Samuels hits ground record 257

30 Oct, 2005

The West Indies were in a winning position in their four-day tour cricket match against Queensland after Marlon Samuels hit a record-breaking 257 here on Saturday.
After the third day's play, Queensland were 52 for one and still needing another 236 runs to make the tourists bat a second time.
SCOREBOARD
QUEENSLAND (1st innings): 323 (R. Le Loux 63, M. Love 55, A. Symonds 55; D. Powell 4-58, D. Bravo 3-86):



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WEST INDIES (1st innings): (252 for 3 overnight):
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C. Gayle c Hartley b Le Loux 58
D. Smith c Hopes b Simpson 115
R. Sarwan stpd Hartley b Symonds 37
M. Samuels c Kasprowicz b Symonds 257
S. Chanderpaul stpd Hartley b Simpson 41
D. Bravo c Hopes b Simpson 27
D. Ramdin c Hartley b Simpson 0
B. Lara b Johnson 1
T. Best c Hartley b Kasprowicz 23
D. Powell not out 34
W. Hinds did not bat (injured finger) 0
EXTRAS: (B-7, LB-1, W-2, NB-9) 19
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TOTAL: (for 9 wkts dec, 143.1 overs) 612
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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-130, 2-193, 3-237, 4-300, 5-381, 6-383, 7-384, 8-456, 9-612
BOWLING: Johnson 20-3-86-1 (3nb), Kasprowicz 20-4-81-1 (2nb, 2w), Watson 16-1-84-0 (4nb), Le Loux 20-1-93-1, Simpson 39-6-173-4, Symonds 16.1-7-43-2, Hopes 12-3-44-0



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QUEENSLAND (2nd Innings):
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M. Hayden c Lara b Best 22
J. Maher not out 19
M. Love not out 9
EXTRAS: (W-1, NB-1) 2
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TOTAL: (for 1 wkt, 13 overs) 52
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FALL OF WICKET: 1-41
BOWLING: Best 7-2-29-1 (1w, 1nb), Bravo 6-2-23-0.

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