Cricket: Catalogue of calamity: First West Indies test

10.05: Courtney Walsh bowls to Michael Atherton to start the Test series.

10.12: Curtly Ambrose hits Alec Stewart on the shoulder. Physiotherapist Wayne Morton comes on to the field to treat the injury.

10.14: Michael Atherton out.

10.16: Mark Butcher out first ball.

10.25: Stewart edges a ball from Walsh short of Carl Hooper at second slip.

10.27: West Indies appeal for a catch off Stewart by the wicketkeeper David Williams from the bowling of Walsh.

10.32: Nasser Hussain hit on the right hand by Ambrose. Morton back on the field.

10.39: Nasser Hussain out.

10.47: Graham Thorpe hit on left forearm by Walsh. Morton on.

10.51: Stewart hit on the left hand by an Ambrose no-ball. Morton on.

10.57: Stewart hit on the right hand by Ambrose. Morton on again.

10.59: Non-striker Stewart and Walsh, who is about to bowl the 11th over, discuss the situation.

11.00: Thorpe hit on the right hand by Walsh. Morton returns to the field.

11.01: Umpire Steve Bucknor calls for the drinks trolley. Atherton comes on to the field to talk to the West Indies captain, Brian Lara.

11.05: Match referee Barry Jarman takes the field to talk to the two umpires, Steve Bucknor and Srinivas Venkataraghavan.

11.08: The two captains join in the discussion.

11.11: The players, umpires and match referee leave the field.

12.20: Tannoy announces that the Test match has been abandoned.

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