# English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997–98

The English cricket team toured the West Indies from 16 January to 8 April 1998 as part of the 1997–98 West Indies cricket season. The tour included six Tests and five One Day Internationals, with West Indies winning the Test series 3–1 and the ODI series 4–1. Originally five Tests were scheduled; however, the opening Test at Sabina Park was called off after 62 deliveries due to an unsafe pitch, and a sixth Test in Trinidad was hurriedly scheduled to take its place. This is the most recent six-match Test series in international cricket.

## Squads

| Test Squads | Test Squads | ODI Squads | ODI Squads |
| England | West Indies | England | West Indies |
| Mike Atherton (c) | Brian Lara (c) | Adam Hollioake (c) | Brian Lara (c) |
| Nasser Hussain (vc) | David Williams (wk) | Alec Stewart (wk) | Ridley Jacobs (wk) |
| Jack Russell (wk) | Junior Murray (wk) | Jack Russell (wk) | Junior Murray (wk) |
| Mark Butcher | Jimmy Adams | Mike Atherton | Curtly Ambrose |
| Andy Caddick | Curtly Ambrose | Dougie Brown | Keith Arthurton |
| Ashley Cowan | Kenny Benjamin | Robert Croft | Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
| John Crawley | Ian Bishop | Mark Ealham | Mervyn Dillon |
| Robert Croft | Sherwin Campbell | Matthew Fleming | Carl Hooper |
| Angus Fraser | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Angus Fraser (added) | Clayton Lambert |
| Dean Headley | Mervyn Dillon | Ashley Giles (withdrawn) | Rawl Lewis |
| Adam Hollioake | Roland Holder | Dean Headley | Nixon McLean |
| Mark Ramprakash | Carl Hooper | Ben Hollioake | Franklyn Rose |
| Chris Silverwood | Nixon McLean | Graeme Hick | Phil Simmons |
| Alec Stewart | Clayton Lambert | Nick Knight | Carl Tuckett |
| Graham Thorpe | Dinanath Ramnarine | Mark Ramprakash | Philo Wallace |
| Phil Tufnell | Franklyn Rose | Graham Thorpe | Courtney Walsh |
| | Philo Wallace | | Stuart Williams |
| | Courtney Walsh | | |
| | Stuart Williams | | |

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

* 29 January 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn (abandoned) Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: No award
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was abandoned on the first morning due to an unfit pitch.
* An additional Test was scheduled for 5–9 February at Port of Spain.
* NAM McLean (WI) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 5–9 February 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 3 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 13–17 February 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* England won by 3 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and EA Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: ARC Fraser (ENG)
* England won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th Test

* 27 February–2 March 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 242 runs Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DB Hair (AUS) Player of the match: S Chanderpaul (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
* D Ramnarine (WI) made his Test debut.

### 5th Test

* 12–16 March 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: CJ Mitchley (SA) and EA Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: MR Ramprakash (ENG)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 6th Test

* 20–24 March 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by an innings and 52 runs Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and CJ Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: D Ramnarine (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

## ODI series summary

West Indies won the Cable and Wireless Trophy 4–1.

### 1st ODI

* 29 March 1998 Scorecard
| England 293/5 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 277 (46.5 overs) |
| NV Knight 122 (130) PV Simmons 2/58 (8 overs) | | BC Lara 110 (106) MA Ealham 2/37 (7.5 overs) |
* England won by 16 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: BEW Morgan and EA Nicholls Player of the match: NV Knight (ENG)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 1 April 1998 Scorecard
| England 266 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 267/9 (49.5 overs) |
| NV Knight 90 (107) PV Simmons 3/46 (8 overs) | | SC Williams 68 (88) MV Fleming 3/41 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 1 wicket Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: BEW Morgan and EA Nicholls Player of the match: NV Knight (ENG)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 4 April 1998 Scorecard
| England 209/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 213/5 (48.1 overs) |
| GA Hick 45 (85) KLT Arthurton 2/31 (8 overs) | | CL Hooper 50 (73) RDB Croft 1/18 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 5 wickets Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires: SA Bucknor and BR Doctrove Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 5 April 1998 Scorecard
| England 149 (48.5 overs) | v | West Indies 150/6 (37.4 overs) |
| AJ Hollioake 23 (39) M Dillon 3/32 (10 overs) | | CB Lambert 52 (62) RDB Croft 2/41 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 4 wickets Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires: SA Bucknor and BR Doctrove Player of the match: BC Lara (WI)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 8 April 1998 Scorecard
| West Indies 302/5 (50 overs) | v | England 245 (45.5 overs) |
| CB Lambert 119 (124) BC Hollioake 2/43 (10 overs) | | NV Knight 65 (67) CL Hooper 2/6 (2 overs) |
* West Indies won by 57 runs Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Umpires: Z Maccum and EA Nicholls Player of the match: CB Lambert (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* NC McGarrell and CM Tuckett (both WI) made their ODI debuts.