The

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toured

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from 1 March to 5 May 2004 as part of the 2003–04 West Indian cricket season. The tour included four Tests and seven One Day Internationals.

Squad lists

Test series – The Wisden Trophy

1st Test

2nd Test

The second test win meant that

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retained the Wisden Trophy.

3rd Test

Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard, (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm f ...

claimed a

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in the

2nd innings. Hoggard got

Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born 23 June 1980) is a cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin who played as a batsman. He is a former member and former captain of the West Indies cricket team, in all formats. Sarwan went on to average over 40 in both the ...

(caught),

Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese people, Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era, Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to pla ...

(lbw) and

Ryan Hinds Ryan O'Neal Hinds (born 17 February 1981) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-hand batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Hinds was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy The 2004 ICC Champions Tr ...

(caught) in successive deliveries. This was the 33rd hat-trick in

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and the 10th hat-trick for an Englishman.

4th Test

Brian Lara's 400

not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t ...

is the highest score in Test cricket. His 400 consisted of 582 balls and is the fifth longest innings in Test cricket lasting 778 minutes (12 hours 58 minutes). He hit 43 fours and 4 sixes.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

6th ODI

7th ODI

Tour matches

Reaction

Aftermath

Records

1st test 2nd innings of 47 all out is the lowest innings scored by the West Indies. * Stephen Harmison claimed his best bowling figures of 7/12 in the 2nd innings of the 1st test. It is also the best bowling figures in

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with figures of 12.3–8–12–7. *On the 3rd Test

secured their first series win against the West Indies in the Caribbean since 1968. * Brian Lara 400 not out is the highest score by any batsmen in

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. *Brian Lara is the 11th batsmen to hold the world record for the highest score in Test cricket and is the only person ever in Test cricket to regain the world record. *Brian Lara equaled Don Bradman's record of two treble centuries. *Brian Lara also scored his 375 (then world record) total in Antigua against England 10 years previously. *

Graham Thorpe Graham Paul Thorpe, (born 1 August 1969) is a former English cricketer who played for England internationally and Surrey domestically. A left-handed middle-order batsman and slip fielder, he appeared in 100 Test matches. Early life Thorpe was ...

was also present in Lara's 375 innings 10 years previously. *Brian Lara and

Ridley Jacobs Ridley Detamore Jacobs (born 26 November 1967) is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first opening batsman to carry his bat ...

282 unbroken

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is a West Indian partnership record for the 6th wicket. *West Indies 751/5 is the 7th highest innings total in Test cricket and 2nd highest innings total for West Indies.

References

Bibliography

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack''

External links

CricketArchive

Crininfo

Test Averages

ODI Averages
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