| West Indies in England in 2007 | ||
| Teams | West Indies | England |
| Dates | 12 May – 7 July 2007 | |
| Captains | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Michael Vaughan |
| Number of Tests | 4 | |
| Tests won | 0 | 3 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Chanderpaul 446 Bravo 291 Gayle 220 |
Pietersen 466 Cook 398 Collingwood 359 |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Collymore 11 Edwards 9 Powell 9 |
Panesar 23 Harmison 16 Sidebottom 16 |
| Player of Series (Tests) | Monty Panesar (England) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) |
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| Number of ODIs | 3 | |
| ODIs won | 2 | 1 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Chanderpaul 202 Gayle 124 Samuels 86 |
Shah 138 Prior 87 Bell 85 |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Edwards 10 Rampaul 6 Powell 6 |
Broad 5 Anderson 5 Plunkett 5 |
| Player of Series (ODIs) | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) | |
| Number of Twenty20s | 2 | |
| Twenty20 series | 1 | 1 |
| Most runs (Twenty20s) | Samuels 93 Gayle 66 Smith 61 |
Collingwood 106 Shah 62 Prior 47 |
| Most wickets (Twenty20s) | Smith 3 Sammy 3 Rampaul 2 |
Anderson 3 Sidebottom 3 Mascarenhas 2 |
The West Indian cricket team toured England from 12 May to 7 July 2007 as part of the 2007 English cricket season. The tour included four Tests, two Twenty20 international matches and three One Day Internationals. While England dominated the test series 3:0, including a record victory over the West Indies, the latter took the ODI series 2:1.
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In the ICC Test Championship, England are ranked second and West Indies are ranked eighth, though England's most recent series was a whitewash loss in the Ashes against Australia for the first time since 1921, their first Test series loss since their tour of Pakistan in 2005. West Indies, meanwhile, lost 0–2 to Pakistan in November 2006 as their last Test series, and have not won a Test since April 2005. The last time West Indies won an away Test to a nation currently ranked above them was on their tour of England in 2000 – they've also beaten Zimbabwe and Bangladesh twice during these seven years.
The ICC ODI Championship sees England ranked just ahead of West Indies, as seventh and eighth respectively, though West Indies are more competitive in ODIs. They finished fifth and sixth in the Super Eight stage of the recent World Cup, with England finishing ahead of West Indies by virtue of their one-wicket win. West Indies, however, reached the final of the Champions Trophy in October 2006, and defeated India 4–1 in a home series in May. England also acquired one ODI series win in the past year, defeating Australia in the final of the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Series, their first series win abroad since 1998. They were, however, defeated 0–5 at home by Sri Lanka in June, as well as drawing 2–2 with Pakistan.
This was Peter Moores' first series as England Coach, and Andy Flower, former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper batsman, was his newly appointed assistant. Michael Vaughan had been set to return to Test cricket for his first match in 17 months after captaining England during the World Cup, but an injury to his finger ruled him out of the first Test, and Andrew Strauss was appointed as captain in his place.[1] James Anderson was a late addition to the squad as cover for Andrew Flintoff, though neither eventually played the first Test. Flintoff was also ruled out of playing in the second Test, despite having being named in the squads for both of the first two Tests.[2]
During the first Test Matthew Hoggard suffered an injury, and took no further part in the match after the first West Indian innings, and he was also ruled out of playing in the second Test. His replacement was Ryan Sidebottom, recalled six years after his only previous Test, while Vaughan returned from injury as captain. Owais Shah was dropped to make way for Vaughan.[3] Hoggard was called back to the England squad for the fourth and final Test at Chester-le-Street pending his fitness, while Liam Plunkett was dropped.[4]
During the Fourth Test, Vaughan abruptly announced his resignation from the one-day captaincy, and was replaced by Paul Collingwood. The subsequent squad announcement then saw Vaughan and out-of-form Andrew Strauss dropped in favour of Jonathan Trott and Dimitri Mascarenhas.
For West Indies, Brian Lara had retired from all cricket at the end of the World Cup, and Ramnaresh Sarwan replaced him as captain for this series. Lendl Simmons had been dropped since the tour of Pakistan, and Devon Smith and Sylvester Joseph entered the squad as specialist batsmen. Spinners Omari Banks and Dave Mohammed had been left out for seamers Ravi Rampaul and Darren Sammy.
