English cricket team in West Indies in 1997-98

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English cricket team in West Indies in 1995
Teams	England	West Indies
Dates	16 January – 8 April 1995
Captains	Mike Atherton	Brian Lara
Number of Tests	6
Tests won	1	3
Most runs (Tests)	Alec Stewart (452)	Brian Lara (417)
Most wickets (Tests)	Angus Fraser (27)	Curtly Ambrose (30)
Player of Series (Tests)	Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)
Number of ODIs	5
ODIs won	1	4
Most runs (ODIs)	Nick Knight (295)	Brian Lara (299)
Most wickets (ODIs)	Adam Hollioake (4)	Phil Simmons (9)
Player of Series (ODIs)	Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)

The West Indian cricket team toured West Indies from 16 January to 8 April 1998 as part of the 1997-98 cricket season. The tour included six Tests and five One Day Internationals. West Indies won both series winning the Test series 3-1 and the ODI series 4-1.

Contents 1 Squads 2 Test series - The Wisden Trophy 2.1 1st Test match 29th January - 2nd February 2.2 2nd Test match 5th February - 9th February 2.3 3rd Test match 13th February - 17th February 2.4 4th Test match 27th February - 3rd March 2.5 5th Test match 12th March - 16th March 2.6 6th Test match 20th March - 24th March 3 ODI series 3.1 1st ODI 29th March 3.2 2nd ODI 1st April 3.3 3rd ODI 4th April 3.4 4th ODI 5th April 3.5 5th ODI 8th April 4 External sources 5 References

[edit] Squads

Test Squads		ODI Squads
England	West Indies	England	West Indies
Mike Atherton (c)	Brian Lara (c)	Adam Hollioake (c)	Brian Lara (c)
Nasser Hussain (vc)	David Williams (wk)	Alec Stewart (wk)	Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Jack Russell (wk)	Junior Murray (wk)	Jack Russell (wk)	Junior Murray (wk)
Mark Butcher	Jimmy Adams	Mike Atherton	Curtly Ambrose
Andrew Caddick	Curtly Ambrose	Dougie Brown	Keith Arthurton
Ashley Cowan	Kenny Benjamin	Robert Croft	Shivnarine Chanderpaul
John Crawley	Ian Bishop	Mark Ealham	Mervyn Dillon
Robert Croft	Sherwin Campbell	Matthew Fleming	Carl Hooper
Angus Fraser	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Angus Fraser (added)	Clayton Lambert
Dean Headley	Mervyn Dillon	Ashley Giles (withdrawn)	Rawl Lewis
Adam Hollioake	Roland Holder	Dean Headley	Nixon McLean
Mark Ramprakash	Carl Hooper	Ben Hollioake	Franklyn Rose
Chris Silverwood	Nixon McLean	Graeme Hick	Phil Simmons
Alec Stewart	Clayton Lambert	Nick Knight	Carl Tuckett
Graham Thorpe	Dinanath Ramnarine	Mark Ramprakash	Philo Wallace
Phil Tufnell	Franklyn Rose	Graham Thorpe	Courtney Walsh
	Philo Wallace		Stuart Williams
	Courtney Walsh
	Stuart Williams

[edit] Test series - The Wisden Trophy

[edit] 1st Test match 29th January - 2nd February

• 1st Test (Sabina Park) – Match abandoned

[edit] 2nd Test match 5th February - 9th February

• 2nd Test (Queen's Park Oval) – West Indies won by 3 wickets

[edit] 3rd Test match 13th February - 17th February

• 3rd Test (Queen's Park Oval) – England won by 3 wickets

[edit] 4th Test match 27th February - 3rd March

• 4th Test (Bourda) – West Indies won by 242 runs

[edit] 5th Test match 12th March - 16th March

• 5th Test (Kensington Oval) – Match drawn

[edit] 6th Test match 20th March - 24th March

• 6th Test (Antigua Recreation Ground) – West Indies won by an innings and 52 runs

[edit] ODI series

[edit] 1st ODI 29th March

• 1st ODI (Kensington Oval) – England won by 16 runs

[edit] 2nd ODI 1st April

• 2nd ODI (Kensington Oval) – West Indies won by 1 wicket

[edit] 3rd ODI 4th April

• 3rd ODI (Arnos Vale Ground) – West Indies won by 5 wickets

[edit] 4th ODI 5th April

• 4th ODI (Arnos Vale Ground) – West Indies won by 4 wickets

[edit] 5th ODI 8th April

• 5th ODI (Queen's Park Oval) – West Indies won by 57 runs

[edit] External sources

CricketArchive

[edit] References

• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

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