Michael Vaughan has the highest win ratio out of any captain in the Wisden Trophy winning 10 of his 11 Tests as captain.

This is a list of Wisden Trophy Test cricket series played between England and West Indies which dates back to 1963. It was usually played alternately in England and West Indies, although early series were predominantly played in England. "The Wisden Trophy" series varied between three and six Tests.

In the series' 57-year history, the trophy changed hands on seven occasions (1968, 1973, 2000, 2009 (twice), 2019 and 2020). The West Indies won the first Wisden Trophy in 1963 and held the cup until 1968. England then held the trophy for a brief period between 1968 and 1973. After the 1973 series the West Indies retained the trophy for 27 years.[1] This included a 16-year period (1974–1990) where the West Indies did not lose a Test. The new millennium proved to be the turning point in the series as England won the 2000 Wisden Trophy 3–1 to regain the trophy after West Indies went 1–0 up. They have been largely successful against the West Indies at test-level since then, with the latter only being successful in two series since; in 2009 and 2019. To put the recent dominance by England into perspective, since the Millennium, West Indies have won only 7 Tests, to England's 23, and that was after the West Indies won the very first Test of the new Millennium at Edgbaston in 2000.

The last Wisden Trophy series took place in England in 2020 and consisted of three Test matches.[2] The Wisden Trophy will be replaced by the Richards–Botham Trophy, named in honour of Viv Richards and Ian Botham, for future series.[3] Overall, a total of 28 Wisden Trophy series were played, of which the West Indies won fourteen times, England won ten and there were four drawn series.

List of Test series

Series Years Host First match Tests  England  West Indies Drawn Result Holder Ref
1 1963  England 6 June 1963 5 1 3 1  West Indies  West Indies [4]
2 1966  England 2 June 1966 5 1 3 1  West Indies [5]
3 1967–68  West Indies 19 January 1968 5 1 0 4  England  England [6]
4 1969  England 12 June 1969 3 2 0 1  England [7]
5 1973  England 26 July 1973 3 0 2 1  West Indies  West Indies [8]
6 1973–74  West Indies 2 February 1974 5 1 1 3 Drawn [9]
7 1976  England 3 June 1976 5 0 3 2  West Indies [10]
8 1980  England 5 June 1980 5 0 1 4  West Indies [11]
9 1980–81  West Indies 13 February 1981 4 0 2 2  West Indies [12]
10 1984  England 14 June 1984 5 0 5 0  West Indies [13]
11 1985–86  West Indies 21 February 1986 5 0 5 0  West Indies [14]
12 1988  England 2 June 1988 5 0 4 1  West Indies [15]
13 1989–90  West Indies 24 February 1990 4 1 2 1  West Indies [16]
14 1991  England 6 June 1991 5 2 2 1 Drawn [17]
15 1993–94  West Indies 19 February 1995 5 1 3 1  West Indies [18]
16 1995  England 8 June 1995 6 2 2 2 Drawn [19]
17 1997–98  West Indies 29 January 1998 6 1 3 2  West Indies [20]
18 2000  England 15 June 2000 5 3 1 1  England  England [21]
19 2003–04  West Indies 11 March 2004 4 3 0 1  England [22]
20 2004  England 22 July 2004 4 4 0 0  England [23]
21 2007  England 17 May 2007 4 3 0 1  England [24]
22 2008–09  West Indies 4 February 2009 5 0 1 4  West Indies  West Indies [25]
23 2009  England 6 May 2009 2 2 0 0  England  England [26]
24 2012  England 17 May 2012 3 2 0 1  England [27]
25 2014–15  West Indies 13 April 2015 3 1 1 1 Drawn [28]
26 2017  England 17 August 2017 3 2 1 0  England [29]
27 2018–19  West Indies 23 January 2019 3 1 2 0  West Indies  West Indies [30]
28 2020  England 8 July 2020 3 2 1 0  England  England [31]

Summary of results

Totals up to and including the 3rd Test of the 2020 series in England.[32]
Played Won by
England		 Won by
West Indies		 Drawn
All Tests 120 36 (30.0%) 48 (40.0%) 36 (30.0%)
Tests in England 71 26 (36.6%) 28 (39.4%) 17 (24.0%)
Tests in West Indies 49 10 (20.4%) 20 (40.8%) 19 (38.8%)
All series 28 10 (35.7%) 14 (50.0%) 4 (14.3%)
Series in England 17 8 (47.0%) 7 (41.2%) 2 (11.8%)
Series in West Indies 11 2 (18.2%) 7 (63.6%) 2 (18.2%)

List of captains

The table below is a list of cricket captains for each team in the Wisden Trophy. The list is in chronological order of appearance.

England captains[32] West Indies captains[33]
NumberCaptainYear(s)Tests in seriesTotal TestsNumberCaptainYear(s)Tests in seriesTotal Tests
1Ted Dexter19631–551Frank Worrell19631–5
2Mike Smith1966112Garry Sobers1966, 1967–68, 19691–5, 1–5, 1–313
3Colin Cowdrey1966, 1967–682–4, 1–5 8
4Brian Close196651
5Ray Illingworth1969, 19731–3, 1–363Rohan Kanhai1973, 1973–741–3, 1–58
6Mike Denness1973–741–55
7Tony Greig19761–554Clive Lloyd1976, 1980, 1980–81, 19841–5, 1–5, 1–4, 1–519
8Ian Botham1980, 1980–811–5, 1–49
9David Gower1984, 1985–861–5, 1–5105Viv Richards1985–86, 1988, 1989–90, 19911–5, 1–5, 1 and 3–4, 1–518
10Mike Gatting198811
11John Emburey19882–32
12Chris Cowdrey198841
13Graham Gooch1988, 1989–90, 19915, 1–2, 1–58
14Allan Lamb1989–903–426Desmond Haynes1989–9021
15Michael Atherton1993–94, 1995, 1997–981–5, 1–6, 1–6177Richie Richardson1993–94, 19951–4, 1–610
8Courtney Walsh1993–9451
9Brian Lara1997–98, 2003–04, 20041–6, 1–4, 1–414
16Nasser Hussain20001 and 3–5410Jimmy Adams20001–55
17Alec Stewart200021
18Michael Vaughan2003–04, 2004, 20071–4, 1–4, 2–411
19Andrew Strauss2007, 2008–091 and 1–5611Ramnaresh Sarwan200711
12Daren Ganga20072–43
13Chris Gayle2008–091–55

