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Highest individual score: 365no G S Sobers v Pakistan 1957/58 Highest score for Eng: 325

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Highest individual score: 365no, G S Sobers v Pakistan, 1957/58 Highest score for Eng: 325, A Sandham, 1929/30 Highest partnership: 446, G S Sobers and C C Hunte, 1957/58 Most wickets: C A Walsh, 48, avge 18.69 Most wickets for Eng: F S Trueman, 13, avge 30.92. Abandoned: 1 (1).Performances: Highest score: 849, England, 1929/30. The West Indies were under the headline "Top Guns" and we were labelled "Pop Guns". Allan Lamb scored a hundred, Fraser burgled his first five-wicket haul and a good time was had by all.Events returned to normal in 1994 and England were thrashed by eight wickets. Graeme Hick scored 96 in England's second innings and Keith Arthurton scored a hundred for the West Indies but this match was memorable because it was the first time that many of us had seen Brian Lara.Devon Malcolm roughed him up with a few well aimed short balls at the start of his innings but he overcame this and went on to score a stylish 83. Indeed, before the first Test in Kingston a British tabloid had a double-page spread with the West Indies quartet of fast bowlers on one page and England's on the other. After a disastrous Ashes series many of England's top players chose to go on a rebel tour of South Africa.

This meant England, under Graham Gooch's leadership, travelled to the Caribbean with one of the most inexperienced squads to leave the United Kingdom.Nobody gave England a prayer against the world champions. Twelve balls scuttled through at ankle height and three whistled past his nose," Edmonds went on. "They all pitched on about the same length."England were bowled out twice for 150 and lost the match by 10 wickets. Patterson terrified England's batsmen on his Test debut and finished with match figures of 7 for 74.In 1990, England pulled off one of the most remarkable victories since Ian Botham performed his heroics in 1981. Those still to bat had, but they did not want to talk about it.

Everyone was looking through people's bags for extra padding and a bigger chest-guard. Philip Tufnell was the most amusing.He had never been the bravest but on this occasion he surpassed himself. If he had batted, he would not have needed to put on any sun protection because every part of his body was covered by something. Those not playing in the game would rush off the balcony and into the dressing-room as another ball went through the top of the underprepared pitch.As they made their way to the television to watch a replay, all you heard was "Did you see that?". It was certainly the worst I ever played on."I remember Lamby [Allan Lamb] batting for 15 minutes before lunch on the first day. Some say it was worse than the one used for the abandoned Test in 1998. One of the first instances came in 1986.Phil Edmonds, the former Middlesex and England spinner, remembers it well "It was absolutely unbelievable," he said "The pitch was corrugated.

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