West Indies cricket team in England in the 2000 season

The tour of the West Indies cricket team to England in the 2000 season was held from June 2 to 4 September 2000th The international cricket tour was part of the 2000 international cricket season and included five test matches . England won the test series 3–1.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against Zimbabwe , the West Indies a three-nation tournament . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1997/98 season in the West Indies .

Stages

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

London (Lord's) London (oval) Birmingham Manchester Leeds

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th test
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test

Squad

The West Indies named their roster on May 22, 2000.

test
England	West Indies
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Mike Atherton Andy Caddick Dominic Cork Robert Croft Andrew Flintoff Ed Giddins Ashley Giles Darren Gough Graeme Hick Matthew Hoggard Nick Knight Alan Mullally Mark Ramprakash Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan Craig White	Jimmy Adams ( K & wk ) Curtly Ambrose Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Corey Collymore Chris Gayle Adrian Griffith Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs Reon King Brian Lara Nixon McLean Mahendra Nagamootoo Franklyn Rose Ramnaresh Sarwan Courtney Walsh

Tour matches

June 2-4 scorecard	Worcester	West Indians 164 (62.2) & 301-9d (98)	-	Worcestershire 232 (64.4)
		draw

June 6-8 scorecard	Cardiff	West Indians 176 (75.1) & 97 (50.1)	-	Glamorgan 140 (68.4) & 113 (58.3)
		West Indians wins by 20 runs

June 25th scorecard	Southampton	Hampshire 189 (49.1)	-	West Indians 190-6 (49.2)
		West Indians wins with 4 wickets

July 24-26 Scorecard	Leeds	Yorkshire 126 (63) & 94 (36.5)	-	West Indians 209 (87.1) & 12-0 (5.2)
		West Indians wins with 10 wickets

July 28-30 scorecard	Leicester	Leicestershire 333-7d (94) & 26-3 (7)	-	West Indians 414 (123)
		draw

August 9-11 Scorecard	Derby	West Indians 390-9d (106) & 221-8d (52)	-	Derbyshire 242-5d (79.4) & 145 (54.2)
		West Indians wins with 224 runs

23-26 August Scorecard	Taunton	Somerset 488 (135.5) & 240-6d (69)	-	West Indians 290 (90.2) & 169 (55)
		Somerset wins with 269 runs

August 28th scorecard	Wormsley	West Indians 246-3d (42)	-	Sir Paul Getty's Invitation XII 126-9 (38)
		draw

Test matches

First test in Birmingham

June 15-17 scorecard	Birmingham	England 179 (69) & 125 (58)	-	West Indies 397 (136.5)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 93 runs

Second test in London (Lord's)

June 29th - July 1st scorecard	London	West Indies 267 (89.3) & 54 (26.4)	-	England 134 (48.2) & 191-8 (69.5)
		England wins with 2 wickets

Third test in Manchester

3rd - 7th August scorecard	Manchester	West Indies 157 (71.1) & 438-7d (155)	-	England 303 (97.2) & 80-1 (33.4)
		draw

Fourth test in Leeds

17-18 August Scorecard	Leeds	West Indies 172 (48.4) & 61 (26.2)	-	England 272 (81.5)
		England won with one innings and 39 runs

Fifth test in London (oval)

August 31st - September 4th scorecard	London	England 281 (123.4) & 217 (108)	-	West Indies 125 (50.5) & 215 (70)
		England wins with 158 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mike Atherton	England	5	9	311	34.55	108	1	1
Sherwin Campbell	West Indies	5	9	270	30.00	82	0	3
Brian Lara	West Indies	5	9	239	26.55	112	1	1
Jimmy Adams	West Indies	5	9	220	24.44	98	0	2
Alec Stewart	England	5	8th	195	24.37	105	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Courtney Walsh	West Indies	5	220.2	34	12.82	6/74	2	1
Darren Gough	England	5	173.5	25th	21.20	5/109	1	0
Andy Caddick	England	5	170.5	22nd	19.18	5/14	2	0
Dominic Cork	England	4th	109.5	20th	12.25	4/23	0	0
Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	5	181.1	17th	18.64	4/30	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Darren Gough Courtney Walsh

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Courtney Walsh
2nd test	Dominic Cork
3rd test	Alec Stewart
4th test	Michael Vaughan
5th test	Mike Atherton

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Colin Croft: Review of the West Indies team selections to England ( English ) Cricinfo. May 22, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / The Wisden Trophy, 2000 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / The Wisden Trophy, 2000 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 22, 2016.