England Vs West Indies 1St Odi

West Indies tour of England - 1991 (1991) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 23 May 1991

England won by 1 wicket (with 32 balls remaining)

England won by 1 wicket (with 32 balls remaining). Mike Atherton top-scored with 69* for England. Ian Botham took 4/45.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: West Indies tour of England - 1991 (1991)
Ground: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Date: 23 May 1991
Toss: England, chose to field
Result: England won by 1 wicket (with 32 balls remaining)
Player of the match: Mike Atherton
Captains: Viv Richards (West Indies), Graham Gooch (England)
Debuts: Graeme Hick (England), Richard Illingworth (England)
Umpires: JH Hampshire and MJ Kitchen

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field. Graeme Hick and Richard Illingworth played their first ODIs.

West Indies batted first and made 173 for 8. Viv Richards top-scored with 30 off 45 balls. Ian Botham took 4 for 45 for England. That was well below the 1990s average first-innings total at Edgbaston, 240 across 9 ODIs.

Chasing 174, England made 175 for 9. Mike Atherton top-scored with 69 not out off 147 balls.

England won by 1 wicket (with 32 balls remaining).

WEST INDIES: 173 FOR 8

Batter	How out	R	B
Gordon Greenidge	c Jack Russell	23	56
Phil Simmons	c Graham Gooch	4	25
Richie Richardson	c Richard Illingworth	3	21
Viv Richards	c Neil Fairbrother	30	45
Carl Hooper	c Jack Russell	10	28
Gus Logie	c Phil DeFreitas	18	11
Jeff Dujon	c Chris Lewis	5	18
Malcolm Marshall	c Chris Lewis	17	42
Curtly Ambrose	not out	21	59
Courtney Walsh	not out	29	26

Did not bat: Patrick Patterson

Extras 13 · Total 173 for 8

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Phil DeFreitas	11	3	22	1
Chris Lewis	11	3	41	1
Derek Pringle	7	0	22	0
Ian Botham	11	2	45	4
Graham Gooch	5	0	17	1
Richard Illingworth	10	1	20	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (Phil Simmons), 2-16 (Richie Richardson), 3-48 (Gordon Greenidge), 4-78 (Carl Hooper), 5-84 (Viv Richards), 6-98 (Gus Logie), 7-103 (Jeff Dujon), 8-121 (Malcolm Marshall)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Gordon Greenidge and Phil Simmons	8
second	Gordon Greenidge and Richie Richardson	8
third	Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards	32
fourth	Viv Richards and Carl Hooper	30
fifth	Viv Richards and Gus Logie	6
sixth	Jeff Dujon and Gus Logie	14
seventh	Malcolm Marshall and Jeff Dujon	5
eighth	Malcolm Marshall and Curtly Ambrose	18
ninth	Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose	52

ENGLAND: 175 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
Graham Gooch	lbw	0	2
Mike Atherton	not out	69	147
Graeme Hick	c Richie Richardson	14	49
Allan Lamb	bowled	18	26
Neil Fairbrother	c Jeff Dujon	4	6
Ian Botham	lbw	8	30
Derek Pringle	c Richie Richardson	1	3
Jack Russell	c Jeff Dujon	1	8
Phil DeFreitas	c Richie Richardson	8	10
Chris Lewis	c Richie Richardson	0	4
Richard Illingworth	not out	9	34

Extras 43 · Total 175 for 9

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Curtly Ambrose	11	2	34	1
Patrick Patterson	11	2	38	2
Malcolm Marshall	11	1	32	2
Courtney Walsh	11	0	34	2
Phil Simmons	3	0	10	0
Carl Hooper	2.4	0	18	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Graham Gooch), 2-41 (Graeme Hick), 3-80 (Allan Lamb), 4-87 (Neil Fairbrother), 5-123 (Ian Botham), 6-126 (Derek Pringle), 7-134 (Jack Russell), 8-147 (Phil DeFreitas), 9-152 (Chris Lewis)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton	1
second	Mike Atherton and Graeme Hick	40
third	Allan Lamb and Mike Atherton	39
fourth	Neil Fairbrother and Mike Atherton	7
fifth	Ian Botham and Mike Atherton	36
sixth	Derek Pringle and Mike Atherton	3
seventh	Jack Russell and Mike Atherton	8
eighth	Phil DeFreitas and Mike Atherton	13
ninth	Mike Atherton and Chris Lewis	5
tenth	Mike Atherton and Richard Illingworth	23

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