English cricket team in the West Indies in 2008–09
January 01, 1970
The England cricket team toured the West Indies between 25 January 2009 and 3 April 2009. Initially, it was intended that they play four Test matches, one Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals against the West Indies cricket team. However, the abandonment of the Second Test due to the conditions of the field at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua led to the rapid inclusion of an additional game staged at the Antigua Recreation Ground, resulting in a five-match, rather than four-match Test series. The West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy by winning the Test series 1–0. They also won the Twenty20 match, but England won the ODI series 3–2.
Despite recent turmoils,[specify] England went into the series as firm favourite.[citation needed] The players claimed confidence, the ICC rankings placed them comfortably ahead of their adversaries, and the pundits were, under the circumstances, fairly buoyant. In The Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Boycott opined that, with a fit Andrew Flintoff, England ought to prevail easily:
I am not saying it will be a walkover. The one thing England do need is a fit Andrew Flintoff, throughout all the four Tests. If Freddie goes down injured, the odds for the series will turn around dramatically.[1]
Play was abandoned after 10 balls due to an overly sandy and dangerous outfield which left the bowlers to be unable to gain any solid footholds; an extra Test was scheduled.[3] The Test match thus became the shortest in recorded history, overtaking the record previously held by another match in the West Indies in 1998 involving the same teams, which was abandoned under similar circumstances.[4] The statistics of the abandoned Test stood, however, contributing to the statistics of all players involved.[5]
An additional Test match was added to the schedule following the abandonment of the 2nd Test; this took advantage of the fact that the abandoned game was in Antigua, which meant that the Antigua Recreation Ground was available. The newly scheduled 3rd Test began two days after the abandonment of the previous game.
England XI were originally scheduled to use 11 players, but ended up using 13 after injuries to Andrew Flintoff and Owais Shah. The St Kitts side used 14.
England XI won by 51 runs Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad Umpires: Terence Birbal (WI) and Peter Nero (WI) Player of the match: Samuel Badree (WIPA XI) and Dimitri Mascarenhas (Eng)
England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
The West Indies Players Association XI used 13 players in the match (11 batting, 11 fielding).
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The England cricket team toured the West Indies between 25 January 2009 and 3 April 2009 Initially it was intended that they play four Test matches one Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals against the West Indies cricket team However the abandonment of the Second Test due to the conditions of the field at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua led to the rapid inclusion of an additional game staged at the Antigua Recreation Ground resulting in a five match rather than four match Test series The West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy by winning the Test series 1 0 They also won the Twenty20 match but England won the ODI series 3 2 English cricket team in West Indies in 2008 09 EnglandWest IndiesDates25 January 3 April 2009CaptainsAndrew StraussChris GayleTest seriesResultWest Indies won the 5 match series 1 0Most runsAndrew Strauss 541 Ramnaresh Sarwan 626 Most wicketsGraeme Swann 19 Sulieman Benn 12 Player of the seriesRamnaresh Sarwan WI One Day International seriesResultsEngland won the 5 match series 3 2Most runsAndrew Strauss 204 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 201 Most wicketsJames Anderson 9 Kieron Pollard 9 Player of the seriesAndrew Strauss Eng Twenty20 International seriesResultsWest Indies won the 1 match series 1 0Most runsSteven Davies 27 Ramnaresh Sarwan 59 Most wicketsAmjad Khan 2 Sulieman Benn 3 Player of the seriesRamnaresh Sarwan WI Contents 1 Build up 2 Test series 2 1 1st Test 2 2 2nd Test 2 3 3rd Test 2 4 4th Test 2 5 5th Test 3 T20I series 3 1 Only T20I 4 ODI series 4 1 1st ODI 4 2 2nd ODI 4 3 3rd ODI 4 4 4th ODI 4 5 5th ODI 5 Tour matches 5 1 St Kitts Invitational XI v England XI 5 2 First class West Indies A v England XI 5 3 Barbados Cricket Association President s XI v England XI 5 4 West Indies Players Association XI v England XI 6 ReferencesBuild up editDespite recent turmoils specify England went