English cricket team in the West Indies in 2003–04

England in the West Indies in 2003–04
Dates		1 March – 5 May 2004
Captains		Michael Vaughan		Brian Lara
Test series
Result		England won the 4-match series 3–0
Most runs		Butcher 296 Thorpe 274 Vaughan 245		Lara 500 Hinds 277 Sarwan 192
Most wickets		Harmison 23 Hoggard 13 Flintoff 11		Best 12 Collins 11 Edwards 10
Player of the series		Stephen Harmison
One Day International series
Result		7-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs		Trescothick 267 Strauss 172 Flintoff 121		Sarwan 216 Chanderpaul 193 Smith 117
Most wickets		Flintoff 5 Anderson 4 Gough 4		Gayle 7 Bradshaw 5 Bravo 4
Player of the series		Marcus Trescothick

The England cricket team toured West Indies from 1 March to 5 May 2004 as part of the 2003–04 West Indian cricket season. The tour included 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 11 March – 15 March

Ramnaresh Sarwan recorded a pair in this test.

2nd Test 19 March – 23 March

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

3rd Test 1 April – 3 April

Matthew Hoggard claimed a hat-trick in the West Indies 2nd innings.^[5] 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.^[6]

4th Test 10 April – 14 April

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).^[7]

ODI series

1st Match: West Indies vs England

2nd Match: West Indies vs England

3rd Match: West Indies vs England

4th Match: West Indies vs England

5th Match: West Indies vs England

6th Match: West Indies vs England

7th Match: West Indies vs England

Tour matches

Records

• West Indies 1st test 2nd innings of 47 all out is the lowest innings scored by the West Indies.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• On the 3rd Test England secured their first series win against the West Indies in the Caribbean since 1968.^[10]
• 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.^[11]
• 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.^[12]
• Brian Lara and Ridley Jacobs 282 unbroken partnership is a West Indian partnership record for the 6th wicket.^[13]
• West Indies 751/5 is the 7th highest innings total in Test cricket and 2nd highest innings total for West Indies.^[14]

References

Bibliography

• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack

External links

• CricketArchive
• Crininfo
• Test Averages
• ODI Averages

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