Sarwan injured his collarbone during the second Test at Headingley, ruling him out of the remainder of the tour.[5] Marlon Samuels was called up as his replacement, while Daren Ganga was named stand-in captain for the remainder of the Test series.[6] There was speculation that the selectors named Chris Gayle as captain of the ODI squad, only for the West Indies Cricket Board to reject the decision and asked the selectors to include Daren Ganga as captain instead.[7]
In the end, Gayle was chosen as one-day captain, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul assuming vice-captaincy duties. Also, one-day specialists Austin Richards, Dwayne Smith and a recalled Simmons were called in to replace Joseph, Ganga and Corey Collymore.
Toss: West Indies won the toss and chose to field.
| 17 May - 21 May (Scorecard) |
England 553/5 (dec) (142 overs) |
v | West Indies 437 (116.1 overs) |
Match drawn Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Asad Rauf (PAK) Player of the Match: Alastair Cook (ENG) |
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| Matt Prior 126* (128) Paul Collingwood 111 (209) Ian Bell 109* (190) Alastair Cook 105 (196) |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 74 (193) Denesh Ramdin 60 (87) Dwayne Bravo 56 (59) Monty Panesar 6/129 (36.1 overs) |
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| 284/8 (dec) (66.5 overs) | 89/0 (22 overs) | ||||
| Kevin Pietersen 109 (138) Alastair Cook 65 (125) Corey Collymore 3/58 (15 overs) Chris Gayle 3/66 (20.5 overs) |
Chris Gayle 47* (64) Daren Ganga 31* (69) |
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Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat.
| 25 May - 29 May (Scorecard) |
England 570/7 (dec) (122.3 overs) |
v | West Indies 146 (37 overs) |
England won by an innings & 283 runs Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Asad Rauf (PAK) Player of the Match: Kevin Pietersen (ENG) |
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| Kevin Pietersen 226 (262) Michael Vaughan 103 (173) Corey Collymore 2/110 (29 overs) |
Ryan Sidebottom 4/42 (12 overs) Liam Plunkett 3/35 (12 overs) |
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| 141 (f/o) (42.1 overs) | |||||
| Dwayne Bravo 52 (74) Ryan Sidebottom 4/44 (15 overs) |
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This was West Indies' heaviest defeat in Test cricket. The fourth day was played with the temperature around seven degrees Celsius in the morning; the coldest playing conditions for a Test in England.[12]
Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat.
| 7 June - 11 June (Scorecard) |
England 370 (105.1 overs) |
v | West Indies 229 (52.4 overs) |
England won by 60 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Aleem Dar (PAK) Player of the Match: Monty Panesar (ENG) |
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| Ian Bell 97 (191) Alastair Cook 60 (121) Corey Collymore 3/60 (25 overs) Fidel Edwards 3/94 (20.1 overs) |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 50 (78) Dwayne Smith 40 (84) Monty Panesar 4/50 (16.4 overs) Ryan Sidebottom 3/48 (12 overs) |
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| 313 (85.3 overs) | 394 (132.5 overs) | ||||
| Alastair Cook 106 (216) Kevin Pietersen 68 (106) Darren Sammy 7/66 (21.3 overs) |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 116* (257) Runako Morton 54 (145) Monty Panesar 6/137 (51.5 overs) Steve Harmison 4/95 (33 overs) |
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England, looking to take an unassailable lead in the series, batted first, sending Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook to the wicket, but Strauss was dismissed in single figures, his fourteenth innings without making it past 50,[13] plumb lbw by Jerome Taylor. Captain Michael Vaughan joined Cook and held the fence until lunch, with Cook reaching the fifty just before the end of the session with the total on the 112.
Twelve overs after lunch yielded three wickets and 20 runs. Vaughan, seeking centuries in successive Test matches for the first time since the 2002-03 Ashes,[14] was clean bowled for 42 by Corey Collymore, Kevin Pietersen was caught by Bravo off Collymore, while Cook was bowled by debutant Darren Sammy. Paul Collingwood met with Ian Bell for the fifth-wicket partnership, though Bell was the dominant partner as the two made 32 in twelve overs before Taylor struck to leave England at 166 for five. However, the last five provided more than the top five, largely due to Ian Bell who made 97, three short of his seventh Test century, leaving him with a batting average of 84 batting at six in Test cricket.[15] The tenth-wicket also did better than their batting averages would suggest, with Monty Panesar and Ryan Sidebottom both passing 14 in a 32-run partnership before Fidel Edwards bowled Panesar. Extras, with 47, was the third-highest scorer behind Bell and Cook.
