f24862	Leicestershire v West Indians
	West Indies in British Isles 1963
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 13th, 15th, 16th July 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	LH Gray, AEG Rhodes
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), G Duckworth (West Indians)
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 34/2 (Carew 10*, Allan 1*)
Close of play day 2	West Indians (1) 125/5 (Carew 47*, Worrell 9*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Allan b Sobers	0
HD Bird	b Sobers	1
S Jayasinghe	c King b Gibbs	61
CC Inman	b Gibbs	39
GF Cross	st Allan b Sobers	15
J van Geloven	c Sobers b Gibbs	7
CT Spencer	c Worrell b Sobers	18
+R Julian	b Sobers	3
RC Smith	st Allan b Gibbs	1
JS Savage	c Kanhai b Gibbs	0
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-89, 4-111, 5-127, 6-137, 7-149, 8-158, 9-158, 10-158 (70.4 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	28	8	48	5	-	-
King	6	2	11	0	-	-
Valentine	9	3	23	0	-	-
Gibbs	27.4	12	63	5	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MC Carew	not out	61
EDAS McMorris	b Spencer	6
SM Nurse	b Boshier	16
+DW Allan	b Savage	21
RB Kanhai	c Inman b Savage	5
GS Sobers	b Smith	17
*FMM Worrell	not out	28
WV Rodriguez	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
LA King	did not bat
AL Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-32, 3-81, 4-89, 5-114

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	15	2	36	1	-	-
Boshier	18	6	31	1	-	-
Savage	24	7	44	2	-	-
van Geloven	7	1	16	0	-	-
Smith	13	4	27	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Allan b Sobers	7
HD Bird	b Sobers	16
S Jayasinghe	c and b Valentine	36
CC Inman	not out	67
GF Cross	lbw b Valentine	27
J van Geloven	not out	6
CT Spencer	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-28, 3-90, 4-154

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	13	9	12	2	-	-
King	8	2	17	0	-	-
Valentine	16	5	67	2	-	-
Gibbs	15	3	43	0	-	-
Worrell	4	0	20	0	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MC Carew	lbw b Spencer	4
EDAS McMorris	b Boshier	0
WV Rodriguez	not out	51
RB Kanhai	not out	18
SM Nurse	did not bat
+DW Allan	did not bat
GS Sobers	did not bat
*FMM Worrell	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
LA King	did not bat
AL Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 27 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	1	6	1	-	-
Boshier	6	1	10	1	-	-
Savage	3	0	13	0	-	-
Cross	6	1	16	0	-	-
Jayasinghe	6	0	26	0	-	-
Bird	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WV Rodriguez (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> LR Gibbs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> LR Gibbs reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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