4th Test: West Indies v England at St John's, 10-14 Apr 2004

Test # 1696
The Wisden Trophy, 2003/04, 4th Test
West Indies v England
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
10,11,12,13,14 April 2004 (5-day match)

Result: Match Drawn
Series: England wins the 4-Test series 3-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and DB Hair (Aus)
TV Umpire: BR Doctrove
Match Referee: MJ Procter (SA)
Test Debut: GO Jones (Eng).
Man of the Match: BC Lara
Man of the Series: SJ Harmison

Close of Play:

Day 1: West Indies 208/2 (Lara 86*, Sarwan 41*; 52 overs)

Day 2: West Indies 595/5 (Lara 313*, Jacobs 47*; 157 overs)

Day 3: West Indies 751/5d, England 171/5 (Flintoff 37*, GO Jones 32*; 58 overs)

Day 4: England 285 and 145/0 (Trescothick 74*, Vaughan 61*; 48 overs)

West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
CH Gayle                             c & b Batty               69 118  80 12 0
D Ganga               lbw                b Flintoff            10  59  46  1 0
*BC Lara              not out                                 400 778 582 43 4
RR Sarwan             c Trescothick      b Harmison            90 249 166  8 1
RL Powell             c Hussain          b SP Jones            23  56  39  3 0
RO Hinds                             c & b Batty               36 103  97  4 0
+RD Jacobs            not out                                 107 309 207  8 3
Extras                (b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 5)                   16
Total                 (5 wickets dec, 202 overs, 839 mins)    751

DNB: TL Best, PT Collins, CD Collymore, FH Edwards.

FoW: 1-33 (Ganga, 13.4 ov), 2-98 (Gayle, 25.5 ov),
     3-330 (Sarwan, 83.4 ov), 4-380 (Powell, 95.5 ov),
     5-469 (Hinds, 121.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hoggard                     18      2     82      0 (2nb)
Harmison                    37      6     92      1 (2w)
Flintoff                    35      8    109      1 (1nb)
SP Jones                    29      0    146      1
Batty                       52      4    185      2
Vaughan                     13      0     60      0 (2nb)
Trescothick                 18      3     68      0

England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
ME Trescothick        c Jacobs           b Best                16  71  34  3 0
*MP Vaughan           c Jacobs           b Collins              7  20  17  0 0
MA Butcher                               b Collins             52 129  83  7 0
N Hussain                                b Best                 3  21  15  0 0
GP Thorpe             c Collins          b Edwards             10  63  35  2 0
A Flintoff            not out                                 102 327 224 13 1
+GO Jones                                b Edwards             38 119  88  5 0
GJ Batty              c Gayle            b Collins              8  53  33  2 0
MJ Hoggard            c Jacobs           b Collins              1  51  33  0 0
SP Jones              lbw                b Hinds               11  83  50  0 0
SJ Harmison                              b Best                 5  10   4  1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 4, nb 22)                  32
Total                 (all out, 99 overs, 479 mins)           285

FoW: 1-8 (Vaughan, 4.3 ov), 2-45 (Trescothick, 14.2 ov),
     3-54 (Hussain, 18.5 ov), 4-98 (Butcher, 29.1 ov),
     5-98 (Thorpe, 30.2 ov), 6-182 (GO Jones, 59.3 ov),
     7-205 (Batty, 69.3 ov), 8-229 (Hoggard, 79.4 ov),
     9-283 (Harmison, 96.1 ov), 10-285 (SP Jones, 98.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Collins                     26      4     76      4 (14nb, 3w)
Edwards                     18      3     70      2 (5nb, 1w)
Collymore                   19      5     45      0 (1nb)
Best                        10.3    3     37      3 (1nb)
Hinds                       17.3    7     29      1 (1nb)
Sarwan                       7      0     18      0
Gayle                        1      0      4      0

England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
ME Trescothick        c Sarwan           b Edwards             88 238 188 10 0
*MP Vaughan           c Jacobs           b Sarwan             140 347 267 20 0
MA Butcher            c Gayle            b Hinds               61 216 164  6 0
N Hussain                                b Hinds               56 131 107  7 0
GP Thorpe             not out                                  23  77  54  2 0
A Flintoff            c Lara             b Sarwan              14  30  37  1 0
+GO Jones             not out                                  10  22  21  1 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 16)                  30
Total                 (5 wickets, 137 overs, 533 mins)        422

DNB: GJ Batty, MJ Hoggard, SP Jones, SJ Harmison.