With just three overs before lunch, the West Indies made six runs in the first over before an unpredictable over from Steve Harmison, who conceded six runs with wides before delivering his first legal delivery of the Test,.[16] However, in a 9-ball over, he did get Daren Ganga out lbw for 6. During the lunch break, West Indies lodged a complaint against Harmison who had unwittingly contrevened Law 17 by practicing on the match strip before the innings. The complaint was denied
Harmison conceded 15 more runs, as well as six byes and two leg-byes, in three overs after lunch, but Liam Plunkett struck with his third ball and West Indies were two down for 49. Devon Smith, Runako Morton, Shiv Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo all provided passed 20 runs, with Smith and Chanderpaul having the staying power to bat more than an hour, and at 216 for four West Indies were 56 ahead of the English score at the fall of the fifth wicket. However, in the space of 43 balls West Indies lost six wickets, with Ryan Sidebottom and Monty Panesar splitting them evenly and conceding 13 runs in the process. Once again, extras was a near-top-scorer, only eight runs short of Chanderpaul's 50.
Andrew Strauss failed to proved himself again with a second ball lbw, falling for successive double-digit scores for the first time in 35 Test matches,[14] leaving No. 3 Vaughan to effectively open once more. With the total on 28, and both batsmen with two fours to their name, Denesh Ramdin threw up the ball after an appeal off Cook, who scurried for a single in the confusion. Cook was awarded a run, though as the ball hadn't hit bat and he wasn't caught behind, it was eventually a bye. Then, Ramdin let slip a sitter through his legs which went on to hit his helmet, boosting the English with a mandatory five penalty runs before the second day's play ended.[17]
England, having achieved a lead of 141 on first innings, pushed onwards on the third day, losing one wicket in each of the first two sessions, though they had the benefit of West Indies' fielding being between "amateurish and abysmal" according to Cricinfo journalist Andrew McGlashan.[18] Vaughan fell in the forties once again, a return catch for Darren Sammy's second Test wicket, while Kevin Pietersen fell to a bizarre dismissal when West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo delivered a 70 mph bouncer, knocking off Pietersen's helmet which fell onto the stumps, leaving Pietersen out hit wicket. After tea, Gayle broke through to have Cook lbw for 106, before Sammy took six wickets in a seven-over spell to end with figures of seven for 66, the second best by a West Indies bowler on debut, and the best by a debutant in 57 years.[18] Among the wickets was Bell's for two, causing his average at six to drop between 75. The fourth innings had only 8 overs in which Gayle scored a quick four, but Harmison continued the Test's string of early dismissals trapping Ganga plumb for a duck. This didn't stop the West Indies attacking to their target of 455 as 3 more fours were hit, despite two massive appeals from Panesar. The Windies batted slowly and carefully over the two days and ended up falling only 61 runs short of winning the match. If they had reached the total it would have been the highest fourth innings total ever to win a Test match. Shivnarine Chanderpaul top scored with 116 not out.
Toss: England won the toss and chose to field.
| 15 June - 19 June (Scorecard) |
West Indies 287 (97.1 overs) |
v | England 400 (100 overs) |
England won by 7 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Aleem Dar (PAK) Player of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN) |
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| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 136* (257) Ryan Sidebottom 5/88 (29 overs) |
Paul Collingwood 128 (188) Andrew Strauss 77 (136) Fidel Edwards 5/112 (23 overs) Daren Powell 3/89 (32 overs) |
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| 222 (64 overs) | 111/3 (21.4 overs) | ||||
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 70 (163) Chris Gayle 52 (71) Monty Panesar 5/46 (16 overs) Matthew Hoggard 3/28 (11 overs) |
Michael Vaughan 48* (51) | ||||
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Toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| June 28 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 208/8 (20 overs) |
v | England 193/7 (20 overs) |
West Indies won by 15 runs The Oval, London, England Umpires: Peter Hartley (ENG) and Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (ENG) |
| Devon Smith 61 (34) Marlon Samuels 51 (26) James Anderson 2/37 (4 overs) Dimitri Mascarenhas 2/39 (4 overs) |
Paul Collingwood 79 (41) Matt Prior 25 (14) Dwayne Smith 3/24 (4 overs) Darren Sammy 2/37 (4 overs) |
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Toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| June 29 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 169/7 (20 overs) |
v | England 173/5 (19.4 overs) |
England won by 5 wickets The Oval, London, England Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Owais Shah (ENG) |
| Chris Gayle 61 (37) Marlon Samuels 42 (20) Paul Collingwood 2/21 (2 overs) Ryan Sidebottom 2/25 (4 overs) |
Owais Shah 55* (35) Paul Collingwood 27 (24) Ravi Rampaul 2/39 (4 overs) Darren Sammy 1/27 (4 overs) |
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Toss: West Indies won the toss and chose to field.
| July 1 (Scorecard) |
England 225 (49.5 overs) |
v | West Indies 146 (39.5 overs) |
England won by 79 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) and Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Fidel Edwards (WIN) |
| Ian Bell 56 (75) Owais Shah 42 (38) Fidel Edwards 5/45 (10 overs) Dwayne Bravo 1/28 (5.5 overs) |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 53* (100) Dwayne Bravo 29 (34) Stuart Broad 3/20 (9 overs) James Anderson 2/23 (8 overs) |
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Fidel Edwards claimed his second ODI 5-wicket haul; the 8th ODI 5-wicket haul at Lord's.
