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Test no. 421

West Indies in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v West Indies

1955/56 season

Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, on 3,4,6 February 1956 (4-day match)

Result West Indies won by an innings and 71 runs


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JG Leggat	c Sobers b Atkinson	3	7	0	0
	B Sutcliffe	b Valentine	9	83		0
	JW Guy	c Goddard b Ramadhin	23	72		0
	JR Reid	b Ramadhin	10			0
	SN McGregor	run out	0		0	0
	JEF Beck	b Valentine	7			0
	RW Blair	c Binns b Ramadhin	0		0	0
	AM Moir	not out	15			0
	HB Cave	b Ramadhin	0		0	0
	TG McMahon	c Binns b Ramadhin	0		0	0
	AF Lissette	lbw b Ramadhin	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 2)	7

	Total	(all out; 62.2 overs)	74	(1.18 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Leggat), 2-36 (Guy), 3-36 (Sutcliffe), 4-43 (McGregor), 5-54 (Reid), 6-54 (Blair), 7-54 (Beck), 8-62 (Cave), 9-70 (McMahon), 10-74 (Lissette)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FM King	8	2	11	0	1.37
DS Atkinson	7	5	2	1	0.28
CC Depeiaza	2	0	3	0	1.50
AL Valentine	24	13	28	2	1.16
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	1.07


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	BH Pairaudeau	c Lissette b Blair	0		0	0
	AP Binns	b Lissette	10			0
	GS Sobers	run out	27			0
	ED Weekes	c McMahon b Cave	123		17	0
	OG Smith	b Blair	64	112	9	1
	DS Atkinson	c McMahon b Cave	0		0	0
	CC Depeiaza	b Lissette	14			0
	JDC Goddard	not out	48	129	7	0
	S Ramadhin	b Blair	44	72	8	0
	AL Valentine	lbw b Blair	2		0	0
	FM King	absent hurt	-
	Extras	(b 9, lb 10, nb 2)	21

	Total	(all out; 112.5 overs)	353	(3.12 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Pairaudeau), 2-30 (Binns), 3-72 (Sobers), 4-234 (Weekes), 5-234 (Atkinson), 6-236 (Smith), 7-272 (Depeiaza), 8-347 (Ramadhin), 9-353 (Valentine)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RW Blair	22.5	5	90	4	3.94
HB Cave	26	12	47	2	1.80
JR Reid	17	3	43	0	2.52
AF Lissette	28	11	73	2	2.60
AM Moir	19	3	79	0	4.15


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JG Leggat	lbw b Ramadhin	17			0
	B Sutcliffe	c Binns b Valentine	48	95	6	1
	JW Guy	st Binns b Smith	0		0	0
	JR Reid	run out	23			0
	SN McGregor	b Smith	11			0
	JEF Beck	lbw b Atkinson	66	81	11	1
	RW Blair	c Depeiaza b Smith	0		0	0
	AM Moir	c Binns b Ramadhin	20	91		1
	HB Cave	c Pairaudeau b Valentine	0		0	0
	TG McMahon	b Ramadhin	2		0	0
	AF Lissette	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 19, lb 1)	20

	Total	(all out; 110.2 overs)	208	(1.88 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-61 (Sutcliffe), 2-65 (Guy), 3-73 (Leggat), 4-108 (McGregor), 5-108 (Reid), 6-108 (Blair), 7-198 (Beck), 8-201 (Cave), 9-207 (Moir), 10-208 (McMahon)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DS Atkinson	13	5	25	1	1.92
CC Depeiaza	3	0	12	0	4.00
AL Valentine	36	17	51	2	1.41
S Ramadhin	36.2	17	58	3	1.59
OG Smith	18	7	42	3	2.33
GS Sobers	4	4	0	0	0.00

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series West Indies led the 4-match series 1-0

Test debut AF Lissette (New Zealand)

Umpires LG Clark and AE Jelley

Close of play
3 Feb day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 234/3 (ED Weekes 123*, OG Smith 63*)
4 Feb day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 158/6 (JEF Beck 36*, AM Moir 7*)
5 Feb rest day
6 Feb day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 208 (110.2 ov) - end of match

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