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

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 | Test Squads | ODI Squads | ODI Squads |
| England | West Indies | England | West Indies |
| 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 | | | |

## Test series – The Wisden Trophy
### 1st Test

* 11 March – 15 March (Scorecard)
* England won by 10 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Stephen Harmison (ENG)
* Ramnaresh Sarwan recorded a pair in this test.

### 2nd Test

* 19 March – 23 March (Scorecard)
* England won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Stephen Harmison (ENG)
* 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)
* England won by 8 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Graham Thorpe (ENG)
* Play delayed on Day 3 due to rain.
Matthew Hoggard claimed a hat-trick in the West Indies 2nd innings. 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.

### 4th Test

* 10 April – 14 April (Scorecard)
* Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Brian Lara (WIN)
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). He hit 43 fours and 4 sixes.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 18 April (Scorecard)
| West Indies 156/5 (30 overs) | v | England 157/8 (29.3 overs) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 84 (96) Sylvester Joseph 23 (32) Darren Gough 2/22 (6 overs) Andrew Flintoff 2/22 (6 overs) | | Andrew Strauss 29 (46) Chris Read 27 (15) Chris Gayle 3/20 (5.3 overs) Dwayne Bravo 2/31 (6 overs) |
* England won by 2 wickets Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Chris Read (ENG)
* Play reduced to 30 overs due to rain.

### 2nd ODI

* 24 April (Scorecard)
| West Indies 57/2 (16 overs) | v | England |
| Chris Gayle 20 (42) James Anderson 1/13 (3 overs) | | |
* No result Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Billy Doctrove (WIN)
* Match abandoned after 16 overs due to rain.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 April (Scorecard)
| West Indies | v | England |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN)
* Match abandoned due to rain.

### 4th ODI

* 28 April (Scorecard)
| West Indies | v | England |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN)
* Match abandoned due to rain.

### 5th ODI

* 1 May (Scorecard)
| West Indies 284/5 (48 overs) | v | England 281/8 (50 overs) |
| 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) |
* West Indies won by 5 wickets Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN)
* Ian Bradshaw (WI) made his ODI debut.

### 6th ODI

* 2 May (Scorecard)
| West Indies 282/6 (47.1 overs) | v | England 280/8 (50 overs) |
| 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) |
* West Indies won by 4 wickets Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN)

### 7th ODI

* 5 May (Scorecard)
| West Indies 261/6 (50 overs) | v | England 262/5 (47.2 overs) |
| 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) |
* England won by 5 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (ENG)

## Tour matches

* 1 March – 3 March (Scorecard)
* Match drawn Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Maurice Chung (WIN) and Melvin Noble (WIN)
* 5 March – 7 March (Scorecard)
* England won by an innings and 85 runs Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Cecil Fletcher (WIN) and Norman Malcolm (WIN)
* 26 March – 28 March (Scorecard)
* England won by 8 wickets Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Mervyn Jones (WIN) and Tunley Franklyn (WIN)
* 16 April (Scorecard)
| Guyana | v | England |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WIN) and Davetirth Anandjit (WIN)
* Match abandoned due to rain.

## Records

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