Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

2-0 and lost only 1 of their 10 first-class matches. Sobers performed brilliantly again and Gibbs gave further proof of his excellence as a right-arm off-break bowler. Hall captured only 16 wickets, including 8 in the Tests. He thus extended his West Indian record to 174 but Gibbs, in the meantime, had reached the 150-wicket milestone in 34 Tests to eclipse the West Indian mark of 35 that Hall had so recently established. In his first match of the campaign, his 133th overall, Hall achieved his 2,000th run in first-class cricket. He also shared two fine partnerships with Sobers. At Calcutta, in the second Test, they added 72 runs for the eighth wicket and at Madras, in the third, an invaluable 80 for the ninth wicket which ensured a first innings lead for the tourists. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 133. West Indians v West Zone, Ahmedabad, December 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) lbw R.G.Nadkarni 42 359 16 4 50 1 S.N.Mohol c B.A.Davis 300 6 1 9 2 K.S.Indrajitsinhji c D.L.Murray 147-5 V.H.Bhosle b 134. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bombay, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 (West Indies won by six wickets) lbw S.Venkataraghavan 1 421 20 4 54 2 D.N.Sardesai b 296 A.A.Baig b did not bat - 192-4 10 3 10 0 316 135. West Indians v Central and East Zones, Indore, December 26, 27, 28 (Central and East Zones won by an innings and 44 runs) b C.Goswami 18 136 16 1 70 3 Daljitsingh b 283-9d D.Mukherjee c J.L.Hendricks Sharma lbw c C.Goswami b S.Guha 14 103 136. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Calcutta, December 31, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (West Indies won by an innings and 45 runs) c V.Subramanya b B.S.Chandrasekhar 35 390 5 0 32 1 B.K.Kunderam b 167 7 0 35 1 B.K.Kunderam lbw 178 137. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Madras, January 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b E.A.S.Prasanna 31 406 19 1 68 2 Nawab of Pataudi b 404 V.Subramanya c G.St A.Sobers did not bat - 270-7 12 2 67 2 D.N.Sardesai lbw 323 F.M.Engineer c B.F.Butcher 138. West Indians v Ceylon, Colombo, January 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b P.I.Pieris 0 549-8d 15 6 44 1 F.Crozier b 400 4 2 2 0 163-3 139. West Indians v President’s XI, Nagpur, January 27, 28, 29 (West Indians won by 22 runs) b Hanumant Singh 19 405-8d 4 0 19 1 S.P.Gaekwad lbw 306 1 not out 14 335-6d 4 0 21 0 412 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 3 3 0 67 35 22.33 - - - Other matches 4 6 1 107 42 21.40 - - 1 Tour 7 9 1 174 42 21.75 - - 1 Career 139 169 28 2158 102* 15.30 1 4 52 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Tests 73 10 266 8 2/54 33.25 - - Other matches 65 14 215 8 3/70 26.87 - - Tour 138 24 481 16 3/70 30.06 - - Career 3655.3 710 11695 468 7/51 24.98 18 2 31