English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997–98
January 01, 1970
The English cricket team toured the West Indies from 16 January to 8 April 1998 as part of the 1997–98 West Indies cricket season. The tour included six Tests and five One Day Internationals, with West Indies winning the Test series 3–1 and the ODI series 4–1. Originally five Tests were scheduled; however, the opening Test at Sabina Park was called off after 62 deliveries due to an unsafe pitch,[1] and a sixth Test in Trinidad was hurriedly scheduled to take its place.[2] This is the most recent six-match Test series in international cricket.
English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997–98
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The English cricket team toured the West Indies from 16 January to 8 April 1998 as part of the 1997 98 West Indies cricket season The tour included six Tests and five One Day Internationals with West Indies winning the Test series 3 1 and the ODI series 4 1 Originally five Tests were scheduled however the opening Test at Sabina Park was called off after 62 deliveries due to an unsafe pitch 1 and a sixth Test in Trinidad was hurriedly scheduled to take its place 2 This is the most recent six match Test series in international cricket English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997 98 EnglandWest IndiesDates16 January 8 April 1998CaptainsMike AthertonBrian LaraTest seriesResultWest Indies won the 6 match series 3 1Most runsAlec Stewart 452 Brian Lara 417 Most wicketsAngus Fraser 27 Curtly Ambrose 30 Player of the seriesCurtly AmbroseOne Day International seriesResultsWest Indies won the 5 match series 4 1Most runsNick Knight 295 Brian Lara 299 Most wicketsAdam Hollioake 4 Phil Simmons 9 Player of the seriesCurtly Ambrose Contents 1 Squads 2 Test series The Wisden Trophy 2 1 1st Test 2 2 2nd Test 2 3 3rd Test 2 4 4th Test 2 5 5th Test 2 6 6th Test 3 ODI series summary 3 1 1st ODI 3 2 2nd ODI 3 3 3rd ODI 3 4 4th ODI 3 5 5th ODI 4 References 5 External sourcesSquads editTest Squads ODI Squads nbsp England nbsp West Indies nbsp England nbsp West Indies Mike Atherton c Brian Lara c Adam Hollioake c Brian Lara c Nasser Hussain vc David Williams wk Alec Stewart wk Ridley Jacobs wk Jack Russell wk Junior Murray wk Jack Russell wk Junior Murray wk Mark Butcher Jimmy Adams Mike Atherton Curtly Ambrose Andrew Caddick Curtly Ambrose Dougie Brown Keith Arthurton Ashley Cowan Kenny Benjamin Robert Croft Shivnarine Chanderpaul John Crawley Ian Bishop Mark Ealham Mervyn Dillon Robert Croft Sherwin Campbell Matthew Fleming Carl Hooper Angus Fraser Shivnarine Chanderpaul Angus Fraser added Clayton Lambert Dean Headley Mervyn Dillon Ashley Giles withdrawn Rawl Lewis Adam Hollioake Roland Holder Dean Headley Nixon McLean Mark Ramprakash Carl Hooper Ben Hollioake Franklyn Rose Chris Silverwood Nixon McLean Graeme Hick Phil Simmons Alec Stewart Clayton Lambert Nick Knight Carl Tuckett Graham Thorpe Dinanath Ramnarine Mark Ramprakash Philo Wallace Phil Tufnell Franklyn Rose Graham Thorpe Courtney Walsh Philo Wallace Stuart Williams Courtney Walsh Stuart WilliamsTest series The Wisden Trophy edit1st Test edit 29 January 1998 5 day match Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 17 3 10 1 overs AJ Stewart 9 26 CA Walsh 2 10 5 1 overs Match drawn abandoned Sabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires SA Bucknor WI and S Venkataraghavan IND Player of the match No award England won the toss and elected to bat The match was abandoned on the first morning due to an unfit pitch An additional Test was scheduled for 5 9 February at Port of Spain NAM McLean WI made his Test debut 2nd Test edit 5 9 February 1998 5 day match Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 214 109 overs N Hussain 61 202 CEL Ambrose 3 23 26 overs 191 73 1 overs BC Lara 55 100 ARC Fraser 8 53 16 1 overs 258 94 5 overs AJ Stewart 73 154 CEL Ambrose 5 52 19 5 overs 282 7 98 2 overs CL Hooper 94 203 ARC Fraser 3 57 27 overs West Indies won by 3 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Umpires SA Bucknor WI and S Venkataraghavan IND Player of the match CL Hooper WI England won the toss and elected to bat 3rd Test edit 13 17 February 1998 5 day match Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp England 159 67 4 overs BC Lara 42 53 ARC Fraser 5 40 20 4 overs 145 71 4 overs AJ Stewart 44 112 CEL Ambrose 5 25 15 4 overs 210 85 3 overs JC Adams 53 161 ARC Fraser 4 40 25 3 overs 225 7 108 