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.
| England in the West Indies in 2003–04 | |||
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| England | West Indies | ||
| 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 | |||
| Results | 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 | ||
Squad lists
Test series – The Wisden Trophy
1st Test
11 March – 15 March (Scorecard) |
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311 (86.4 overs) Devon Smith 108 (188) Ryan Hinds 84 (117) Matthew Hoggard 3/68 (18.4 overs) Stephen Harmison 2/61 (21 overs) |
339 (103.2 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) Ridley Jacobs 15 (22) Devon Smith 12 (42) Stephen Harmison 7/12 (12.3 overs) Matthew Hoggard 2/21 (9 overs) |
20/0 (2.3 overs) Michael Vaughan 11* (9) |
- Ramnaresh Sarwan recorded a pair in this test.
2nd Test
19 March – 23 March (Scorecard) |
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208 (60.1 overs) Chris Gayle 62 (81) Ridley Jacobs 40 (64) Stephen Harmison 6/61 (20.1 overs) Matthew Hoggard 1/38 (15 overs) |
319 (133.5 overs) Graham Thorpe 90 (228) Mark Butcher 61 (190) Pedro Collins 4/71 (29 overs) Tino Best 3/71 (28 overs) | |
209 (67 overs) Ridley Jacobs 70 (92) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 42 (147) Simon Jones 5/57 (15 overs) Andrew Flintoff 2/27 (12 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
1 April – 3 April (Scorecard) |
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224 (75.2 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 63 (146) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 50 (99) Andrew Flintoff 5/58 (16.2 overs) Stephen Harmison 3/42 (18 overs) |
226 (90 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) Brian Lara 33 (112) Chris Gayle 15 (14) Matthew Hoggard 4/35 (14 overs) Stephen Harmison 3/34 (15.1 overs) |
- Play delayed on Day 3 due to rain.
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 Englishman.[6]
4th Test
10 April – 14 April (Scorecard) |
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751/5 (dec) (202 overs) Brian Lara 400* (582) Ridley Jacobs 107* (207) Gareth Batty 2/185 (52 overs) Stephen Harmison 1/92 (37 overs) |
285 (99 overs) Andrew Flintoff 102* (224) Mark Butcher 52 (83) Pedro Collins 4/76 (26 overs) Tino Best 3/37 (10.3 overs) | |
422/5 (f/o) (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).[7] He hit 43 fours and 4 sixes.
ODI series
1st ODI
18 April (Scorecard) |
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul 84 (96) Sylvester Joseph 23 (32) Darren Gough 2/22 (6 overs) Andrew Flintoff 2/22 (6 overs) |
- Play reduced to 30 overs due to rain.
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
1 May (Scorecard) |
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Ramnaresh Sarwan 73 (77) Dwayne 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) |
- Ian Bradshaw (WI) made his ODI debut.
6th ODI
2 May (Scorecard) |
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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 ODI
5 May (Scorecard) |
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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) |
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281 (85.2 overs) Mario Ventura 53 (130) Shawn Findlay 51 (86) James Anderson 3/42 (14 overs) Matthew Hoggard 3/47 (15.2 overs) |
320 (78.1 overs) Michael Vaughan 105 (89) Nasser Hussain 65 (91) Bevon Brown 3/74 (20.1 overs) Phillip Keating 2/32 (14 overs) | |
259/6 (dec) (60.3 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  |
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274 (79 overs) Nasser Hussain 86 (139) Michael Vaughan 66 (105) Ryan Cunningham 3/37 (11 overs) Phillip Keating 2/32 (14 overs) | ||
26 March – 28 March (Scorecard) |
Carib Beer XI |
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347 (102 overs) Graham Thorpe 88 Geraint Jones 66 Jermaine Lawson 4/94 (29 overs) Dave Mohammed 3/114 (28 overs) | ||
Reaction
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Aftermath
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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
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