Southampton test interestingly poised at the end of the fourth day

Southampton test interestingly poised at the end of the fourth day

DP Sibley scored zero and 50 in this test.  He became the second England opening batsman after ME Tresothick to score a exact half century and a duck in a test. ME Trescothick had scored 50 and zero against Pakistan at Lahore in Nov 2005

DP Sibley scored zero and 50 in this test.  He became the first England opening batsman to score a exact half century and a duck in a test at home.

DP Sibley scored zero and 50 in this test.  He became the eighth opening batsman to score a exact half century and a duck in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. DP Sibley is the first opening batsman to perform such a feat against West Indies in the annals of test cricket.

No Player FI SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CA Roach 50 0 Win Eng Manchester 21 Jul 1928
2 RC Fredericks 0 50 Win Eng Manchester 08 Jul 1976
3 DL Haynes 0 50 Win Aus Adelaide 07 Dec 1984
4 ST Jayasuriya 0 50 Srl NZl Dunedin 07 Mar 1997
5 ME Trescothick 50 0 Eng Pak Lahore 29 Nov 2005
6 KC Brathwaite 50 0 Win Ban Dhaka 29 Oct 2011
7 FDM Karunaratne 0 50 Srl SAF Johannesburg 12 Jan 2017
8 DP Sibley 0 50 Eng Win Southampton 08 Jul 2020

West Indies gained a lead of 114 runs over England’s first innings score of 204 to provide the 15th occasion of West Indies gaining the first innings lead over England in a test played in England.

KC Brathwaite scored 65 in West Indies’ first innings to provide the 26th occasion of his scoring a fifty in his test career; It also represents 12th fifty on away soil.

SO Dowrich scored 61 in West Indies’ first innings to provide the eleventh occasion of his scoring a fifty in his test career. He now occupies the joint fourth position among the West Indies wicket keepers who have scored most fifties in tests. DL Murray has scored eleven fifties. PJL Dujon {21}, D Ramdin {19} and RD Jacobs {17} are the other three wicket keepers who have scored more fifties than SO Dowrich and DL Murray.

BA Stokes’ tally of wickets in tests read 151 at the end of West Indies’ first innings. He became the 24th England bowler to capture 150 plus wickets.

BA Stokes’ tally of wickets in tests against West Indies read 26 at the end of West Indies’ first innings. He became the 29th England bowler to capture 25 plus wickets in tests against West Indies

Z Crawley’s 76 in this game represent his second test half century in five tests and eight innings. It represents his highest test score and was an improvement over his 66 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Jan 2020.

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