Indian national cricket team in England in the 2004 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to England in the 2004 season took place from September 1st to 5th, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004 international cricket season and included three ODIs . England won the series 2–1.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against the West Indies , India a three-nation tournament in the Netherlands . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 2002 season . The tour served to prepare for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy , which was then held in England.

Stages

London (Lord's) London (oval) Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	3. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1. ODI

Squad lists

ODI
England	India
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Marcus Trescothick ( UK ) Paul Collingwood Andrew Flinthoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Stephen Harmison Geraint Jones ( wk ) Anthony McGrath Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Alex Wharf	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Lakshmipathy Balaji Rahul Dravid ( wk ) Rohan Gavaskar Harbhajan Singh Mohammad Kaif Dinesh Karthik ( wk ) Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Irfan Pathan Virender Sehwag Yuvraj Singh

One-day internationals

First ODI in Nottingham

September 1st scorecard	Nottingham	India 170 (43.5)	-	England 171-3 (32.2)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in London

September 3 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 307-5 (50)	-	India 237 (46.3)
		England wins with 70 runs

Third ODI in London

September 5 scorecard	London (Lord's)	India 204 (49.3)	-	England 181 (48.2)
		India wins with 23 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Flintoff	England	2	2	133	133.00	99	0	1
Sourav Ganguly	India	3	3	121	40.33	90	0	1
Vikram Solanki	England	3	3	109	36.33	52	0	1
Mohammad Kaif	India	3	3	103	34.33	51	0	2
Paul Collingwood	England	3	2	83	83.00	79 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Steve Harmison	England	3	26.5	7th	16.28	4/22	0	0
Darren Gough	England	3	27	7th	17.14	4/50	0	0
Alex Wharf	England	3	23.3	6th	17.83	3/30	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	2	20th	5	8.40	3/28	0	0
Ashley Giles	England	3	30th	5	18.80	3/26	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Steve Harmison

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Alex Wharf
2. ODI	Andrew Flintoff
3. ODI	Sourav Ganguly

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Indians in England, 2004 ( English ) Wisden. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / NatWest Challenge, 2004 / One-Day Internationals / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
3. ↑ Records / NatWest Challenge, 2004 / One-Day Internationals / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 5, 2017.