English cricket team in West Indies in 2008–09

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English cricket team in West Indies in 2008–09
		England		West Indies
Dates		25 January – 3 April 2009
Captains		A. J. Strauss		C. H. Gayle
Test series
Result		West Indies won the 5-match series 1–0
Most runs		A. J. Strauss (541)		R. R. Sarwan (626)
Most wickets		G. P. Swann (19)		S. J. Benn (12)
Player of the series		R. R. Sarwan (West Indies)
One Day International series
Result		England won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs		A. J. Strauss (204)		S. Chanderpaul (201)
Most wickets		J. M. Anderson (9)		K. A. Pollard (9)
Player of the series		A. J. Strauss (England)
Twenty20 series
Result		West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		S. M. Davies (27)		R. R. Sarwan (59)
Most wickets		A. Khan (2)		S. J. Benn (3)
Player of the series		R. R. Sarwan (West Indies)

The English cricket team toured the West Indies from 25 January 2009 until 3 April 2009. Initially, it was intended that they play four Test matches, one Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals against the West Indies cricket team. However, the abandonment of the Second Test due to the conditions of the field at the SVR Stadium in Antigua led to the rapid inclusion of an additional game staged at the Antigua Recreation Ground, resulting in a five, rather than four match Test series. The West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy by winning the test series by one match to nil. They also won the Twenty20 match, whilst England won the One Day International tournament by three matches to two.

Contents 1 Build-up 2 Test Series 2.1 1st Test 2.2 2nd Test 2.3 3rd Test 2.4 4th Test 2.5 5th Test 3 Twenty20 Series 3.1 Twenty20 International 4 ODI Series 4.1 1st ODI 4.2 2nd ODI 4.3 3rd ODI 4.4 4th ODI 4.5 5th ODI 5 Tour Matches 5.1 St Kitts and Nevis Invitation XI v England XI 5.2 First Class:West Indies A v England XI 5.3 Barbados Cricket Association President's XI v England XI 5.4 West Indies Players' Association XI v England XI 6 References

[edit] Build-up

Despite recent turmoils, England went into the series as firm favourite. The players claimed confidence, the International Cricket Council rankings placed them comfortably ahead of their adversaries, and the pundits were, under the circumstances, fairly buoyant. In the Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Boycott opined that, with a fit Andrew Flintoff, England ought to prevail easily:

I am not saying it will be a walkover. The one thing England do need is a fit Andrew Flintoff, throughout all the four Tests. If Freddie goes down injured, the odds for the series will turn around dramatically.^[1]

[edit] Test Series

[edit] 1st Test

4 February - 8 February (scorecard)	England  318 (122.2 overs)	v	West Indies 392 (157.4 overs)	West Indies win by an innings and 23 runs Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Man of the Match: Jerome Taylor
	Kevin Pietersen 97 (172) Sulieman Benn 4/77 (44.2 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 107 (290) Stuart Broad 5/85 (29 overs)
	51 (33.2 overs)
	Andrew Flintoff 24 (47) Jerome Taylor 5/11 (9 overs)
England 51 in their second innings is their third lowest innings score.[2]

[edit] 2nd Test

13 February - 17 February (scorecard)	England  7/0 (1.4 overs)	v	West Indies	Match abandoned Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Tony Hill (NZ)
	Andrew Strauss 6* (8)
Play was abandoned after 10 balls due to a dangerous outfield. The outfield caused the bowlers to not be able to get any solid footholds in an overly sandy outfield. The 2nd Test was abandoned, and an extra Test was scheduled.[3] The Test match thus became the shortest recorded in history, overtaken the record previously held by another match in the West Indies in 1998 involving the same teams, which was abandoned under similar circumstances.[4] The statistics of the abandoned Test stood, however, contributing to the statistics of all players involved.[5]