into the series as firm favourite citation needed The players claimed confidence the ICC rankings placed them comfortably ahead of their adversaries and the pundits were under the circumstances fairly buoyant In The Daily Telegraph Geoffrey Boycott opined that with a fit Andrew Flintoff England ought to prevail easily I am not saying it will be a walkover The one thing England do need is a fit Andrew Flintoff throughout all the four Tests If Freddie goes down injured the odds for the series will turn around dramatically 1 Test series edit1st Test edit 4 8 February Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 318 122 2 overs Kevin Pietersen 97 172 Sulieman Benn 4 77 44 2 overs 392 157 4 overs Ramnaresh Sarwan 107 290 Stuart Broad 5 85 29 overs 51 33 2 overs Andrew Flintoff 24 47 Jerome Taylor 5 11 9 overs West Indies won by an innings and 23 runsSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires Tony Hill NZ and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match Jerome Taylor WI England won the toss and elected to bat England s second innings total of 51 is their third lowest in Test cricket 2 2nd Test edit 13 17 February Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 7 0 1 4 overs Andrew Strauss 6 8 Match drawnSir Vivian Richards Stadium North Sound Antigua Umpires Daryl Harper Aus and Tony Hill NZ West Indies won the toss and elected to field Play was abandoned after 10 balls due to an overly sandy and dangerous outfield which left the bowlers to be unable to gain any solid footholds an extra Test was scheduled 3 The Test match thus became the shortest in recorded history overtaking the record previously held by another match in the West Indies in 1998 involving the same teams which was abandoned under similar circumstances 4 The statistics of the abandoned Test stood however contributing to the statistics of all players involved 5 3rd Test edit 15 19 February Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 566 9d 165 2 overs Andrew Strauss 169 278 Jerome Taylor 2 73 28 overs 285 89 2 overs Ramnaresh Sarwan 94 133 Graeme Swann 5 57 24 overs 221 8d 50 overs Alastair Cook 58 103 Daren Powell 2 33 7 overs 370 9 128 overs Ramnaresh Sarwan 106 196 Stuart Broad 3 69 21 overs Match drawnAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua Umpires Daryl Harper Aus and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match Ramnaresh Sarwan WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field An additional Test match was added to the schedule following the abandonment of the 2nd Test this took advantage of the fact that the abandoned game was in Antigua which meant that the Antigua Recreation Ground was available The newly scheduled 3rd Test began two days after the abandonment of the previous game 4th Test edit 26 February 2 March Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 600 6d 153 2 overs Andrew Strauss 142 210 Fidel Edwards 3 151 30 overs 749 9d 194 4 overs Ramnaresh Sarwan 291 452 Graeme Swann 5 165 50 4 overs 279 2 81 overs Alastair Cook 139 256 Chris Gayle 1 46 17 overs Match drawnKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Aleem Dar Pak and Russell Tiffin Zim Player of the match Ramnaresh Sarwan WI England won the toss and elected to bat 5th Test edit 6 10 March Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp West Indies 546 6d 158 5 overs Paul Collingwood 161 288 Lionel Baker 2 77 23 overs 544 178 4 overs Shivnarine Chanderpaul 147 361 Stuart Broad 3 67 30 overs 237 6d 38 4 overs Kevin Pietersen 102 92 Lionel Baker 2 39 8 overs 114 8 65 5 overs Ryan Hinds 20 94 Graeme Swann 3 13 21 overs Match drawnQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires Daryl Harper Aus and Russell Tiffin Zim Player of the match Matt Prior Eng England won the toss and elected to bat Amjad Khan Eng and Lendl Simmons WI made their Test debuts T20I series editOnly T20I edit 15 March Scorecard England nbsp 121 19 1 overs v nbsp West Indies123 4 18 overs Steven Davies 27 21 Sulieman Benn 3 24 4 overs Ramnaresh Sarwan 59 46 Amjad Khan 2 34 4 overs West Indies won by 6 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires Clyde Duncan WI and Norman Malcolm WI Player of the match Ramnaresh Sarwan WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field Gareth Batty Steven Davies and Amjad Khan Eng made their T20I debuts ODI series edit1st ODI edit 20 March Scorecard England nbsp 270 7 50 overs v nbsp West Indies244 7 46 2 overs Paul Collingwood 69 77 Kieron Pollard 2 46 8 overs Lendl Simmons 62 105 Stuart Broad 3 41 9 2 overs England won by 1 run D L Providence Stadium Guyana Umpires Aleem Dar Pak and Clyde Duncan WI Player of the match Paul Collingwood Eng England won the