# West Indian cricket team in England in 2024

The West Indies cricket team toured England in July 2024 to play three Test matches against England. The teams contested the Richards-Botham Trophy and formed a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures, as a part of the 2024 home schedule.
England won the series 3–0.

## Squads

| England | West Indies |
| Ben Stokes (c) Ollie Pope (vc) James Anderson Gus Atkinson Shoaib Bashir Harry Brook Zak Crawley Ben Duckett Dan Lawrence Dillon Pennington Matthew Potts Joe Root Jamie Smith (wk) Chris Woakes Mark Wood | Kraigg Brathwaite (c) Alzarri Joseph (vc) Alick Athanaze Joshua Da Silva (wk) Jason Holder Kavem Hodge Tevin Imlach Akeem Jordan Shamar Joseph Jeremiah Louis Mikyle Louis Zachary McCaskie Kirk McKenzie Gudakesh Motie Kemar Roach Jayden Seales Kevin Sinclair |
On 27 June 2024, Kemar Roach was ruled out of the series with a knee injury; Jeremiah Louis was named as his replacement. On 24 July 2024, Jeremiah Louis was ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury, Akeem Jordan was named as his replacement.
England's James Anderson was named for the first Test match only, after which he retired from Test cricket. On 13 July 2024, Mark Wood was added to the England squad for the second Test.

## Tour match
### 3-day warm-up match

* 3–5 July 2024 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Hassan Adnan (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 10–12 July 2024 Scorecard
* England won by an innings and 114 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Gus Atkinson (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith (Eng) and Mikyle Louis (WI) all made their Test debuts.
* James Anderson (Eng) played in his last Test match.
* Chris Woakes (Eng) took his 150th wicket in Tests.
* Gus Atkinson (Eng) became the twelfth player to take two five-wicket hauls on his Test debut, and also registered the second-best bowling figures on Test debut by an English cricketer.
* Ben Stokes (Eng) took his 200th wicket in Tests.
* World Test Championship points: England 12, West Indies 0

### 2nd Test

* 18–21 July 2024 Scorecard
* England won by 241 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Ollie Pope (Eng)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Kavem Hodge (WI) scored his first century in Tests.
* This was the first time England had scored 400 runs in both innings of a Test match.
* World Test Championship points: England 12, West Indies 0

### 3rd Test

* 26–28 July 2024 Scorecard
* England won by 10 wickets Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mark Wood (Eng)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jayden Seales (WI) took his 50th wicket in Tests.
* Joe Root (Eng) scored his 12,000th run in Tests.
* Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his 100th wicket in Tests.
* Ben Stokes scored the fastest half-century for England in Tests.
* World Test Championship points: England 12, West Indies 0