f21954	Leicestershire v West Indians
	West Indies in British Isles 1957
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by an innings and 212 runs
Umpires	RSM Lay, DJ Wood
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), WH Ferguson (West Indians)
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 89/3 (Kanhai 40*, Alexander 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 59/8 (Smith 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Worrell b Atkinson	3
MR Hallam	c Alexander b Dewdney	1
J van Geloven	b Dewdney	2
*CH Palmer	c Sobers b Dewdney	10
LR Gardner	run out	21
RA Diment	c Kanhai b Ramadhin	22
+J Firth	c Ganteaume b Valentine	2
RC Smith	b Ramadhin	0
JS Savage	not out	5
CT Spencer	c Ganteaume b Ramadhin	7
BS Boshier	b Valentine	1
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-16, 4-16, 5-56, 6-61, 7-64, 8-64, 9-74, 10-75 (53.4 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worrell	5	1	6	0	-	-
Dewdney	12	4	14	3	-	-
Atkinson	11	5	10	1	-	-
Valentine	14.4	4	32	2	-	-
Ramadhin	11	6	12	3	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Ganteaume	lbw b Spencer	5
NS Asgarali	c Diment b Palmer	38
GS Sobers	c Lester b Boshier	0
RB Kanhai	c Spencer b Palmer	92
+FCM Alexander	c Smith b Palmer	83
ED Weekes	b Spencer	20
*FMM Worrell	hit wkt b Palmer	104
DS Atkinson	not out	0
S Ramadhin	did not bat
DT Dewdney	did not bat
AL Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 120.1 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-77, 4-158, 5-202, 6-360, 7-361 (120.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	23	6	53	2	-	-
Boshier	22	2	95	1	-	-
Smith	35	11	104	0	-	-
Savage	7	1	29	0	-	-
Palmer	25.1	12	40	4	-	-
van Geloven	8	0	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Worrell b Atkinson	13
MR Hallam	b Dewdney	3
J van Geloven	c Kanhai b Valentine	20
LR Gardner	c and b Valentine	0
*CH Palmer	c Worrell b Valentine	3
RA Diment	c Worrell b Valentine	1
+J Firth	lbw b Valentine	8
JS Savage	c Alexander b Valentine	2
RC Smith	lbw b Sobers	4
CT Spencer	not out	13
BS Boshier	run out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-34, 3-34, 4-38, 5-40, 6-40, 7-42, 8-59, 9-62, 10-74 (48.5 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Worrell	7	2	9	0	-	-
Dewdney	11.5	1	33	1	-	-
Atkinson	11	4	12	1	-	-
Valentine	13	8	8	6	-	-
Ramadhin	2	0	4	0	-	-
Sobers	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AL Valentine reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> S Ramadhin reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> DS Atkinson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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