toss and elected to bat Bad light ended West Indies s innings early West Indies s coach Dyson told his batsmen to take the light after a miscalculation 2nd ODI edit 22 March Scorecard West Indies nbsp 264 8 50 overs v nbsp England243 48 2 overs Shivnarine Chanderpaul 112 134 James Anderson 3 37 9 overs Andrew Strauss 105 129 Dwayne Bravo 2 40 9 overs West Indies won by 21 runsProvidence Stadium Guyana Umpires Aleem Dar Pak and Clyde Duncan WI Player of the match Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI West Indies won the toss and elected to bat 3rd ODI edit 27 March Scorecoard England nbsp 117 41 4 overs v nbsp West Indies117 2 14 4 overs Dimitri Mascarenhas 36 76 Dwayne Bravo 4 19 7 overs Chris Gayle 80 43 Stuart Broad 1 31 3 4 overs West Indies won by 8 wickets D L Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Steve Davis Aus Player of the match Dwayne Bravo WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the match to 44 overs a side 4th ODI edit 29 March Scorecard West Indies nbsp 239 9 50 overs v nbsp England136 1 18 3 overs Dwayne Bravo 69 72 Dimitri Mascarenhas 3 26 10 overs Andrew Strauss 79 61 Kieron Pollard 1 20 4 overs England won by 9 wickets D L Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Steve Davis Aus Player of the match Andrew Strauss Eng England won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the England innings to a maximum of 20 overs 5th ODI edit 3 April Scorecard England nbsp 172 5 29 overs v nbsp West Indies146 28 overs Kevin Pietersen 48 48 Sulieman Benn 2 23 6 overs Dwayne Bravo 33 46 Andrew Flintoff 5 19 5 overs England won by 26 runsBeausejour Stadium Gros Islet St Lucia Umpires Steve Davis Aus and Norman Malcolm WI Player of the match Andrew Flintoff Eng West Indies won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the match to 29 overs a side Andrew Flintoff took a hat trick with the wickets of Denesh Ramdin bowled Ravi Rampaul LBW and Sulieman Benn bowled Tour matches editSt Kitts Invitational XI v England XI edit 25 27 January Scorecard England XI nbsp v St Kitts Invitational XI 424 8d 91 5 overs Owais Shah 125 Akito Willett 5 118 24 overs 251 64 3 overs Codville Rogers 63 82 Monty Panesar 4 53 17 3 overs 265 5d 58 overs Andrew Strauss 103 116 Trevier Smithen 1 29 7 overs 221 54 overs Codville Rogers 79 83 Monty Panesar 3 51 15 overs England XI won by 217 runsWarner Park Basseterre St Kitts Umpires Luther Kelly WI and Wycliffe Mitchum WI England XI won the toss and elected to bat England XI were originally scheduled to use 11 players but ended up using 13 after injuries to Andrew Flintoff and Owais Shah The St Kitts side used 14 First class West Indies A v England XI edit 29 31 January Scorecard West Indies A nbsp v nbsp England XI 574 8d 149 5 overs Lendl Simmons 282 381 Steve Harmison 4 101 25 5 overs 414 90 5 overs Andrew Strauss 97 135 Kevin McClean 3 56 14 5 overs 16 0 5 overs Adrian Barath 13 22 Match drawnWarner Park Basseterre St Kitts Umpires Luther Kelly WI and Wycliffe Mitchum WI West Indies A won the toss and elected to bat Barbados Cricket Association President s XI v England XI edit 22 23 February Scorecard England XI nbsp v BCA President s XI 351 8d 75 overs Ravi Bopara 124 125 Kevin Stoute 4 67 17 overs 245 63 4 overs Shamarh Brooks 69 142 Amjad Khan 5 79 15 overs 142 2 27 2 overs Ian Bell 72 91 Roston Chase 2 21 4 2 overs Match drawnWindward Park Lucas Street Barbados Umpires Vincent Bullen WI and Anthony Farrell WI BCA President s XI won the toss and elected to field The BCA President s XI used 13 players in the match 11 batting 11 fielding West Indies Players Association XI v England XI edit 14 March Scorecard England XI nbsp 299 8 50 overs v WIPA XI248 43 4 overs Dimitri Mascarenhas 84 Atiba Allert 3 59 10 overs Samuel Badree 84 Steve Harmison 4 59 8 4 overs England XI won by 51 runsGuaracara Park Pointe a Pierre Trinidad Umpires Terence Birbal WI and Peter Nero WI Player of the match Samuel Badree WIPA XI and Dimitri Mascarenhas Eng England XI won the toss and elected to bat The West Indies Players Association XI used 13 players in the match 11 batting 11 fielding References edit Boycott 2009 Lillywhite Jamie 7 February 2009 West Indies v England 1st Test BBC Sport Retrieved 15 August 2013 West Indies v England 2nd Test BBC Sport 13 February 2009 Retrieved 15 August 2013 Shortest Tests by balls bowled ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 13 February 2009 Miller Andrew 13 February 2009 Play abandoned after sandpit farce ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 13 February 2009 nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of the West Indies is a 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