overs AJ Stewart 83 245 CEL Ambrose 3 62 33 overs England won by 3 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Umpires DB Hair AUS and EA Nicholls WI Player of the match ARC Fraser ENG England won the toss and elected to field 4th Test edit 27 February 2 March 1998 5 day match Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp England 352 128 1 overs S Chanderpaul 118 263 RDB Croft 3 89 36 1 overs 170 87 1 overs MR Ramprakash 64 179 D Ramnarine 3 26 17 overs 197 72 overs IR Bishop 44 94 DW Headley 3 37 13 overs 137 62 1 overs MR Ramprakash 34 110 CEL Ambrose 4 38 14 1 overs West Indies won by 242 runsBourda Georgetown Guyana Umpires SA Bucknor WI and DB Hair AUS Player of the match S Chanderpaul WI West Indies won the toss and elected to bat The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four D Ramnarine WI made his Test debut 5th Test edit 12 16 March 1998 5 day match Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 403 153 5 overs MR Ramprakash 154 388 CL Hooper 5 80 37 5 overs 262 107 3 overs CB Lambert 55 197 DW Headley 3 64 17 3 overs 233 3d 71 overs MA Atherton 64 157 IR Bishop 2 51 14 overs 112 2 37 3 overs PA Wallace 61 101 AR Caddick 1 19 6 overs Match drawnKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires CJ Mitchley SA and EA Nicholls WI Player of the match MR Ramprakash ENG West Indies won the toss and elected to field 6th Test edit 20 24 March 1998 5 day match Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 127 70 5 overs N Hussain 37 124 D Ramnarine 4 29 17 overs 500 7d 131 overs CL Hooper 108 150 AR Caddick 3 111 26 overs 321 147 2 overs N Hussain 106 318 CA Walsh 2 70 46 overs West Indies won by an innings and 52 runsAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua and Barbuda Umpires SA Bucknor WI and CJ Mitchley SA Player of the match D Ramnarine WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field ODI series summary editWest Indies won the Cable and Wireless Trophy 4 1 1st ODI edit 29 March 1998 Scorecard England nbsp 293 5 50 overs v nbsp West Indies277 46 5 overs NV Knight 122 130 PV Simmons 2 58 8 overs BC Lara 110 106 MA Ealham 2 37 7 5 overs England won by 16 runsKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires BEW Morgan and EA Nicholls Player of the match NV Knight ENG West Indies won the toss and elected to field 2nd ODI edit 1 April 1998 Scorecard England nbsp 266 50 overs v nbsp West Indies267 9 49 5 overs NV Knight 90 107 PV Simmons 3 46 8 overs SC Williams 68 88 MV Fleming 3 41 9 overs West Indies won by 1 wicketKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires BEW Morgan and EA Nicholls Player of the match NV Knight ENG West Indies won the toss and elected to field 3rd ODI edit 4 April 1998 Scorecard England nbsp 209 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies213 5 48 1 overs GA Hick 45 85 KLT Arthurton 2 31 8 overs CL Hooper 50 73 RDB Croft 1 18 10 overs West Indies won by 5 wicketsArnos Vale Stadium Kingstown St Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires SA Bucknor and BR Doctrove Player of the match CL Hooper WI England won the toss and elected to bat 4th ODI edit 5 April 1998 Scorecard England nbsp 149 48 5 overs v nbsp West Indies150 6 37 4 overs AJ Hollioake 23 39 M Dillon 3 32 10 overs CB Lambert 52 62 RDB Croft 2 41 9 overs West Indies won by 4 wicketsArnos Vale Stadium Kingstown St Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires SA Bucknor and BR Doctrove Player of the match BC Lara WI England won the toss and elected to bat 5th ODI edit 8 April 1998 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 302 5 50 overs v nbsp England245 45 5 overs CB Lambert 119 124 BC Hollioake 2 43 10 overs NV Knight 65 67 CL Hooper 2 6 2 overs West Indies won by 57 runsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Umpires Z Maccum and EA Nicholls Player of the match CB Lambert WI West Indies won the toss and elected to bat NC McGarrell and CM Tuckett both WI made their ODI debuts References edit A Sabina Park farce ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 30 January 2019 England to play back to back Tests BBC News 30 January 1998 Retrieved 4 January 2022 External sources editCricketArchive Playfair Cricket Annual Wisden Cricketers Almanack annual nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of the West Indies is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in the West Indies in 1997 98 amp oldid 1192163114, 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