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West Indian cricket team in England in 1950 | |||
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West Indies | England | ||
Dates | 6 May – 5 September 1950 | ||
Captains | John Goddard |
Norman Yardley Freddie Brown (4th Test only) | |
Test series | |||
Result | West Indies won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
Most runs | Frank Worrell (539) | Len Hutton (333) | |
Most wickets | Alf Valentine (33) | Alec Bedser (11) |
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1950 season to play a four-match Test series against England.
West Indies won the series 3–1 with no matches drawn. The second Test at Lord's was the first time that the West Indies had won a match in England; in that match Ramadhin took 5 wickets for 66 runs and 6 for 86, whilst Valentine took 4 for 48 and 3 for 79.[1]
Wisden in 1951 named four West Indian players as Cricketer of the Year. They were Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell. The fifth player was England wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans. For the source, see Wisden 1951 in Cricinfo.
The following players were selected for the tour:
Eleven of the sixteen players had already appeared in test cricket. Ramadhin and Valentine made their test debuts in this series. Marshall made his test debut in a later series. Trestrail and Williams never played test cricket.
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