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#3 Alec Stewart 118 runs vs West Indies, Kensington Oval

Alec Stewart
Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart was born on 8th April 1964 became one of the wicketkeeper-batsman to have come out of England team. He played 133 Tests for England scoring 8463 Test runs with 15 centuries and a highest of 190.

He scored the crucial 118 runs in the fourth Test match of the five-Test match series against the West Indies on 8th of April 1994. England posted a total of 355 runs and bowled out West Indies for mere 305 runs in the second innings.

He bettered his tally in the second innings by scoring 143 runs which helped England to 394/7d. English bowling then made light of West Indies famed batting lineup as Caddick returned with impressive figures of 5/63 to win a famous Test match for England.

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