English cricket team in West Indies in 2003–04

England in West Indies 2003–04
Teams	England	West Indies
Dates	1 March – 5 May 2004
Captains	Michael Vaughan	Brian Lara
Number of Tests	4
Tests won	3	0
Most runs (Tests)	Butcher 296 Thorpe 274 Vaughan 245	Lara 500 Hinds 277 Sarwan 192
Most wickets (Tests)	Harmison 23 Hoggard 13 Flintoff 11	Best 12 Collins 11 Edwards 10
Player of Series (Tests)	Stephen Harmison (England)
Number of ODIs	7
ODIs won	2	2
Most runs (ODIs)	Trescothick 267 Strauss 172 Flintoff 121	Sarwan 216 Chanderpaul 193 Smith 117
Most wickets (ODIs)	Flintoff 5 Anderson 4 Gough 4	Gayle 7 Bradshaw 5 Bravo 4
Player of Series (ODIs)	Marcus Trescothick (England)

The England cricket team toured West Indies from 1 March to 5 May 2004 as part of the 2003-04 cricket season. The tour includes four Tests and seven One Day Internationals.

Squad lists

Test Squads		ODI Squads
England^[1]	West Indies^[2]	England^[3]	West Indies^[4]
Michael Vaughan (c)	Brian Lara (c)	Michael Vaughan (c)	Brian Lara (c)
Chris Read (wk)	Ridley Jacobs (wk)	Chris Read (wk)	Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Geraint Jones (wk)
James Anderson	Ramnaresh Sarwan	James Anderson	Ramnaresh Sarwan
Gareth Batty	Chris Gayle	Gareth Batty	Chris Gayle
Mark Butcher	Devon Smith	Ian Blackwell	Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Rikki Clarke	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Rikki Clarke	Ricardo Powell
Paul Collingwood	Dwayne Smith	Paul Collingwood	Dwayne Smith
Andrew Flintoff	Fidel Edwards	Andrew Flintoff	Tino Best
Ashley Giles	Corey Collymore	Ashley Giles	Sylvester Joseph
Stephen Harmison	Ricardo Powell	Darren Gough	Dwayne Bravo
Nasser Hussain	Tino Best	Stephen Harmison	Ian Bradshaw
Matthew Hoggard	Ryan Hinds	James Kirtley	Mervyn Dillon
Simon Jones	Adam Sanford	Anthony McGrath	Ravi Rampaul
Andrew Strauss	Pedro Collins	Andrew Strauss	Corey Collymore
Marcus Trescothick	Darren Ganga	Marcus Trescothick
Graham Thorpe

Matches

Test series – The Wisden Trophy

1st Test 11th March – 15th March

11 March – 15 March (Scorecard)	West Indies 311 (86.4 overs)	v	England 339 (103.2 overs)	England won by 10 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the Match: Stephen Harmison (ENG)
	Devon Smith 108 (188) Ryan Hinds 84 (117) Matthew Hoggard 3/68 (18.4 overs) Stephen Harmison 2/61 (21 overs)		Mark Butcher 58 (139) Nasser Hussain 58 (158) Tino Best 3/57 (19 overs) Fidel Edwards 3/72 (19.3 overs)
	47 (25.3 overs)		20/0 (2.3 overs)
	Ridley Jacobs 15 (22) Devon Smith 12 (42) Stephen Harmison 7/12 (12.3 overs) Matthew Hoggard 2/21 (9 overs)		Michael Vaughan 11* (9)

Ramnaresh Sarwan recorded a pair in this test.

2nd Test 19th March – 23rd March

19 March – 23 March (Scorecard)	West Indies 208 (60.1 overs)	v	England 319 (133.5 overs)	England won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the Match: Stephen Harmison (ENG)
	Chris Gayle 62 (81) Ridley Jacobs 40 (64) Stephen Harmison 6/61 (20.1 overs) Matthew Hoggard 1/38 (15 overs)		Graham Thorpe 90 (228) Mark Butcher 61 (190) Pedro Collins 4/71 (29 overs) Tino Best 3/71 (28 overs)
	209 (67 overs)		99/3 (15 overs)
	Ridley Jacobs 70 (92) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 42 (147) Simon Jones 5/57 (15 overs) Andrew Flintoff 2/27 (12 overs)		Mark Butcher 46* (45) Michael Vaughan 23 (24) Adam Sanford 2/32 (4 overs)
Restart of lunch on day 1 delayed due to rain. Only 30.3 overs played on day 2 due to persistent rain.