Wisden Trophy records

Team records

Higher innings totals were scored outside The Wisden Trophy era. In the 1930 timeless Test England scored 849 on their first innings at Sabina Park.[34] Other high scores include West Indies 681/8 declaration in 1954 at the Queen's Park Oval.[35]

Most runs in an innings
RankRunsTeamYear[36]
1751/5 (dec) (202 overs)West Indies2004
2749/9 (dec) (194.4 overs)West Indies2009
3692/8 (dec) (163 overs)West Indies1995
4687/8 (dec) (182.5 overs)West Indies1976
5652/8 (dec) (168.4 overs)West Indies1973
6606 (143 overs)West Indies1984
Fewest runs in a completed innings
RankRunsTeamYear[37]
146 (19.1 overs)England1994
247 (25.3 overs)West Indies2004
351 (33.2 overs)England2009
454 (26.4 overs)West Indies2000
561 (26.2 overs)West Indies2000
671 (32.5 overs)England1976

Batting records

Brian Lara is the record holder in the Wisden Trophy for most runs with 2983 runs. Garry Sobers did make 3214 runs against England however his first 1069 runs occurred before the Wisden Trophy was established meaning he has only scored 2145 runs in the Wisden Trophy.[38] Andy Sandham scored 325 runs against the West Indies in 1930 (which at the time was a world record) but this was before the inception of the Wisden Trophy and is therefore not a Wisden Record.[39]

Most runs in series
RankRunsPlayerPeriod[40]
12983 (51 inns.)Cricket West IndiesBrian Lara1994–04
22969 (50 inns.)Cricket West IndiesViv Richards1976–91
32392 (59 inns.)Cricket West IndiesDesmond Haynes1980–94
42318 (48 inns.)Cricket West IndiesGordon Greenidge1976–90
52205 (53 inns.)EnglandGeoffrey Boycott1966–81
Highest individual score
RankHigh scorePlayerYear[41]
1400* (582)Cricket West IndiesBrian Lara2004
2375 (538)Cricket West IndiesBrian Lara1994
3302 (430)Cricket West IndiesLawrence Rowe1974
4291 (386)Cricket West IndiesViv Richards1976
5291 (452)Cricket West IndiesRamnaresh Sarwan2009

Other batting feats include:

  • Cricket West Indies Viv Richards 56 ball century in the fifth Test of the 1985–86 series is the fastest Test century (in terms of balls faced).[42]
  • Cricket West Indies Andy Roberts scored 25 runs in one over in the first Test of the 1980–81 series. This is the fourth most runs in a single over at Test level. The over went 46266L.[43]

Bowling records

Sobers took 102 wickets against England, however 18 of these wickets occurred before the Wisden Trophy was instituted and therefore meant that he only took 84 wickets in Wisden Trophy matches.[44] Alf Valentine claimed 33 wickets (from 422.3 overs) for the West Indies in the 1950 tour against England before the Wisden Trophy was established.

Most wickets
RankWicketsPlayerPeriod[45]
1164 (8284 balls)Cricket West IndiesCurtly Ambrose1988–00
2145 (8818 balls)Cricket West IndiesCourtney Walsh1986–00
3127 (5790 balls)Cricket West IndiesMalcolm Marshall1980–91
4100 (8841 balls)Cricket West IndiesLance Gibbs1963–74
596 (4486 balls)Cricket West IndiesMichael Holding1976–86
Most wickets in series
RankWicketsPlayerYear[46]
135 (203.1 overs)Cricket West IndiesMalcolm Marshall1988
234 (220.2 overs)Cricket West IndiesCourtney Walsh2000
334 (236.4 overs)EnglandFred Trueman1963
432 (223.5 overs)Cricket West IndiesCharlie Griffith1963
530 (205.5 overs)Cricket West IndiesCurtly Ambrose1997–98

Other bowling feats include:

Captaincy records

John Goddard won five Test matches as captain for West Indies but this occurred between 1948 and 1957 before the Wisden Trophy was established.

Most matches played as captain
RankMost Test matchesPlayerPeriod[50]
119Cricket West Indies Clive Lloyd1976–84
218Cricket West Indies Viv Richards1985–91
317England Michael Atherton1993–98
414Cricket West Indies Brian Lara1997–04
513Cricket West Indies Garry Sobers1966–69
Most wins as captain
RankMost winsPlayerPeriod[50]
113 (from 18 matches)Cricket West Indies Viv Richards1985–91
211 (from 19 matches)Cricket West Indies Clive Lloyd1976–84
310 (from 11 matches)England Michael Vaughan2003–07
45 (from 10 matches)Cricket West Indies Richie Richardson1993–95
54 (from 17 matches)EnglandMichael Atherton1993–98

See also

References

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