English cricket team in West Indies in 1959-60
| English cricket team in West Indies in 1959–60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21 December 1959 — 31 March 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | England won the 5-Test series 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | |||
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 West Indies
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 England
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| Captains | |||
| Gerry Alexander | Peter May | ||
| Most runs | |||
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GS Sobers (709) RB Kanhai (325) FMM Worrell (320) |
ER Dexter (526) MC Cowdrey (491) KF Barrington (420) |
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| Most wickets | |||
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WW Hall (22) S Ramadhin (17) CD Watson (16) |
FS Trueman (21) JB Statham (10) |
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The English cricket team in the West Indies in 1959–60 played five Test matches, eight other first-class matches and two minor games. England won the Test series by one match to nil, with the other four matches being drawn.
Following the unsuccessful tour of Australia a year earlier, the selectors opted for youth, with only May, Cowdrey, Trueman and Statham having had substantial Test experience.
Matches were played over six days, each of five hours.
E.R. Dexter 136*
K.F. Barrington 128
S. Ramadhin 3/109
G. Pullar 46*
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: H.B.D. Jordan and J.H.J. Roberts
G.S. Sobers 226
F.M.M. Worrell 197*
F.S. Trueman 4/93
Centuries by Barrington (his first Test hundred) and Dexter ensured that England made a big score. Alexander took five catches. In response, West Indies were 102/3, but then a mammoth fourth wicket partnership of 399 (still the record for that wicket for West Indies against all countries) by Sobers and Worrell took them into a first innings lead. In the circumstances, Trueman's analysis was a good one. West Indies had scored at under two and a half runs per over, and by the time that they declared England only had to bat for 140 minutes in their second innings. Allen for England, and Scarlett and Watson for West Indies, made their Test debuts. Statham was unfit, Moss playing in his stead.
K.F. Barrington 121
M.J.K. Smith 108
S. Ramadhin 3/61
K.F. Barrington 49
W.W. Hall 3/50
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