| 2004 NatWest Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part ofNew Zealand cricket team in England in 2004 andWest Indian cricket team in England in 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 24 June–10 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | New Zealand beat the West Indies in the final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Stephen Fleming (NZ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2004 NatWest Series was aOne Day Internationalcricket tri-series sponsored by theNational Westminster Bank that took place inEngland between 24 June and 10 July 2004.[1] The series involved the national teams ofEngland,New Zealand and theWest Indies. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another twice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which New Zealand won by defeating the West Indies atLord's on 10 July by 107 runs.[2]
| Manchester | Birmingham | Nottingham | Chester-le-Street | Leeds |
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| Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000 | Edgbaston Capacity: 21,000 | Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000 | Riverside Ground Capacity: 19,000 | Headingley Capacity: 17,500 |
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| Cardiff | Bristol | London | Southampton | |
| Sophia Gardens Capacity: 5,500 | County Ground Capacity: 16,000 | Lord's Capacity: 28,000 | Rose Bowl Capacity: 15,000 | |
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 England |  New Zealand |  West Indies |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
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| New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | +1.403 |
| West Indies | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -0.376 |
| England | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -0.578 |
26 June Scorecard |
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27 June Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge,Nottingham Umpires:Mark Benson (Eng) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Dwayne Bravo (WI) |
29 June Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 7 wickets Riverside Ground,Chester-le-Street Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andJeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match:James Franklin (NZ) |
1 July Scorecard |
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England won by 7 wickets Headingley,Leeds Umpires:Mark Benson (Eng) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Steve Harmison (Eng) |
3 July Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens,Cardiff Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andDavid Shepherd (Aus) Player of the match:Hamish Marshall (NZ) |
4 July Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 6 wickets Bristol County Ground,Bristol Umpires:Mark Benson (Eng) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Stephen Fleming (NZ) |
6 July Scorecard |
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West Indies won by 7 wickets Lord's,London Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andJeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match:Chris Gayle (WI) |
10 July Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 107 runs Lord's,London Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andDavid Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match:Daniel Vettori (NZ) |
In the final at Lord's, West Indies won the toss and elected to field. On a slow Lord's pitch,[3] New Zealand started their innings with a 120 run opening partnership between captainStephen Fleming andNathan Astle, before the former was dismissed byDwayne Bravo for 67. Astle fell for 57 with the score on 143, with Bravo once again taking the dismissal.Scott Styris fell for a single run soon after, beforeHamish Marshall andCraig McMillan came together to add 71 for the fourth wicket. Marshall eventually fell with the score on 217, dismissed byChris Gayle, with McMillan being dismissed soon after byTino Best, having made 52. A flurry of late wickets by Best andRamnaresh Sarwan contained New Zealand's progress toward the end of the innings, with New Zealand all out after 49.2overs for 266. Sarwan finished with the best innings bowling figures of 3/31, while Bravo and Best each chipped in with two wickets and Gayle andDevon Smith with one each.[3] The West Indies response started poorly, with Gayle dismissed for 4 runs with the score on 5 byJacob Oram. Devon Smith and Sarwan settled the batting with a sedate partnership of 40 for the second wicket, before Sarwan wasrun out.Brian Lara and Smith then took the score to 98, before the latter was run out byDaniel Vettori. Lara fell to the bowling of Vettori shortly after with the score on 105, with Bravo following one run later.Shivnarine Chanderpaul andRicardo Powell took the score to 149, before Powell became the seventh wicket to fall. Devon Smith andRidley Jacobs both fell with the score on 150, nine runs laterIan Bradshaw fell.[2] Rain arrived and forced a ninety-minute delay, during which half of the Lord's crowd left. With the match seemingly headed for a reserve day, the rain stopped and play resumed with the West Indies on 159/9. No further runs were added as just after 8pm Vettori took the wicket of Chanderpaul, hisfifth of the match, to hand New Zealand a 107 run victory. This was New Zealand's largest winning margin over the West Indies in One Day International's.[3] Daniel Vettori was declared Man of the Match, while Stephen Fleming was declared Player of the Series.[3]
| Most runs[4] | Most wickets[4] | ||
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| Chris Gayle | 276 | Dwayne Bravo | 10 |
| Andrew Strauss | 256 | Jacob Oram | 7 |
| Stephen Fleming | 254 | Steve Harmison | 7 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 250 | James Anderson | 7 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 239 | Daniel Vettori | 6 |