[edit] 3rd Test

15 February - 19 February (scorecard)	England  566/9 dec. (165.2 overs)	v	West Indies 285 (89.2 overs)	Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Man of the Match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
	Andrew Strauss 169 (278) Jerome Taylor 2/73 (28 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 94 (133) Graeme Swann 5/57 (24 overs)
	221/8 dec. (50.0 overs)		370/9 (128 overs)
	Alastair Cook 58 (103) Daren Powell 2/33 (7 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 106 (196) Stuart Broad 3/69 (21 overs)

[edit] 4th Test

26 February - 2 March (scorecard)	England  600/6 dec. (153.2 overs)	v	West Indies 749/9 dec. (194.4 overs)	Match drawn Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Man of the Match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
	Andrew Strauss 142 (210) Fidel Edwards 3/151 (30 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 291 (452) Graeme Swann 5/165 (50.4 overs)
	279/2 (81 overs)
	Alastair Cook 139* (256) Chris Gayle 1/46 (17 overs)

[edit] 5th Test

6 March - 10 March (scorecard)	England  546/6 dec. (158.5 overs)	v	West Indies 544 (178.4 overs)	Match drawn Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Man of the Match: Matt Prior
	Paul Collingwood 161 (288) Lionel Baker 2/77 (23 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 147* (361) Stuart Broad 3/67 (30 overs)
	237/6 dec. (38.4 overs)		114/8 (65.5 overs)
	Kevin Pietersen 102 (92) Lionel Baker 2/39 (8 overs)		Ryan Hinds 20 (94) Graeme Swann 3/13 (21 overs)

[edit] Twenty20 Series

[edit] Twenty20 International

15 March (scorecard)	England  121 (19.1 overs)	v	West Indies 123/4 (18 overs)	West Indies win by 6 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) & Norman Malcolm (WI) Man of the Match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
	Steven Davies 27 (21) Sulieman Benn 3/24 (4 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 59 (46) Amjad Khan 2/34 (4 overs)

[edit] ODI Series

[edit] 1st ODI

20 March (scorecard)	England  270/7 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 244/7 (46.2 overs)	England win by 1 run (D/L) Providence Stadium, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Clyde Duncan (WI) Man of the Match: Paul Collingwood
	Paul Collingwood 69 (77) Kieron Pollard 2/46 (8 overs)		Lendl Simmons 62 (105) Stuart Broad 3/41 (9.2 overs)
Bad light ended West Indies's innings early. West Indies's coach Dyson told his batsmen to take the light after a miscalculation.

[edit] 2nd ODI

22 March (scorecard)	West Indies  264/8 (50 overs)	v	England 243 (48.2 overs)	West Indies win by 21 runs Providence Stadium, Guyana Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Clyde Duncan (WI) Man of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul 112* (134) James Anderson 3/37 (9 overs)		Andrew Strauss 105 (129) Dwayne Bravo 2/40 (9 overs)

[edit] 3rd ODI

27 March (scorecoard)	England  117 (41.4 overs)	v	West Indies 117/2 (14.4 overs)	West Indies win by 8 wickets (D/L) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) & Steve Davis (AUS) Man of the Match: Dwayne Bravo
	Dimitri Mascarenhas 36 (76) Dwayne Bravo 4/19 (7 overs)		Chris Gayle 80 (43) Stuart Broad 1/31 (3.4 overs)

[edit] 4th ODI

29 March (scorecard)	West Indies  239/9 (50 overs)	v	England 136/1 (18.3 overs)	England win by 9 wickets (D/L) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) & Steve Davis (AUS) Man of the Match: Andrew Strauss
	Dwayne Bravo 69 (72) Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/26 (10 overs)		Andrew Strauss 79* (61) Kieron Pollard 1/20 (4 overs)

