English cricket team in the West Indies in 2003–04 explained

Series Name:	England in the West Indies in 2003–04
Team1 Name:	England
Team2 Name:	West Indies
From Date:	1 March
To Date:	5 May 2004
Team1 Captain:	Michael Vaughan
Team2 Captain:	Brian Lara
No Of Tests:	4
Team1 Tests Won:	3
Team2 Tests Won:	0
Team1 Tests Most Runs:	Butcher 296 Thorpe 274 Vaughan 245
Team2 Tests Most Runs:	Lara 500 Hinds 277 Sarwan 192
Team1 Tests Most Wickets:	Harmison 23 Hoggard 13 Flintoff 11
Team2 Tests Most Wickets:	Best 12 Collins 11 Edwards 10
Player Of Test Series:	Stephen Harmison
No Of Odis:	7
Team1 Odis Won:	2
Team2 Odis Won:	2
Team1 Odis Most Runs:	Trescothick 267 Strauss 172 Flintoff 121
Team2 Odis Most Runs:	Sarwan 216 Chanderpaul 193 Smith 117
Team1 Odis Most Wickets:	Flintoff 5 Anderson 4 Gough 4
Team2 Odis Most Wickets:	Gayle 7 Bradshaw 5 Bravo 4
Player Of Odi 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
^[1]	^[2]	^[3]	^[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)
			Ramnaresh Sarwan
			Chris Gayle
			Shivnarine Chanderpaul
			Ricardo Powell
			Dwayne Smith
			Tino Best
			Sylvester Joseph
			Dwayne Bravo
			Ian Bradshaw
			Mervyn Dillon
			Ravi Rampaul
			Corey Collymore

2nd Test

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

3rd Test

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

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

7th ODI

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]

Bibliography

• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack

External links

• CricketArchive
• Crininfo
• Test Averages
• ODI Averages

Notes and References

1. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – England Test Squad. Cricinfo. 2004 .
2. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – West Indies Test Squad. Cricinfo. 2004 .
3. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – England ODI Squad . Cricinfo . 2004 .
4. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – West Indies ODI Squad. Cricinfo. 2004 .
5. News: Hoggard hat-trick triggers another rout. ESPNCricInfo. 2004 .
6. News: Hoggard back in the swing . BBC Sport . 3 April 2004 . 2016-06-05.
7. News: England v West Indies 2004 – Lara innings. BBC Sport. 22 April 2004.
8. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – Lowest innings total. Cricinfo. 2004 .
9. News: England v West Indies 2004 – Best bowling figures. BBC Sport. 14 March 2004.
10. News: England v West Indies 2004 – 3rd Test. BBC Sport. 3 April 2004.
11. News: England v West Indies 2004 – Lara World Record Test. BBC Sport. 22 April 2004.
12. News: England v West Indies 2004 – Unlucky Graham Thorpe. BBC Sport. 13 April 2004 . Tom . Fordyce.
13. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – 6th wicket stand. Cricinfo. 2004 .
14. Web site: England v West Indies 2004 – Highest innings total. Cricinfo. 2004 .