The second test win meant that England retained the Wisden Trophy.

3rd Test 1st April – 3rd April

1 April – 3 April (Scorecard)	West Indies 224 (75.2 overs)	v	England 226 (90 overs)	England won by 8 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the Match: Graham Thorpe (ENG)
	Ramnaresh Sarwan 63 (146) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 50 (99) Andrew Flintoff 5/58 (16.2 overs) Stephen Harmison 3/42 (18 overs)		Graham Thorpe 119* (217) Nasser Hussain 17 (60) Fidel Edwards 4/70 (20 overs) Pedro Collins 3/60 (23 overs)
	94 (42.1 overs)		93/2 (20 overs)
	Brian Lara 33 (112) Chris Gayle 15 (14) Matthew Hoggard 4/35 (14 overs) Stephen Harmison 3/34 (15.1 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 42 (61) Michael Vaughan 32 (33) Corey Collymore 2/24 (7 overs)
Play delayed on day 3 due to rain.

Matthew Hoggard claimed a hat-trick in the West Indies 2nd innings. Hoggard got Ramnaresh Sarwan (caught), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (lbw) and Ryan Hinds (caught) in successive deliveries. This was the 33rd hat-trick in test cricket and the 10th hat-trick for an English man.^[5]

4th Test 10th April – 14th April

10 April – 14 April (Scorecard)	West Indies 751/5 (dec) (202 overs)	v	England 285 (f/o) (99 overs)	Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the Match: Brian Lara (WIN)
	Brian Lara 400** (582) Ridley Jacobs 107* (207) Gareth Batty 2/185 (52 overs) Stephen Harmison 1/92 (37 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 102* (224) Mark Butcher 52 (83) Pedro Collins 4/76 (26 overs) Tino Best 3/37 (10.3 overs)
			422/5 (137 overs)
			Michael Vaughan 140 (267) Marcus Trescothick 88 (188) Ramnaresh Sarwan 2/26 (12 overs) Ryan Hinds 2/83 (38 overs)

Brian Lara's 400 not out is the highest score in Test cricket. His 400 consisted of 582 balls and is the fifth longest innings in Test cricket lasting 778 minutes (12 hours 58 minutes).^[6]

ODI series

1st Match: West Indies vs England

18 April (Scorecard)	West Indies 156/5 (30 overs)	v	England 157/8 (29.3 overs)	England won by 2 wickets Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Chris Read (ENG)
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul 84 (96) Sylvester Joseph 23 (32) Darren Gough 2/22 (6 overs) Andrew Flintoff 2/22 (6 overs)		Andrew Strauss 29 (46) Chris Read 27 (15) Chris Gayle 3/20 (5.3 overs) Dwayne Bravo 2/31 (6 overs)
Play reduced to 30 overs due to rain.

2nd Match: West Indies vs England

24 April (Scorecard)	West Indies 57/2 (16 overs)	v	England	No result Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Billy Doctrove (WIN)
	Chris Gayle 20 (42) James Anderson 1/13 (3 overs)
Match abandoned after 16 overs due to rain.

3rd Match: West Indies vs England

25 April (Scorecard)	West Indies	v	England	Match abandoned without a ball balled Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN)

Match abandoned due to rain.

4th Match: West Indies vs England

28 April (Scorecard)	West Indies	v	England	Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN)

Match abandoned due to rain

5th Match: West Indies vs England

1 May (Scorecard)	West Indies 284/5 (48 overs)	v	England 281/8 (50 overs)	West Indies won by 5 wickets Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN)
	Ramnaresh Sarwan 73 (77) Darren Smith 44 (28) James Anderson 2/66 (10 overs) Andrew Flintoff 1/32 (9 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 130 (138) Andrew Flintoff 59 (69) Dwayne Bravo 2/57 (8 overs) Ian Bradshaw 2/58 (10 overs)

6th Match: West Indies vs England

2 May (Scorecard)	West Indies 282/6 (47.1 overs)	v	England 280/8 (50 overs)	West Indies won by 4 wickets Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN)
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul 63 (55) Brian Lara 57 (68) Gareth Batty 2/40 (9 overs) Rikki Clarke 1/35 (7 overs)		Michael Vaughan 67 (78) Andrew Strauss 67 (82) Chris Gayle 2/39 (10 overs) Ravi Rampaul 1/54 (8 overs)

