| Series Name: | English cricket team in West Indies in 2008–09 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of England.svg |
| Team1 Name: | England |
| Team2 Image: | WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg |
| Team2 Name: | West Indies |
| From Date: | 25 January |
| To Date: | 3 April 2009 |
| Team1 Captain: | Andrew Strauss |
| Team2 Captain: | Chris Gayle |
| No Of Tests: | 5 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Andrew Strauss (541) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Ramnaresh Sarwan (626) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Graeme Swann (19) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Sulieman Benn (12) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Andrew Strauss (204) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (201) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | James Anderson (9) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Kieron Pollard (9) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Andrew Strauss (Eng) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Steven Davies (27) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Ramnaresh Sarwan (59) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Amjad Khan (2) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Sulieman Benn (3) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) |
The England cricket team toured the West Indies between 25 January 2009 and 3 April 2009. Initially, it was intended that they play four Test matches, one Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals against the West Indies cricket team. However, the abandonment of the Second Test due to the conditions of the field at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua led to the rapid inclusion of an additional game staged at the Antigua Recreation Ground, resulting in a five-match, rather than four-match Test series. The West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy by winning the Test series 1–0. They also won the Twenty20 match, but England won the ODI series 3–2.
Despite recent turmoils, England went into the series as firm favourite. The players claimed confidence, the ICC rankings placed them comfortably ahead of their adversaries, and the pundits were, under the circumstances, fairly buoyant. In The Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Boycott opined that, with a fit Andrew Flintoff, England ought to prevail easily:
I am not saying it will be a walkover. The one thing England do need is a fit Andrew Flintoff, throughout all the four Tests. If Freddie goes down injured, the odds for the series will turn around dramatically.[1]