Series Name: | West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2003–04 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
Team1 Name: | South Africa |
Team2 Name: | West Indies |
From Date: | 3 December 2003 |
To Date: | 4 February 2004 |
Team1 Captain: | GC Smith |
Team2 Captain: | BC Lara |
No Of Tests: | 4 |
Team1 Tests Won: | 3 |
Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
Team1 Tests Most Runs: | JH Kallis (712) |
Team2 Tests Most Runs: | BC Lara (531) |
Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | M Ntini (29) |
Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | FH Edwards (8) |
Player Of Test Series: | M Ntini (SA) |
No Of Odis: | 5 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 3 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 1 |
Team1 Odis Most Runs: | JH Kallis (361) |
Team2 Odis Most Runs: | S Chanderpaul (210) |
Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | SM Pollock (8) |
Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | CD Collymore (12) |
Player Of Odi Series: | JH Kallis (SA) |
The West Indies cricket team toured South Africa during the 2003–04 season and played a four-match Test series and a five-match One Day International series against the South Africa national cricket team, as well as five tour matches. This tour immediately followed a tour of Zimbabwe.
West Indies was led in the Test and ODI series by Brian Lara while South Africa was led by Graeme Smith.
South Africa won the Test series 3–0 and the ODI series 3–1. Jacques Kallis of South Africa emerged as the top run-scorer in the Test series with 712 runs, with an average of 178.00, followed by Herschelle Gibbs with 583 runs at an average of 116.60.[1] Makhaya Ntini finished the series as top wicket-taker with 29 wickets, followed by André Nel with 22 and Shaun Pollock with 16. Ntini was named "man of the Test series".[2]
Jerome Taylor, Marlon Samuels, and Omari Banks returned home injured prior to the start of the Test series and were replaced by Dave Mohammed, Dwayne Smith, and Adam Sanford respectively.