| West Indies in England 2000 | |||
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| West Indies | England | ||
| Dates | 2 June – 4 September 2000 | ||
| Captains | Jimmy Adams | Nasser Hussain | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Sherwin Campbell (270) | Michael Atherton (311) | |
| Most wickets | Courtney Walsh (34) | Darren Gough (25) | |
| Player of the series | Courtney Walsh (WI), Darren Gough (Eng) | ||
TheWest Indies cricket team touredEngland in the 2000 cricket season. West Indies played five Tests againstEngland - two in June and three in August - with a triangularOne Day International (ODI) series involvingZimbabwe in July.
In June, West Indies won the 1st Test atEdgbaston convincingly, before England narrowly won the 2nd Test atLord's, having bowled West Indies out for 54 in their second innings.
The ODI series, sponsored byNatWest, 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.[1] England beat Zimbabwe in the final at Lord's, thus winning an ODI tournament for the first time in two years.[2]
The Test series concluded in August. After the 3rd Test atOld Trafford was drawn, England won the 4th Test atHeadingley inside two days, bowling West Indies out for 61 in their second innings. They then won the 5th Test atThe Oval, thus securing their first series victory against West Indies for 31 years.[3]
In all five Tests and the ODI series, West Indies were captained byJimmy Adams.Nasser Hussain captained England in the 1st Test before breaking a thumb while playing forEssex;Alec Stewart deputised in the 2nd Test and for much of the ODI series before Hussain returned.[4]
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 twice for West Indies,Andy Caddick andCraig White twice each andDarren Gough once for England), but only three batsmen scoring centuries (Stewart andBrian Lara in the drawn 3rd Test, andMichael Atherton 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), whileMarcus Trescothick, who made his Test debut in the 3rd Test, headed thebatting averages with 47.50.Sherwin Campbell scored the most runs for West Indies (270), whileRamnaresh Sarwan had the team's best batting average (40.75).
Walsh took the most wickets for either team (34), thus becoming the first winner of theMalcolm 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) andDominic Cork (20), Walsh took twice as many wickets as his long-time partnerCurtly Ambrose (17), who retired from cricket after the 5th Test.[5]
15–17 June 2000 Scorecard |
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West Indies won by an innings and 93 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground,Birmingham Umpires:David Shepherd (Eng) andSrinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Courtney Walsh (WI) |
29 June – 1 July 2000 Scorecard |
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England won by 2 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground,London Umpires:John Hampshire (Eng) andSrinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Dominic Cork (Eng) |
3–7 August 2000 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Old Trafford Cricket Ground,Manchester Umpires:Doug Cowie (NZ) andPeter Willey (Eng) Player of the match:Alec Stewart (Eng) |
17–18 August 2000 Scorecard |
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England won by an innings and 39 runs Headingley Cricket Ground,Leeds Umpires:Doug Cowie (NZ) andGeorge Sharp (Eng) Player of the match:Michael Vaughan (Eng) |
31 August – 4 September 2000 Scorecard |
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England won by 158 runs The Oval,London Umpires:Daryl Harper (Aus) andDavid Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match:Michael Atherton (Eng) |
