The first Test match at Kingston was evenly fought for three days
but next morning Steve Harmison blew West Indies away with 7 wickets for 12
runs, reminding of Trevor Bailey’s 7-34 on the same ground fifty years
before.West
Indies were dismissed for 47, their lowest Test score, and the home
team apologised to the West Indian public afterwards.
Harmison was again able to get the ball to rear off the pitch in
the next match at Port of Spain and, supported
by England’s
other fast bowlers, demolished the West Indian batting again. Before the
third Test the coach Gus Logie was blaming his team’s lack of discipline and
mental strength. West Indies capitulated again as Matthew Hoggard’s hat-trick
secured another England
win.
At St John’s
Brian Lara scored the first quadruple century in Test cricket and regained
his individual score record from Matthew Hayden.
Middle-order batsmenPaul Collingwood.
Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, Michael Vaughan
Wicket-keeper: Geraint Jones, Chris Read
All-rounders:Ricky Clarke, Andrew
Flintoff
Slow bowlers: Ashley Giles
Fast bowlers: James Anderson, Steve
Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones
J M Anderson
La
21
RFM
ODI
G J
Batty
Wo
26
OB
ODI
M A
Butcher
Sy
31
LHBRM
R
Clarke
Sy
22
RHBRFM
ODI
P D
Collingwood
Du
27
RHBRM
ODI
A
Flintoff
La
26
RHBRF
ODI
A F
Giles
Wk
29
SLA
ODI
S J
Harmison
Du
25
RF
M J
Hoggard
Yo
27
RFM
N Hussain
Ex
35
RHB
G O
Jones
Kt
27
WK
S P
Jonesadded
Gm
25
RF
C M W
Read
Nt
25
WK
ODI
G P
Thorpe
Sy
29
LHB
M E Trescothick
Sm
28
LHBopener
ODI
M P Vaughan
Yo
29
RHBOBcaptain
ODI
Members of the limited-overs squad
I D Blackwell (Sm)
ODI
D
Gough(Ex)added
ODI
R J
Kirtley(Sx)
ODI
A
McGrath (Yo)
ODI
A J
Strauss(Mx)
ODI
County representation:
Dm - Durham (2)
Ex-Essex (1)
Gm - Glamorgan (1)
Kt-Kent (1)
La - Lancashire
(2)
Nt - Nottinghamshire (1)
Sm - Somerset (1)
Sy - Surrey
(3)
Wk - Warwickshire (1)
Wo - Worcestershire (1)
Yo - Yorkshire
(2)
Average age ofteam at time of first Test match
(11 March 2004):
27 yrs6 months.
Test
Appearances made before the tour
Hussain 91,Thorpe 83,Butcher 62,Trescothick
43,Vaughan 40,Giles 30,Flintoff 29,Hoggard 22,Harmison 12,Anderson 8,Read 8,Batty 4,Clarke 2,Collingwood 2,SP Jones 2,GO Jones 0.
Tour
Officials
Phil
Neale
Operations Manager
Duncan
Fletcher
Head coach
Mike
Watkinson
Assistant coach(Test squad)
Troy
Cooley
Assistant coach(Test squad)
Kirk Russell
Physiotherapist (Test squad)
Nigel Stockill
Physiologist
M.Ridgewell
Doctor
Andrew Walpole
Media manager (Test squad)
Malcolm Ashton
Scorer & analyst
Vicky Byrne
Masseur
Tim
Boon
Assistant coach(ODI squad)
Dean Conway
Physiotherapist (ODI squad)
Mark Hodgson
Media manager (ODI squad)
Selectors
David Graveney (chairman),Duncan Fletcher (coach), and Michael
Vaughan (captain)
Selection
Not considered:Andy Caddick (back injury);Richard Johnson (knee injury);Robert Croft (retired).
Tour Party Announced : 7 January 2004.
One
further fast bowler was to be added to the squad prior to departure, which
was Simon Jones who had recovered from a knee injury on the A team tour of India.
Not selected:
The one-day squad was
finalised on 30 March by adding Steve Harmison and Darren Gough to the list
of players announced in January.
Time between selection and departure from England
49 days
(7 January - 25 February)
Travel
LondonQKingston
The team departed from Gatwick Airport
at lunchtime on Wednesday 25 February, apart from Simon Jones who was delayed
by taking a further fitness test at Loughborough on his knee and sore shins
(he flew out a week later).
Arrived in Kingston,
Jamaica, at
midnight on 25 February 2004
Time spent in West
Indies
days
(25
February -
On-tour
selection panel
Duncan Fletcher and Michael Vaughan.
Reinforcements
A J
Strauss
Mx
LHBopener
Andrew
Strauss who was not due to join the team until the limited-overs matches in
April was called up as cover for Mark Butcher and Graham Thorpe who were injured.
Fixtures/Results
The itinerary was released a year ahead in February 2003
•Butcher and Hussain both scored 58 in
adding 119 together to give England
a small lead at Sabina
Park
•Steve Harmison then blew West
Indies away with a 12-over spell in which he took 7 for 12
•He followed this up with 6-61 at Port of Spain
•England’s middle order Butcher (61),
Hussain (58) and Thorpe (90) then gave England a first innings lead before
Simon Jones (5-57) cut through the West Indies’ top order
•Graham Thorpe (119*) was England;s
sole century-maker
•Andrew Flintoff took5-58 at Bridgetown;
all the fast bowlers were among the wickets as West
Indies collapsed
•Brian Lara broke the world record with 400
not out as West Indies scored 751-7 dec in Antigua
•Flintoff scored 102* at St Johns, and then Michael Vaughan 140 to
make the game safe.
Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, Simon Jones and Geraint
Jones flew back on 16 April but were delayed 24 hours by the plane being
diverted to the Azores for a fault. A replacement
plane brought them in to Gatwick on 17 April.