7th Match: West Indies vs England

5 May (Scorecard)	West Indies 261/6 (50 overs)	v	England 262/5 (47.2 overs)	England won by 5 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (ENG)
	Ramnaresh Sarwan 104* (105) Chris Gayle 41 (52) James Anderson 1/42 (8 overs) Andrew Flintoff 1/45 (10 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 82 (57) Andrew Strauss 66 (86) Ian Bradshaw 2/46 (10 overs) Chris Gayle 1/28 (8 overs)

Tour matches

1 March – 3 March (Scorecard)	Jamaica 281 (85.2 overs)	v	England 320 (78.1 overs)	Match drawn Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Maurice Chung (WIN) and Melvin Noble (WIN)
	Mario Ventura 53 (130) Shawn Findlay 51 (86) James Anderson 3/42 (14 overs) Matthew Hoggard 3/47 (15.2 overs)		Michael Vaughan 105 (89) Nasser Hussain 65 (91) Bevon Brown 3/74 (20.1 overs) Phillip Keating 2/32 (14 overs)
	106/6 (36 overs)		259/6 (dec) (60.3 overs)
	Shawn Findlay 26 (48) Donovan Pagon 26 (67) Ashley Giles 4/19 (10 overs)		Paul Collingwood 103 (142) Andrew Flintoff 57 (71) Lorenzo Ingram 2/18 (3.3 overs) Shawn Findlay 1/33 (7 overs)

5 March – 7 March (Scorecard)	Vice Chancellor's XI 119 (51.2 overs)	v	England 274 (79 overs)	England won by an innings and 85 runs Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Cecil Fletcher (WIN) and Norman Malcolm (WIN)
	Jason Haynes 45 (105) Stephen Harmison 4/17 (11 overs) Simon Jones 3/40 (10.2 overs)		Nasser Hussain 86 (139) Michael Vaughan 66 (105) Ryan Cunningham 3/37 (11 overs) Phillip Keating 2/32 (14 overs)
	70 (24 overs)
	Kennedy Otieno 22 (49) Simon Jones 3/3 (2 overs) Matthew Hoggard 3/10 (7 overs)

26 March – 28 March (Scorecard)	Carib Beer XI 129 (48.2 overs)	v	England 347 (102 overs)	England won by an 8 wickets Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Mervyn Jones (WIN) and Tunley Franklyn (WIN)
	Sylvester Joseph 36 Matthew Hoggard 4/27 (11.2 overs) Ashley Giles 2/25 (15 overs)		Graham Thorpe 88 Geraint Jones 66 Jermaine Lawson 4/94 (29 overs) Dave Mohammed 3/114 (28 overs)
	229 (78.1 overs)		13/2 (2.4 overs)
	Sylvester Joseph 50 Gareth Batty 5/53 (24 overs) James Anderson 3/56 (18.1 overs)		Rikki Clarke 8* Ravi Rampaul 1/1 (1 over)

16 April (Scorecard)	Guyana	v	England	Match abandoned without a ball bowled Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WIN) and Davetirth Anandjit (WIN)

Match abandoned due to rain

Reaction

Aftermath

Records

West Indies 1st test 2nd innings of 47 all out is the lowest innings scored by the West Indies.^[7]
Stephen Harmison claimed his best bowling figures of 7/12 in the 2nd innings of the 1st test. It is also the best bowling figures in Sabina Park with figures of 12.3–8–12–7.^[8]
On the 3rd Test England secured their first series win against the West Indies in the Caribbean since 1968.^[9]
Brian Lara 400 not out is the highest score by any batsmen in test cricket.
Brian Lara is the 11th batsmen to hold the world record for the highest score in Test cricket and is the only person ever in Test cricket to regain the world record.^[10]
Brian Lara equaled Don Bradman's record of two treble centuries.
Brian Lara also scored his 375 (then world record) total in Antigua against England 10 years previously.
Graham Thorpe was also present in Lara's 375 innings 10 years previously.^[11]
Brian Lara and Ridley Jacobs 282 unbroken partnership is a West Indian partnership record for the 6th wicket.^[12]
West Indies 751/5 is the 7th highest innings total in Test cricket and 2nd highest innings total for West Indies.^[13]

References

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^ "England v West Indies 2004 – Lara World Record Test". BBC Sport. 22 April 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/stump_bearders/3649121.stm. Retrieved 2007.
^ Fordyce, Tom (13 April 2004). "England v West Indies 2004 – Unlucky Graham Thorpe". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3621671.stm. Retrieved 2007.
^ "England v West Indies 2004 – 6th wicket stand". Cricinfo. 2004. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?class=1;id=4;type=team. Retrieved 2007.
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Bibliography

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

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