Toss: England won the toss and chose to field.
| July 4 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 278/5 (50 overs) |
v | England 217 (46 overs) |
West Indies won by 61 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston, England Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) and Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 116* (122) Marlon Samuels 77 (104) Stuart Broad 2/49 (10 overs) Ryan Sidebottom 2/56 (9 overs) |
Matthew Prior 52 (73) Owais Shah 45 (64) Ravi Rampaul 4/41 (10 overs) Fidel Edwards 2/43 (10 overs) |
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Paul Collingwood won his first ODI toss and elected to field.
Toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| July 7 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 289/5 (50 overs) |
v | England 196 (44.2 overs) |
West Indies win by 93 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) and Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Daren Powell (WIN) |
| Runako Morton 82* (89) Chris Gayle 82 (126) Liam Plunkett 3/59 (10 overs) James Anderson 2/51 (10 overs) |
Owais Shah 51 (66) Paul Collingwood 44 (50) Daren Powell 4/40 (10 overs) Fidel Edwards 3/30 (10 overs) |
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England started well getting the early wicket of Devon Smith in the third over, but a good partnership between Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, producing a 2nd wicket partnership of 77 gave West Indies a strong platform. England then got two quick wickets of Chanderpaul and Samuels in the space of 15 deliveries to put the game in the balance. West Indies solidified their position however with Runako Morton and Chris Gayle putting on 85 in the 4th wicket. Quick batting from Dwayne Bravo (42 runs from 24 balls) ensured that the West Indies set a good score of 289/5 at the end of the innings and England needed 290 runs to win.
Chris Gayle got passed the 6000 run mark in ODI with his boundary of the 16.2 over.
| 12 May - 14 May (Scorecard) |
West Indies 237/4 |
v | Somerset | Match drawn County Ground, Taunton, England Umpires: Steven Garratt (ENG) and Roy Palmer (ENG) |
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| Runako Morton 103 (118) Steffan Jones 3/74 (18.4 overs) |
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| 1 June - 3 June (Scorecard) |
MCC 260 (99.3 ov) |
v | West Indies 534/8d (129.1 ov) |
Match drawn Durham University Ground, Durham, England Umpires: John Holder (ENG) and David Millns (ENG) |
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| Shaaiq Choudhry 54* (143) Jerome Taylor 5/43 (18 overs) |
Runako Morton 201 (246) Denesh Ramdin 131 (163) Simon Butler 3/121 (29.3 overs) |
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| Paul Dixey 17 (48) Darren Sammy 2/14 (6 overs) |
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| 21 June (Scorecard) |
West Indies 178/3 (23.1 overs) |
v | England Lions 174/6 (24 overs) |
West Indies won by 7 wickets New Road, Worcester, England Umpires: Rob Bailey (ENG) and Nigel Cowley (ENG) |
| Denesh Ramdin 73 (52) Runako Morton 72* (61) |
Vikram Solanki 38 (26) Marlon Samuels 3/16 (5 overs) |
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| June 24 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 84 (15.4 overs) |
v | Derbyshire 135/6 (20 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 51 runs County Cricket Ground, Derby, England Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Tim Robinson (ENG) |
| Austin Richards 25 (33) Dwayne Smith 13 (15) Tom Lungley 4/11 (2.4 overs) Ant Botha 4/14 (4.0 overs) |
Simon Katich 31 (28) Chris Taylor 28* (25) Chris Gayle 2/15 (2 overs) Ravi Rampaul 1/21 (3 overs) |
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| June 26 (Scorecard) |
West Indies 198/1 (20 overs) |
v | PCA Masters XI 142 (19.4 overs) |
West Indies won by 56 runs Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground , Sussex , England Umpires: Martin Bodenham (ENG) and Neil Mallender (ENG) |
| Devon Smith 77* (53) Chris Gayle 73 (34) Nathan Astle 1/29 (3 overs) |
Azhar Mahmood 41 (26) Chris Schofield 19 (22) Marlon Samuels 4/19 (4 overs) |
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Following the completion of their tour to England, the West Indies will play in a Four-Nations ODI tournament in Ireland, where they will play One Day Internationals against the hosts, the Netherlands and Scotland.[19]
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