[edit] 5th ODI

3 April (scorecard)	England  172/5 (29 overs)	v	West Indies 146 (28 overs)	England win by 26 runs Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) & Norman Malcolm (WI) Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff
	Kevin Pietersen 48 (48) Sulieman Benn 2/23 (6 overs)		Dwayne Bravo 33 (46) Andrew Flintoff 5/19 (5 overs)
Andrew Flintoff took an ODI Hat trick:Denesh Ramdin (b), Ravi Rampaul (lbw), Sulieman Benn (b)

[edit] Tour Matches

[edit] St Kitts and Nevis Invitation XI v England XI

25 January - 27 January (scorecard)	England  XI 424/8 dec. (91.5 overs)	v	St Kitts and Nevis Invitation XI 251 (64.3 overs)	England XI won by 217 runs Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts Umpires: Luther Kelly (WI) & Wycliffe Mitchum (WI)
	Owais Shah 125* Akito Willett 5/118 (24 overs)		Codville Rogers 63 (82) Monty Panesar 4/53 (17.3 overs)
	265/5 dec. (58 overs)		221 (54 overs)
	Andrew Strauss 103 (retired out) (116) Trevier Smithen 1/29 (7 overs)		Codville Rogers 79 (83) Monty Panesar 3/51 (15 overs)
England were originally scheduled to use 11 players however they used 13 after injuries to Flintoff and Shah. The St Kitts side used 14.

[edit] First Class:West Indies A v England XI

29 January - 31 January (scorecard)	West Indies A 574/8 dec. (149.5 overs)	v	England XI 414 (90.5 overs)	Match drawn Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts Umpires: Luther Kelly (WI) & Wycliffe Mitchum (WI)
	Lendl Simmons 282 (381) Steve Harmison 4/101 (25.5)		Andrew Strauss 97 (135) Kevin McClean 3/56 (14.5)
	16/0 (5 overs)
	Adrian Barath 13* (22)

[edit] Barbados Cricket Association President's XI v England XI

22 February - 23 February (scorecard)	England  XI 351/8 dec. (75 overs)	v	BCA President's XI 245 (63.4 overs)	Match drawn Windward Park, Lucas Street, Barbados Umpires: Vincent Bullen (WI) & Anthony Farrell (WI)
	Ravi Bopara 124* (125) Kevin Stoute 4/67 (17 overs)		Sharmarh Brooks 69 (142) Amjad Khan (cricketer) 5/79 (15 overs)
	142/2 (27.2 overs)
	Ian Bell 72 (91) Roston Chase 2/21 (4.2 overs)

[edit] West Indies Players' Association XI v England XI

14 March (scorecard)	England  XI 299/8 (50 overs)	v	WIPA XI 248 (43.4 overs)	England XI won by 51 runs Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre,Trinidad Umpires: Terence Birbal (WI) & Peter Nero (WI) Man of the Match: Samuel Badree & Dimitri Mascarenhas
	Dimitri Mascarenhas 84* Atiba Allert 3/59 (10 overs)		Samuel Badree 84* Steve Harmison 4/59 (8.4 overs)
Players per side: England XI 11 ; West Indies Players Association XI 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

[edit] References

v • d • e International cricket in 2008-09 Preceding season: International cricket in 2008 September 2008 Intercontinental Cup October 2008 World Cricket League Division 4  · India v Australia  · Bangladesh v New Zealand  · T20 Quadrangular Series (Canada)  · Associates Tri-Series (Kenya)  · South Africa v Kenya November 2008 South Africa v Bangladesh  · Pakistan v West Indies (UAE)  · India v England  · Australia v New Zealand (Test)  · Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka December 2008 New Zealand v West Indies  · Australia v South Africa  · Bangladesh v Sri Lanka January 2009 Bangladesh Tri-Series  · Bangladesh v Zimbabwe  · Pakistan v Sri Lanka  · West Indies v England  · World Cricket League Division 3  · Kenya v Zimbabwe  · Sri Lanka v India February 2009 Australia v New Zealand (ODI)  · South Africa v Australia  · New Zealand v India March 2009 Women's World Cup Following season: International cricket in 2009

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