English national cricket team in the West Indies for the 2014-15 season

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The England national cricket team's tour of the West Indies in the 2014/15 season took place from April 6th to May 5th, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included a three-game test series that ended 1-1. Since England won the last test series between England and the West Indies in 2012, England was able to successfully defend the Wisden Trophy , which goes to the winner of this test series.

On the second day of the third Test Match, the West Indies scored 18 wickets, which is a test cricket record for the West Indies.

prehistory

classification

Both teams previously played at the 2015 Cricket World Cup , with England eliminated in the preliminary round and the West Indies eliminated in the quarter-finals. The West Indies previously played a tour in South Africa and England in Sri Lanka . A limited-overs tour between the two teams also took place in the West Indies the year before .

Stages

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on December 12, 2009.

city country Stadion capacity Games
North Sound Antigua and Barbuda Sir Vivian Richards Stadium 20,000 1st test
Bridgetown  Barbados Kensington oval 31,000 3rd test
St. George's Grenada Grenada National Stadium 20,000 2nd test

Squad

England named their roster on March 18, 2015. The West Indies named their roster on April 10, 2015.

West Indies cricket team West Indies England England
  • Denesh Ramdin ( K & wk )
  • Kraigg Brathwaite ( UK )
  • Sulieman Benn
  • Devendra Bishoo
  • Jermaine Blackwood
  • Carlos Brathwaite
  • Darren Bravo
  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  • Shannon Gabriel
  • Jason Holder
  • Shai Hope
  • Veerasammy Permaul
  • Kemar Roach
  • Marlon Samuels
  • Devon Smith
  • Jerome Taylor
  • Alastair Cook ( K )
  • Moeen Ali
  • James Anderson
  • Jonny Bairstow
  • Gary Ballance
  • Ian Bell
  • Stuart Broad
  • Jos Buttler ( wk )
  • Chris Jordan
  • Adam Lyth
  • Liam Plunkett
  • Adil Rashid
  • Joe Root
  • Ben Stokes
  • James Tredwell
  • Jonathan Trott
  • Mark Wood

Tour matches

April
6-7 Scorecard
Basseterre St Kitts Invitational XI
59 (26.3) & 76-7 (35)
- England England XI
379-6d (115.2)
draw
April 8th - 9th
scorecard
Basseterre St Kitts Invitational XI
303-9d (90)
- England England XI
222 (78.1)
draw

Testing

First test in North Sound

April 13th - 17th
Scorecard
North Sound England England
399 (110.4) & 333-7d (86)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
295 (113) & 350-7 (129.4)
draw

Second test at St. George's

April
21-25 scorecard
St. George's West Indies cricket team West Indies
299 (104.4) & 307 (112)
- England England
464 (144.1) & 144-1 (41.1)
England wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Bridgetown

May
1-5 scorecard
Bridgetown England England
257 (96.3) & 123 (42.1)
- West Indies cricket team West Indies
189 (49.4) & 194-5 (62.4)
West Indies wins with 5 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player team Games Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Joe Root England England 3 5 358 89.50 182 * 1 2
Gary Ballance England England 3 6th 331 66.20 122 1 2
Jermaine Blackwood West Indies cricket team West Indies 3 6th 311 77.75 112 * 1 1
Alastair Cook England England 3 6th 268 53.60 105 1 2
Dwayne Bravo West Indies cricket team West Indies 3 6th 237 39.50 82 0 2
bowling
player team Games Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W 10W
James Anderson England England 3 119.2 17th 18.00 6/42 1 0
Jerome Taylor West Indies cricket team West Indies 2 63.4 11 18.27 3/33 0 0
Stuart Broad England England 3 111 10 32.00 4/61 0 0
Jason Holder West Indies cricket team West Indies 3 89.5 8th 31.12 3/15 0 0
Shannon Gabriel West Indies cricket team West Indies 2 51 6th 25.00 2/47 0 0
Moeen Ali England England 2 60.2 6th 34.66 3/51 0 0
Chris Jordan England England 3 104 6th 42.66 2/65 0 0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series Player of the Series
test EnglandEngland James Anderson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game Player of the Match
1st test West Indies Cricket Board Logo.svg Jason Holder
2nd test EnglandEngland Joe Root
3rd test West Indies Cricket Board Logo.svg Jermaine Blackwood

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. West Indies v England: 18 wickets fall on day two in Barbados ( English ) BBC. May 2, 2015. Accessed July 24, 2015.
  2. England return to scene of 10-ball Test ( English ) Cricinfo. August 4, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Alan Gardner: Lyth, Wood and Rashid in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 18, 2015. Accessed December 20, 2015.
  4. Bishoo recalled for first England Test ( English ) Cricinfo. April 10, 2015. Accessed December 20, 2015.
  5. The Wisden Trophy, 2015 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  6. The Wisden Trophy, 2015 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 18, 2016.