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| Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to Zimbabwe 2001
| Tour of Zimbabwe 2001 Captain: Carl Hooper | | | | | | | | 48th official Test tour First Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe by West Indians (June - August 2001) | West Indies' first Test series with Zimbabwe was sandwiched between a limited-overs
triangular tournament and a visit to ICC associate member Kenya. Zimbabwe (lacking Andy Flower and
Henry Olonga) were not strong but, in view of results on previous tours, the
West Indians gained satisfaction from achieving victories on all three sections
of this trip. New skipper Carl Hooper and the coach Roger Harper restored for
the moment some of the discipline lacking on the tour of Australia. However, Ridley Jacobs was found to have offended the
spirit of cricket in a ODI at Harare
for not recalling Indian batsman Sehwag whom he had 'stumped' though he did
not have the ball in his hand. He was
suspended for the next three ODIs West Indies would play (which were in Kenya).
Match referee Denis Lindsay was not aware that Jacobs was not even going on the
tour of Kenya and had to
amend his suspension to the second Test match against Zimbabwe. There was no physiotherapist in the tour party, only
the sports therapist and trainer Ronald Rogers from Trinidad.
The West Indies Board later questioned whether someone more fully trained to
treat the many injuries that caused three fast bowlers to return home early
should have accompanied the team. Embarking on their first cricket tour in
more than a decade without either Curtly Ambrose or Courtney Walsh, it was impossible
to gain any pointers to their possible successors as fast bowlers. | Other
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tour of Zimbabwe 2003-04 | | | Members of the Test tour party (16 + 4) Opening batsmen: Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga, Leon
Garrick Middle-order batsmen: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper, Ramnaresh
Sarwan, Marlon Samuels Brian Lara (w/d),
Wavell Hinds (r) Wicket-keeper: Ridley Jacobs. Spin bowler: Neil McGarrell, Dinanath Ramnarine Fast bowlers: Corey
Collymore, Reon King, Cameron Cuffy (w/d),
Mervyn Dillon (w/d), Colin Stuart,
Marlon Black (r), Pedro Collins (r) | S Chanderpaul | G | 26 | LHB | ODI (Z) (K) | | C D Collymore | B | 23 | RFM | ODI (Z) (K) | | C E Cuffy w/d | W | 31 | RF | ODI (Z) | | M Dillon w/d | T | 27 | RFM | ODI (Z) | | D Ganga | T | 22 | RHB opener | ODI (Z) (K) | | L V Garrick | Ja | 25 | RHB | ODI (K) | | C H Gayle | Ja | 21 | LHB | ODI (Z) (K) | | C L Hooper | G | 34 | RHB
OB captain | ODI (Z) (K) | | R D Jacobs | L | 33 | LHB
WK vice-captain | ODI (Z)
| | R D King | G | 25 | RFM | ODI (Z) (K) | | B C Lara w/d | T | 32 | LHB | ODI (Z) | | N C McGarrell | G | 29 | SLA | ODI (Z) (K) | | D Ramnarine | T | 26 | LBG | | | M N Samuels | Ja | 20 | RHB | ODI (Z) (K) | | R R Sarwan | G | 21 | RHB
LB | ODI (Z) (K) | | C E L Stuart | G | 27 | RFM | ODI (Z) (K)
| | Not originally picked for the Test tour, only | W W Hinds | ODI (Z) (K) | for the one-day internationals | K C B Jeremy | ODI (Z) | | M V Nagamootoo | ODI (Z) | | | | | M I Black | ODI (K) | | C O Browne | ODI (K) | | P T Collins | ODI
(K) | | | | D Mohammed | ODI (K) |
| Regional representation B
- Barbados G - Guyana Ja - Jamaica L - Leeward
Islands T - Trinidad & Tobago W -
Windward Islands Average
age of team at time of first Test
match (19 July 2001) : 26 yrs 10
months ODI (Z) Member of ODI squad in Zimbabwe ODI (K) Member of ODI squad in Kenya | | | Test Appearances made before the tour | Hooper 85, Lara 80, Chanderpaul 47, Jacobs 31, Dillon 16, Browne 13, King 12, Sarwan 12, Gayle 9,
Ganga 8, Ramnarine 8, Samuels 7, Cuffy 5, Black 3, Collins 3, Stuart 2, Collymore 1, Garrick 1, McGarrell 1. | | | | Team Officials | Ricky
Skerritt | Manager | Roger
Harper | Coach | Ronald
Rogers | Therapist/
Trainer | Garfield Smith | Scorer
/ analyst |
The President of the West
Indies Cricket Board dismissed Ricky Skerritt as team manager on 28 May, just
15 months into a three-year contract, but the Board reinstated him on 3 June. | | | | Selectors | Mike Findlay (chairman), Joey Carew, Joel Garner and Carl Hooper (captain). | | | | Selection | On 23 May 2001 a 22-man squad
for was named for the two-week training camp in Trinidad from which the
touring side would be picked, subject to fitness tests on 2 June. Unavailable: Courtney Walsh was asked to postpone his retirement
but he stuck to his decision. Test and ODI Tour Parties to Zimbabwe announced : 8 June 2001. Original Test squad: Carl
Hooper (captain), Ridley Jacobs, Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga, Brian Lara,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Leon Garrick,
Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Reon King, Corey Collymore, Colin Stuart, Neil
McGarrell and Dinanath Ramnarine Original ODI squad: Hooper (captain), Jacobs, Chanderpaul, Ganga, Gayle, Lara, Samuels, Sarwan, Hinds, Cuffy,
Dillon, King, Collymore, Jeremy, McGarrell and Nagamootoo. Not selected : Rickie
Christopher (Leewards) Leon Garrick, Colin Stuart and Dinanath Ramnarine were to play in
