | - | 1 | |
| CC Griffith | c Stewart b Trueman | 1 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 164.4 overs) | 397 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (McMorris), 2-42 (Hunte), 3-71 (Butcher), 4-214 (Kanhai), 5-287 (Sobers), 6-348 (Murray), 7-355 (Solomon), 8-379 (Hall), 9-389 (Griffith), 10-397 (Worrell, 164.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 46 | 10 | 117 | 4 | - | - | |
| Shackleton | 42 | 10 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 23 | 4 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 25 | 5 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 28.4 | 9 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Stewart | c Gibbs b Griffith | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| JB Bolus | c Hunte b Hall | 14 | 18 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| *ER Dexter | b Griffith | 8 | 28 | 36 | - | - | |
| KF Barrington | c Worrell b Gibbs | 25 | 47 | 75 | 2 | - | |
| DB Close | b Griffith | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| PJ Sharpe | c Kanhai b Griffith | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| +JM Parks | c Gibbs b Griffith | 22 | 27 | 25 | 3 | - | |
| FJ Titmus | lbw b Gibbs | 33 | 115 | 114 | - | 1 | |
| FS Trueman | c Hall b Gibbs | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| GAR Lock | b Griffith | 53 | 66 | 94 | 6 | 1 | |
| D Shackleton | not out | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Stewart), 2-19 (Bolus), 3-32 (Dexter), 4-32 (Close), 5-34 (Sharpe), 6-69 (Parks), 7-87 (Barrington), 8-93 (Trueman), 9-172 (Titmus), 10-174 (Lock, 54 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 13 | 2 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 21 | 5 | 36 | 6 | - | - | |
| Gibbs | 14 | 2 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Hunte | b Trueman | 4 | 32 | 30 | - | - | |
| EDAS McMorris | lbw b Trueman | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| RB Kanhai | lbw b Shackleton | 44 | 59 | 60 | 6 | 1 | |
| BF Butcher | c Dexter b Shackleton | 78 | 95 | 111 | 12 | - | |
| GS Sobers | c Sharpe b Titmus | 52 | 93 | 80 | 6 | - | |
| JS Solomon | c Titmus b Shackleton | 16 | 47 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| *FMM Worrell | c Parks b Titmus | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| +DL Murray | c Lock b Titmus | 2 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| WW Hall | c Trueman b Titmus | 7 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| CC Griffith | not out | 12 | 12 | 21 | - | 1 | |
| LR Gibbs | c Sharpe b Lock | 6 | 31 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67.1 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (McMorris), 2-20 (Hunte), 3-85 (Kanhai), 4-181 (Butcher), 5-186 (Sobers), 6-188 (Worrell), 7-196 (Murray), 8-206 (Hall), 9-212 (Solomon), 10-229 (Gibbs, 67.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 13 | 1 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shackleton | 26 | 2 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lock | 7.1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 19 | 2 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Stewart | b Sobers | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| JB Bolus | c Gibbs b Sobers | 43 | 87 | 113 | 2 | - | |
| *ER Dexter | lbw b Griffith | 10 | 20 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| KF Barrington | lbw b Sobers | 32 | 68 | 63 | 3 | - | |
| DB Close | c Solomon b Griffith | 56 | 176 | 119 | 10 | - | |
| PJ Sharpe | c Kanhai b Gibbs | 13 | 45 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| +JM Parks | lbw b Gibbs | 57 | 109 | 98 | 5 | 2 | |
| FJ Titmus | st Murray b Gibbs | 5 | 21 | 30 | - | - | |
| FS Trueman | c Griffith b Gibbs | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| GAR Lock | c Murray b Griffith | 1 | 9 | 5 | - | - | |
| D Shackleton | not out | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.4 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Stewart), 2-23 (Dexter), 3-82 (Barrington), 4-95 (Bolus), 5-130 (Sharpe), 6-199 (Close), 7-221 (Parks), 8-224 (Titmus), 9-225 (Lock), 10-231 (Trueman, 92.4 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sobers | 32 | 5 | 90 | 3 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 18 | 5 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hall | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gibbs | 37.4 | 12 | 76 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JB Bolus made his debut in Test matches
--> CC Hunte (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> CC Hunte (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> RB Kanhai (1) 50 in 109 balls
--> GS Sobers (1) 50 in 129 balls, 130 minutes
--> GS Sobers (1) 100 in 241 balls, 250 minutes with 14 fours
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 82
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> JS Solomon (1) 50 in 143 balls
--> DL Murray (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> ER Dexter (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> GAR Lock (1) 50 in 56 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RB Kanhai (2) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> BF Butcher (2) 50 in 47 balls
--> GS Sobers (2) 50 in 82 balls with 6 fours
--> DB Close (2) 50 in 140 balls
--> DB Close (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> JM Parks (2) 50 in 86 balls with 10 fours
--> FJ Titmus (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JB Bolus made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> CC Griffith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed GAR Lock in the England first innings (previous best was 5-91)
--> D Shackleton reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed JS Solomon, his 3rd wicket in the West Indies second innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GS Sobers, his 1st wicket in the West Indies second innings
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Chile Women in Costa Rica 2026
- Croatia Women in Cyprus 2026
- Gibraltar in Malta 2026
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2026
- ICC Women's T20I Challenge Trophy 2026
- India Women in South Africa 2025/26
- New Zealand in Bangladesh 2026
- New Zealand Women in England 2026
- Pakistan in Bangladesh 2026
- Scotland in Namibia 2025/26
- Sri Lanka Women in Bangladesh 2026
- United Arab Emirates in Nepal 2026
- Zimbabwe Women in Pakistan 2026
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


