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toured
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in the 2000 cricket season. West Indies played five Tests against
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- two in June and three in August - with a triangular
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(ODI) series involving
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in July. In June, West Indies won the 1st Test at
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convincingly, before England narrowly won the 2nd Test at
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, having bowled West Indies out for 54 in their second innings. The ODI series, sponsored by
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, took place in July, with England, West Indies and Zimbabwe all playing each other three times, and the two best teams qualifying for the final. West Indies lost four of their six matches, including all three against Zimbabwe. England beat Zimbabwe in the final at Lord's, thus winning an ODI tournament for the first time in two years. The Test series concluded in August. After the 3rd Test at
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was drawn, England won the 4th Test at
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inside two days, bowling West Indies out for 61 in their second innings. They then won the 5th Test at
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, thus securing their first series victory against West Indies for 31 years. In all five Tests and the ODI series, West Indies were captained by
Jimmy Adams James Clive Adams OD (born 9 January 1968) is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm orthodox spin bowler and fielder, especially in th ...
.
Nasser Hussain Nasser Hussain (born 28 March 1968) is a British cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-ha ...
captained England in the 1st Test before breaking a thumb while playing for
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;
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deputised in the 2nd Test and for much of the ODI series before Hussain returned. The ball dominated the bat for most of the Test series, with a bowler taking five wickets in an innings on seven occasions (
Courtney Walsh Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ (born 30 October 1962) is a former Jamaican cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is a fast bowler and considered one of the all-time greats, best ...
twice for West Indies,
Andrew Caddick Andrew Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968) is a former cricketer who played for England as a fast bowler in Tests and ODIs. At 6 ft 5in, Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade, taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test mat ...
and
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twice each and
Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-da ...
once for England), but only three batsmen scoring centuries (Stewart and
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in the drawn 3rd Test, and
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in the 5th). A hallmark of the series was the inconsistency of the West Indies batting: the team passed 300 runs only twice, and were twice dismissed in the second innings for less than 70 runs. England only passed 300 once, in the 3rd Test, but consistently recorded scores between 150 and 300. Atherton scored the most runs for either team (311), while
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s with 47.50.
Sherwin Campbell Sherwin Legay Campbell (born 1 November 1970) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played 52 Tests and 90 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, and also a former ODI captain for Windies. Domestic career Campbell played a total of 177 fi ...
scored the most runs for West Indies (270), while
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 ...
had the team's best batting average (40.75). Walsh took the most wickets for either team (34), thus becoming the first winner of the Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy; he was also named West Indies' player of the series. Gough took the most wickets for England (25), and was his team's player of the series. While Gough was well supported by Caddick (22) and
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(20), Walsh took twice as many wickets as his long-time partner
Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at ...
(17), who retired from cricket after the 5th Test.


Test series


1st Test


2nd Test

*''The second day saw a part of all four innings: the final ball of West Indies' first innings, the entire England first innings and the entire West Indies second innings, and the first seven balls of England's second innings.'' *''
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 ...
(Eng) made his Test debut.''


3rd Test


4th Test

*''Curtly Ambrose took his 400th Test wicket during England's innings.''


5th Test


Notes


References

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)


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