# 2004 NatWest Series

The 2004 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 24 June and 10 July 2004. The series involved the national teams of England, New Zealand and the West Indies. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another twice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which New Zealand won by defeating the West Indies at Lord's on 10 July by 107 runs.

## Venues

| Manchester | Birmingham | Nottingham | Chester-le-Street | Leeds |
| Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000 | Edgbaston Capacity: 21,000 | Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000 | Riverside Ground Capacity: 19,000 | Headingley Capacity: 17,500 |
| Trent BridgeLord'sRose BowlCounty GroundHeadingleyEdgbastonRiverside GroundOld TraffordSophia Gardens |||||
| Cardiff | Bristol | London | Southampton |
| Sophia Gardens Capacity: 5,500 | County Ground Capacity: 16,000 | Lord's Capacity: 28,000 | Rose Bowl Capacity: 15,000 |

## Squads

| England | New Zealand | West Indies |
| Michael Vaughan (c) James Anderson Ian Blackwell Rikki Clarke Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Steve Harmison Geraint Jones (wk) Rob Key Anthony McGrath Sajid Mahmood Mike Powell Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick | Stephen Fleming (c) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Ian Butler Chris Cairns James Franklin Chris Harris Gareth Hopkins (wk) Brendon McCullum (wk) Craig McMillan Hamish Marshall Jacob Oram Michael Papps Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori | Brian Lara (c) Carlton Baugh (wk) Tino Best Ian Bradshaw Dwayne Bravo Shivnarine Chanderpaul Chris Gayle Ridley Jacobs (wk) Jermaine Lawson Ricardo Powell Ravi Rampaul Darren Sammy Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Smith Devon Smith |

## Fixtures

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | +1.403 |
| West Indies | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -0.376 |
| England | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -0.578 |
* 24 June Scorecard
| England | v | New Zealand |
* Match abandoned Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng)
* No toss made.
* Points: England 3; New Zealand 3
* 26 June Scorecard
| West Indies 122/4 (21 overs) | v | New Zealand 97/2 (13.4 overs) |
| Brian Lara 36 (22) Chris Cairns 1/18 (4 overs) | | Scott Styris 26* (26) Jermaine Lawson 2/18 (3 overs) |
* No result Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 35 overs per side. The match was reduced to 21 overs per side, New Zealand target was 140 runs.
* Points: New Zealand 3; West Indies 3
* 27 June Scorecard
| England 147 (38.2 overs) | v | West Indies 148/3 (32.2 overs) |
| Andrew Strauss 43 (63) Dwayne Bravo 3/26 (10 overs) | | Chris Gayle 60* (90) James Anderson 2/39 (7.2 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England 0; West Indies 6
* 29 June Scorecard
| England 101 (32.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 103/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Marcus Trescothick 14 (19) James Franklin 5/42 (10 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 31 (34) Steve Harmison 3/38 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: James Franklin (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England 0; New Zealand 6
* 1 July Scorecard
| West Indies 159 (40.1 overs) | v | England 160/3 (22 overs) |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan 46 (78) Steve Harmison 3/31 (10 overs) | | Marcus Trescothick 55 (48) Dwayne Bravo 2/29 (4 overs) |
* England won by 7 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Steve Harmison (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England 6; West Indies 0
* 3 July Scorecard
| West Indies 216 (46.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 220/5 (46 overs) |
| Brian Lara 58 (58) Chris Cairns 3/29 (8 overs) | | Hamish Marshall 75* (119) Dwayne Bravo 3/36 (8 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Aus) Player of the match: Hamish Marshall (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand 5; West Indies 1
* 4 July Scorecard
| England 237/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 241/4 (47.2 overs) |
| Andrew Flintoff 106 (121) Ian Butler 3/57 (10 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 99 (126) Paul Collingwood 2/47 (7.2 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 6 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England 1; New Zealand 5
* 6 July Scorecard
| England 285/7 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 286/3 (49.1 overs) |
| Andrew Flintoff 123 (104) Chris Gayle 3/57 (10 overs) | | Chris Gayle 132* (165) James Anderson 2/69 (9.1 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England 1; West Indies 5
* 8 July Scorecard
| New Zealand | v | West Indies |
* Match abandoned Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand 3; West Indies 3

### Final

* 10 July Scorecard
| New Zealand 266 (49.2 overs) | v | West Indies 159 (41.2 overs) |
| Stephen Fleming 67 (66) Ramnaresh Sarwan 3/31 (6 overs) | | Devon Smith 44 (72) Daniel Vettori 5/30 (9.2 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 107 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
In the final at Lord's, West Indies won the toss and elected to field. On a slow Lord's pitch, New Zealand started their innings with a 120 run opening partnership between captain Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle, before the former was dismissed by Dwayne Bravo for 67. Astle fell for 57 with the score on 143, with Bravo once again taking the dismissal. Scott Styris fell for a single run soon after, before Hamish Marshall and Craig McMillan came together to add 71 for the fourth wicket. Marshall eventually fell with the score on 217, dismissed by Chris Gayle, with McMillan being dismissed soon after by Tino Best, having made 52. A flurry of late wickets by Best and Ramnaresh Sarwan contained New Zealand's progress toward the end of the innings, with New Zealand all out after 49.2 overs for 266. Sarwan finished with the best innings bowling figures of 3/31, while Bravo and Best each chipped in with two wickets and Gayle and Devon Smith with one each. The West Indies response started poorly, with Gayle dismissed for 4 runs with the score on 5 by Jacob Oram. Devon Smith and Sarwan settled the batting with a sedate partnership of 40 for the second wicket, before Sarwan was run out. Brian Lara and Smith then took the score to 98, before the latter was run out by Daniel Vettori. Lara fell to the bowling of Vettori shortly after with the score on 105, with Bravo following one run later. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ricardo Powell took the score to 149, before Powell became the seventh wicket to fall. Devon Smith and Ridley Jacobs both fell with the score on 150, nine runs later Ian Bradshaw fell. Rain arrived and forced a ninety-minute delay, during which half of the Lord's crowd left. With the match seemingly headed for a reserve day, the rain stopped and play resumed with the West Indies on 159/9. No further runs were added as just after 8pm Vettori took the wicket of Chanderpaul, his fifth of the match, to hand New Zealand a 107 run victory. This was New Zealand's largest winning margin over the West Indies in One Day International's. Daniel Vettori was declared Man of the Match, while Stephen Fleming was declared Player of the Series.

## Statistics

| Most runs | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| Chris Gayle | 276 | Dwayne Bravo | 10 |
| Andrew Strauss | 256 | Jacob Oram | 7 |
| Stephen Fleming | 254 | Steve Harmison | 7 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 250 | James Anderson | 7 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 239 | Daniel Vettori | 6 |