Tour of England 2012               Captain: Darren Sammy

64th West Indies Test tour

Twentieth Test-playing tour of England by West Indies

   (May – June 2012)

The West Indies, visiting England in the cold weather of early spring, as in 2007 and 2009, loaded their bowling attack with seam bowlers to suit the green pitches they expected to meet.

Denesh Ramdin, the wicket-keeper, was fined 20% of his match fee for making a gesture after reaching his century at Edgbaston. He displayed a message saying "Yea Viv, talk nah" directed at Viv Richards who made criticisms of him.

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

To India 2011-12

Next tour

To Bangladesh 2012-13

Next England tour

None scheduled

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen:  Adrian Barath, Kieran Powell.

Middle-order batsmen:  Shiv Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Kirk Edwards, Marlon Samuels.

Wicket-keeper:   Denesh Ramdin

Slow bowler:  Shane Shillingford

Fast bowlers:  Fidel Edwards, Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Shannon Gabriel.

Regional representation

B – Barbados (3)

G Guyana (3)

Ja Jamaica (1)

L Leeward Islands (1)

T Trinidad & Tobago (5)

W Windward Islands (2)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

    (17 May 2012) :

 26 yrs  8 months

Test Appearances made before the tour

Chanderpaul 140,  F Edwards 53,  Ramdin 42,  Samuels 37,  Sammy 24,  Roach 17,  D M Bravo 16,  Rampaul 14,  Barath 12,  Deonarine 11,  K Edwards 7,  Shillingford 7,  Powell 6,  Fudadin 0,  Gabriel 0.

Tour Officials

Selectors

Clyde Butts (chairman),  Robert Haynes and Courtney Browne.

Selection

Unavailable:  Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle (they had ‘no-objection certificates from WICB for the duration of the IPL, which ended on 27 May); Jerome Taylor (regarded as unfit after spinal injury).

Tour Party Announced :  27 April 2012.

Not selected :  Davendra Bishoo,  Ramnaresh Sarwan,  Kraigg Brathwaite and  Carlton Baugh.

On 3 May Chris Gayle pulled out of his Somerset contract so he was available for the West Indies one-day team

Limited-overs squad announced:   5 June 2012.

Time between selection and departure from West Indies

  x days

(27 April to depart in WI)

Travel to England

BridgetownQ  London

The team arrived on 2 May 2012 but without three of its players. 

Marlon Samuels arrived in London on Tuesday 8 May from India where he had been playing for Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League.

Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin were held up in Jamaica through having to apply to the UK embassy for the correct visas. Fudaddin did not join the squad until Wednesday 9 and Deonarine on Thursday 10 May.

Time spent in England

   x days

(2 May - June)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Tino Best arrived in England on 23 May because Shannon Gabriel left the tour with a stress reaction in his lower back.

Sunil Narine  was called up after the second Test because Kemar Roach could not continue on tour with a shin injury.

Darren Bravo returned home after picking up a groin strain in the first one-day international

Fixtures/Results

† not first-class

§  one-day international

⊕  Twenty20 international

Time spent in England before First Test:  15 days

(2 May - 17 May)

Test appearances on tour

3 -    Barath,  D M Bravo,  Powell,  Ramdin,  Sammy,  Samuels

2 -    Chanderpaul,  K A Edwards,  Rampaul,  Roach,

1  -   Best,  Deonarine,  F H Edwards,  Fudadin,  Gabriel,  Narine,  Shillingford.

Time from end of final Test until departure from England

   6 days

Match appearances

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

 W won  L lost  D drawn   N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result

Highlights

•   Chanderpaul scored 87* and 91 at Lord’s, continuing where he left off in 2009.

•   Marlon Samuels scored 117 at Trent Bridge, and then 76* in the second innings.

•   Darren Sammy scored his first Test century (106) at Trent Bridge, adding 204 in partnership with Samuels

•   Tino Best’s innings of 95 at Edgbaston was the highest by a number 11 batsman in Test cricket.

•   Denesh Ramdin (107*) and Tino Best (95) added 143 for the last wicket, the third highest in Test cricket

Tour Summary

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Return to West Indies

LondonQ  Bridgetown

Shannon Gabriel left for Trinidad on Wed 23 May; Kemar Roch went home after the second Test; Barath, Kirk Edwards, Chanderpaul, Deonarine, Fudadin, Powell and Shillingford all left after the third Test.

Darren Bravo went home after the first one-day match.

last match is on 24 June 2012. None of the players took part in matches for English counties.

Time away from West Indies

       x days  

(depart WI till June)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript