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England v West Indies @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
30, 31 May, 1, 3, 4 June 1957 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DE Davies, CS Elliott
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Peter Richardson | c Clyde Walcott b Sonny Ramadhin | 47 | - | 148 | 5 | - |
| 2. Brian Close | c Rohan Kanhai b Roy Gilchrist | 15 | - | 34 | 1 | - |
| 3. Doug Insole | b Sonny Ramadhin | 20 | - | 46 | 1 | - |
| *4. Peter May | c Everton Weekes b Sonny Ramadhin | 30 | - | 80 | 3 | - |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | c Roy Gilchrist b Sonny Ramadhin | 4 | - | 35 | - | - |
| 6. Trevor Bailey | b Sonny Ramadhin | 1 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 7. Tony Lock | b Sonny Ramadhin | 0 | - | 6 | - | - |
| +8. Godfrey Evans | b Roy Gilchrist | 14 | - | 37 | 1 | - |
| 9. Jim Laker | b Sonny Ramadhin | 7 | - | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Fred Trueman | not out | 29 | - | 45 | 3 | 1 |
| 11. Brian Statham | b Denis Atkinson | 13 | - | 26 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Brian Close), 2-61 (Doug Insole), 3-104 (Peter Richardson), 4-115 (Peter May), 5-116 (Trevor Bailey), 6-118 (Tony Lock), 7-121 (Colin Cowdrey), 8-130 (Jim Laker), 9-150 (Godfrey Evans), 186 (Brian Statham). |
| Extras | 3b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 79.4 ovs) 186 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Frank Worrell | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roy Gilchrist | 27 | 4 | 74 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 31 | 16 | 49 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Denis Atkinson | 12.4 | 3 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Pairaudeau | b Fred Trueman | 1 | - | 14 | - | - |
| +2. Rohan Kanhai | lbw b Brian Statham | 42 | - | 119 | 6 | - |
| 3. Clyde Walcott | c Godfrey Evans b Jim Laker | 90 | - | 262 | 11 | - |
| 4. Everton Weekes | b Fred Trueman | 9 | - | 53 | - | - |
| 5. Garry Sobers | c Trevor Bailey b Brian Statham | 53 | - | 129 | 8 | - |
| 6. Collie Smith | lbw b Jim Laker | 161 | - | 341 | 19 | 1 |
| 7. Frank Worrell | b Brian Statham | 81 | - | 293 | 8 | - |
| *8. John Goddard | c Tony Lock b Jim Laker | 24 | - | 48 | 3 | - |
| 9. Denis Atkinson | c Brian Statham b Jim Laker | 1 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 10. Sonny Ramadhin | not out | 5 | - | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Roy Gilchrist | run out ( > > ) | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 2-83 (Rohan Kanhai), 3-120 (Everton Weekes), 4-183 (Clyde Walcott), 5-197 (Garry Sobers), 6-387 (Frank Worrell), 7-466 (Collie Smith), 8-469 (Denis Atkinson), 9-474 (John Goddard), 474 (Roy Gilchrist). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 191.4 ovs) 474 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 39 | 4 | 114 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 30 | 4 | 99 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 34 | 11 | 80 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 54 | 17 | 119 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 34.4 | 15 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Peter Richardson | c sub b Sonny Ramadhin | 34 | - | 92 | 2 | - |
| 2. Brian Close | c Everton Weekes b Roy Gilchrist | 42 | - | 141 | 3 | - |
| 3. Doug Insole | b Sonny Ramadhin | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| *4. Peter May | not out | 285 | - | 600 | 25 | 2 |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | c sub b Collie Smith | 154 | - | 500 | 16 | - |
| +6. Godfrey Evans | not out | 29 | - | 30 | 5 | - |
| 7. Trevor Bailey | ||||||
| 8. Tony Lock | ||||||
| 9. Jim Laker | ||||||
| 10. Fred Trueman | ||||||
| 11. Brian Statham |
| FOW | 1-63 (Peter Richardson), 2-65 (Doug Insole), 3-113 (Brian Close), 4-524 (Colin Cowdrey). |
| Extras | 23b, 16lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 39 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 258 ovs) 583 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Roy Gilchrist | 26 | 2 | 67 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sonny Ramadhin | 98 | 35 | 179 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Denis Atkinson | 72 | 29 | 137 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Garry Sobers | 30 | 4 | 77 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Collie Smith | 26 | 4 | 72 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Goddard | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Pairaudeau | b Fred Trueman | 7 | - | 25 | - | - |
| +2. Rohan Kanhai | c Brian Close b Fred Trueman | 1 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Garry Sobers | c Colin Cowdrey b Tony Lock | 14 | - | 35 | 3 | - |
| 4. Everton Weekes | c Fred Trueman b Tony Lock | 33 | - | 91 | 6 | - |
| 5. Frank Worrell | c Peter May b Tony Lock | 0 | - | 18 | - | - |
| 6. Clyde Walcott | c Tony Lock b Jim Laker | 1 | - | 28 | - | - |
| 7. Collie Smith | lbw b Jim Laker | 5 | - | 64 | - | - |
| *8. John Goddard | not out | 0 | - | 40 | - | - |
| 9. Denis Atkinson | not out | 4 | - | 6 | 1 | - |
| 10. Sonny Ramadhin | ||||||
| 11. Roy Gilchrist |
| FOW | 1-1 (Rohan Kanhai), 2-9 (Bruce Pairaudeau), 3-25 (Garry Sobers), 4-27 (Frank Worrell), 5-43 (Clyde Walcott), 6-66 (Everton Weekes), 7-68 (Collie Smith). |
| Extras | 7b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 60 ovs) 72 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 24 | 20 | 13 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 27 | 19 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Close | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Peter Richardson, Brian Close, Doug Insole, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Godfrey Evans, Trevor Bailey, Tony Lock, Jim Laker, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham