West Indian cricket team in England in 2024

West Indian cricket team in England in 2024
 
  England West Indies
Dates 10 July – 30 July 2024
Captains Ben Stokes Kraigg Brathwaite
Test series
Result England won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Joe Root (291) Kavem Hodge (216)
Most wickets Gus Atkinson (22) Jayden Seales (13)
Player of the series Gus Atkinson (Eng)

The West Indies cricket team toured England in July 2024 to play three Test matches against England.[1][2] The teams contested the Richards-Botham Trophy and formed a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[3] In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures, as a part of the 2024 home schedule.[4][5]

England won the series 3–0.[6]

Squads

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 England[7]  West Indies[8]

On 27 June 2024, Kemar Roach was ruled out of the series with a knee injury;[9] Jeremiah Louis was named as his replacement.[10] On 24 July 2024, Jeremiah Louis was ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury,[11] Akeem Jordan was named as his replacement.[12]

England's James Anderson was named for the first Test match only, after which he retired from Test cricket.[13] On 13 July 2024, Mark Wood was added to the England squad for the second Test.[14][15]

Tour match

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3-day warm-up match

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3–5 July 2024
Scorecard
v
County Select XI
339 (72.1 overs)
Kavem Hodge 112 (128)
Farhan Ahmed 4/48 (12 overs)
373/4d (85 overs)
Will Luxton 112* (130)
Kavem Hodge 1/20 (4 overs)
196/5d (44 overs)
Alick Athanaze 66* (99)
Sonny Baker 2/49 (8 overs)
30/2 (10.3 overs)
Hamza Shaikh 17* (28)
Jeremiah Louis 1/5 (3 overs)
Match drawn
County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
Umpires: Hassan Adnan (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

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1st Test

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10–14 July 2024[n 1]
Scorecard
v
121 (41.4 overs)
Mikyle Louis 27 (58)
Gus Atkinson 7/45 (12 overs)
371 (90 overs)
Zak Crawley 76 (89)
Jayden Seales 4/77 (20 overs)
136 (47 overs)
Gudakesh Motie 31* (35)
Gus Atkinson 5/61 (14 overs)
England won by an innings and 114 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Gus Atkinson (Eng)

2nd Test

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18–22 July 2024[n 1]
Scorecard
v
416 (88.3 overs)
Ollie Pope 121 (167)
Alzarri Joseph 3/98 (15.3 overs)
457 (111.5 overs)
Kavem Hodge 120 (171)
Chris Woakes 4/84 (28 overs)
425 (92.2 overs)
Joe Root 122 (178)
Jayden Seales 4/97 (22.2 overs)
143 (36.1 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 47 (48)
Shoaib Bashir 5/41 (11.1 overs)
England won by 241 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Ollie Pope (Eng)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kavem Hodge (WI) scored his first century in Tests.[20]
  • This was the first time England had scored 400 runs in both innings of a Test match.
  • World Test Championship points: England 12, West Indies 0

3rd Test

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26–30 July 2024[n 1]
Scorecard
v
282 (75.1 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 61 (86)
Gus Atkinson 4/67 (20 overs)
376 (75.4 overs)
Jamie Smith 95 (109)
Alzarri Joseph 4/122 (17.4 overs)
175 (52 overs)
Mikyle Louis 57 (95)
Mark Wood 5/40 (14 overs)
87/0 (7.2 overs)
Ben Stokes 57* (28)
England won by 10 wickets
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Mark Wood (Eng)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jayden Seales (WI) took his 50th wicket in Tests.[21][22]
  • Joe Root (Eng) scored his 12,000th run in Tests.[23]
  • Alzarri Joseph (WI) took his 100th wicket in Tests.[24]
  • Ben Stokes scored the fastest half-century for England in Tests.[25]
  • World Test Championship points: England 12, West Indies 0

Statistics

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Batting

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Tests
Player Team Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Joe Root  England 3 4 0 291 122 72.75 65.39 1 2 0 26 0
Ollie Pope  England 3 4 0 239 121 59.75 72.86 1 2 0 34 1
Kavem Hodge  West Indies 3 6 0 216 120 36.00 68.57 1 1 1 32 1
Jamie Smith  England 3 4 0 207 95 51.75 71.62 0 2 0 22 5
Harry Brook  England 3 4 0 197 109 49.25 84.54 1 1 0 23 2
Ben Stokes  England 3 5 1 192 69 48.00 83.11 0 3 0 23 3
Ben Duckett  England 3 5 1 178 76 44.50 92.70 0 2 0 29 0
Kraigg Brathwaite  West Indies 3 6 0 166 61 27.66 61.25 0 1 1 25 0
Mikyle Louis  West Indies 3 6 0 162 57 27.00 47.09 0 1 0 18 3
Joshua Da Silva  West Indies 3 6 1 159 82* 31.80 52.64 0 1 1 15 4
Source: [26]

Bowling

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Tests
Player Team Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Gus Atkinson  England 3 6 88.5 13 357 22 7/45 12/106 16.22 4.01 24.22 2 1
Jayden Seales  West Indies 3 5 77.2 8 354 13 4/77 6/187 27.23 4.57 35.69 0 0
Chris Woakes  England 3 6 78.0 14 235 11 4/84 6/112 21.36 3.01 42.54 0 0
Alzarri Joseph  West Indies 3 5 74.1 4 454 10 4/122 5/201 45.40 6.12 44.50 0 0
Mark Wood  England 2 4 58.0 9 180 9 5/40 7/92 20.00 3.10 38.66 1 0
Shoaib Bashir  England 3 4 61.2 3 245 9 5/41 7/149 27.22 3.99 40.88 1 0
Ben Stokes  England 3 5 49.0 6 171 5 2/25 3/39 34.20 3.48 58.80 0 0
James Anderson  England 1 2 26.4 10 58 4 3/32 4/58 14.50 2.17 40.00 0 0
Shamar Joseph  West Indies 3 5 60.1 3 259 4 2/63 2/72 64.75 4.30 90.25 0 0
Gudakesh Motie  West Indies 2 2 35.0 5 102 3 2/41 2/41 34.00 2.91 70.00 0 0
Kevin Sinclair  West Indies 1 2 37.0 1 151 3 2/73 3/151 50.33 4.08 74.00 0 0
Jason Holder  West Indies 3 5 56.0 4 234 3 2/58 2/58 78.00 4.17 112.00 0 0
Source: [27]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first and third Test reached a result in three days and the second test reached a result in four days.

References

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  2. ^ "England cricket: Men's and women's 2024 summer schedule includes concurrent Pakistan series". BBC Sport. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ "West Indies to face England in three Tests in July 2024". Cricket West Indies. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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  9. ^ "Injured Kemar Roach to miss England tour". Cricbuzz. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Knee injury rules Kemar Roach out of West Indies Test tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Squad Update: Jeremiah Louis replaced by Akeem Jordan". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Akeem Jordan replaces injured Jeremiah Louis in WI Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Anderson to retire after Lord's Test against West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Mark Wood added to England Men's Test squad to face West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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