the Test series, replacing Wavell Hinds, Kerry Jeremy and Mahendra Nagamootoo
from the ODI group On
13 June it was announced that Courtney Browne, 30, and Dave Mohammad, 21,
would join the Kenyan leg of the tour in place of Ridley Jacobs and Dinanath Ramnarine. | Time between selection and departure from West
Indies 4 days (8 June to 12 June) | | | Travel BridgetownQ London Q Harare | The squad attended a two week pre-tour camp in Trinidad and
prepared to leave from Barbados
on 12 June. West Indies arrived in Harare on Thursday 14
June 2001. The players were tired after lengthy flying time, but work began
the same day with their first training session. Colin Stuart arrived on 3
July with Leon Garrick and Dinanath Ramnarine; Courtney
Browne arrived in Zimbabwe
on 18 July; Dave Mohammed arrived on 23 July. On 1 August the team flew to Nairobi's
Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport for a 20-day
tour. | Time spent in Zimbabwe 48 days (14 June - 1 August) | | | On-tour selection panel | | | | | Reinforcements | Four
players went home early before the Test series began, and three players had
to be added to the Test squad. Then Browne was brought in for the second Test
when Ridley Jacobs was suspended. W W Hinds | Ja | 24 | LHB
opener | ODI (Z) (K) |
Brian Lara
withdrew from the tour with a right hamstring muscle pull on 25 June and four
days later it was announced he would be replaced by two players: Leon Garrick for the remaining ODIs
and Wavell Hinds for the Test
series and Kenya. Cameron Cuffy (stress fracture of the left instep) and Kerry Jeremy (back strain) suffered injuries during the ODI
series serious enough to necessitate their return to the Caribbean.
Colin Stuart, who would be taking over from Jeremy for the Test section of
the tour, was asked to arrive in Harare
earlier than planned on 3 July along with Leon Garrick and Dinanath
Ramnarine, the others chosen only for the longer matches. Merv Dillon then suffered a tear in the tendon of his right knee and also returned
home (on Thursday 12 July), putting him out of the Test squad. Fast bowlers Pedro Collins
and Marlon Black flew out on
11 July for the remainder of the tour of Africa. Courtney Browne flew out on 17 July as back up for Ridley Jacobs, who was both
suspended for the second Test match and would not be participating in the
Kenyan leg of the tour. On 22 July Dave Mohammed travelled to Zimbabwe
early, as cover for the injured Dinanath
Ramnarine (back strain). | | | | Fixtures/Results | † Harare | CFX Academy | Won 6
r | † Harare | Zimbabwe
Districts | Lost
7 w | § Harare | Zimbabwe (1st ODI) | Won
27 r | † Harare | Zimbabwe A | Won
153 r | § Bulawayo | India (2nd ODI) | Lost
6 w | § Bulawayo | Zimbabwe (3rd ODI) | Won 5
w | § Harare | India (4th ODI) | Lost
6 w | § Harare | India (ODI final) | Won
16 r | Harare | Presidents XI
CFX Academy | Won
214 r | Kwekwe | Zimbabwe A | Drawn | BULAWAYO | ZIMBABWE First Test | WON inns 176
r | HARARE | ZIMBABWE Second Test | DRAWN | | | | Nairobi (1) | Kenyans | Won
inns 47 r | Mombasa | Kenyans | Drawn | § Nairobi (2) | Kenya (1st ODI) | Won
106 r | § Nairobi (3) | Kenya (2nd ODI) | Won 6
w | § Nairobi (3) | Kenya (3rd ODI) | Won 7
w |
Nairobi (1) Ruaraka Sports Club (2) Simba Union Ground (3) Gymkhana Club Ground | † not first-class § one-day internationals (Coca Cola Cup) Time spent in Zimbabwe
before First Test: 35 days (14 June - 19 July) § one-day internationals ( | | | Test appearances on tour | 2 -
Chanderpaul, Ganga, Gayle, Hooper, King, McGarrell, Samuels, Sarwan, Stuart. 1 - Black, Browne, Collins, Jacobs. 0 - Collymore, Garrick, Hinds. | | | | Highlights | • Ganga (89)
and Gayle (121*) scored 214 for the first wicket at Bulawayo,
exceeding Zimbabwe's
first innings by 59 before they were parted. • Chris Gayle
scored 152 in the first ODI against Kenya with 17 fours and a six | | | | Tour Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day
internationals | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | All Matches | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | - |
| | | | Return to West Indies NairobiQ London Q Bridgetown
/ Kingston | Brian Lara returned to the Caribbean
on 24 June. Cameron Cuffy and Kerry Jeremy returned on Monday 2 July. Merv Dillon returned on Thursday 12 July. Dinanath Ramnarine returned ……. Wavell
Hinds was supposed to return home after the ODIs but would remain with the
team in view of Lara's absence. Ridley Jacobs returned home after the first
Test match. At the end of the tour the Jamaican players - Leon
Garrick, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds - arrived at Norman Manley
Airport on 21 August. Barbadians Courtney Browne, Corey Collymore and Pedro
Collins, Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Reon King, Ramnaresh Sarwan and
Neil McGarrell, Trinidadian Dave Mohammed and coach Roger Harper arrived home
on 21 August at Grantley Adams Airport, Barbados. Following the most positive
results for six years, they were given a welcome reception hosted by British Airways
in the Club Caribbean Lounge at the airport. | Time away from West Indies 70
days (12 June to 21 August) | | | Match Appearances | | | |
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