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West Indian cricket team in England in 1950


The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1950 season to play a four-match Test series against England.

West Indies won the series 3-1 with no matches drawn. The second Test at Lord's was the first time that the West Indies had won a match in England; in that match Ramadhin took 5 wickets for 66 runs and 6 for 86, whilst Valentine took 4 for 48 and 3 for 79.

The following players were selected for the tour:

Eleven of the sixteen players in the team had appeared in Test cricket before the tour. Ramadhin and Valentine made their Test debuts in this series. Marshall played Test cricket in a different series after this tour was over. Trestrail and Williams never played Test cricket.



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