FoW: 1-182 (Trescothick, 56.5 ov), 2-274 (Vaughan, 87.6 ov),
     3-366 (Butcher, 113.3 ov), 4-387 (Hussain, 121.3 ov),
     5-408 (Flintoff, 130.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Best                        16      1     57      0 (2w)
Edwards                     20      2     81      1 (8nb, 1w)
Collymore                   18      3     58      0
Powell                       8      0     36      0
Hinds                       38      8     83      2 (2nb)
Gayle                       17      6     36      0 (2nb)
Sarwan                      12      2     26      2
Collins                      8      2     34      0 (4nb)

Day 1

West Indies 50 in 17.4 overs
CH Gayle 50 in 93 mins off 62 balls, 10x4
Lunch: 98/2 (Lara 17*, 25.5 overs)
BC Lara 50 in 115 mins off 61 balls, 7x4
No play after lunch until 4.05pm (rain)
100 partnership (Lara 81*, Sarwan 36*) off 129 balls, 96 mins

Day 2
BC Lara 100 in 192 minutes off 131 balls, 13x4 (25th)
Harmison warned for the second time about running on the pitch (58th over)
RR Sarwan 50 in 156 mins off 103 balls, 4x4 (20th)
250 in 63.5 overs, 285 minutes, 33x4
150 partnership in 167 minutes, 230 balls (Lara 101, Sarwan 51)
200 partnership in 212 minutes, 299 balls (Lara 129, Sarwan 70)
300 in 76.3 overs, 330 minutes, 36x4, 1x6
BC Lara 150 in 281 minutes, 199 balls, 18x4
New ball taken after 81.2 overs, WI 324/2
Lunch: West Indies 342/3 (Lara 165*)
BC Lara 200 in 391 mins off 260 balls, 22x4, 1x6
Lara's 7th Test double-century, joint-second with Wally Hammond (7 times), Don Bradman made 12.
Tea: West Indies 449/4 (Lara 224*, Hinds 28*, 116 overs)
BC Lara 250 in 479 mins off 323 balls, 27x4, 2x6
BC Lara 300 in 576 mins off 404 balls, 34x4, 2x6
Lara's 2nd triple century on the same ground

Day 3
RD Jacobs 50 in 141 minutes off 97 balls, 3x4, 1x6 (15th)
150 partnership off 234 balls (Lara 91, Jacobs 58)
New Ball taken, 161 overs, WI 619/5
630 is the highest score at St Johns
BC Lara 350 in 678 mins off 494 balls, 39x4, 3x6
Harmison warned for the 3rd time for running on the pitch, puts him out of the attack for the innings
RD Jacobs 100 in 277 mins off 181 balls, 7x4, 3x6
First byes in the innings came on 194.6 overs, WI 730/5, 4 byes down the legs side
BC Lara 384 in 728 mins off 546 balls, 42x4, 4x6
Lunch: West Indies 734/5 (Lara 390, Jacobs 100)
BC Lara 400 in 773 mins off 582 balls, 43x4, 4x6
Tea: England 48/2 (Butcher 19, Hussain 3)

Day 4
Jeff Crowe took over duties as Match Referee from start of play
MA Butcher 50 in 126 mins off 82 balls, 7x4
A Flintoff 50 in 170 mins off 121 balls, 7x4
Lunch: England 231/8 (Flintoff 68, SP Jones 1)
The wicket of Hoggard gives RD Jacobs his 200th Test dismissal
A Flintoff 100 in 292 mins off 209 balls, 13 fours, 1x6
SP Jones retired hurt on 11* from 277/8 to 283/9
Tea: England 10/0 (Trescothick 5, Vaughan 4)
MP Vaughan 50 in 121 mins off 84 balls, 5x4
ME Trescothick 50 in 124 mins off 95 balls, 7x4

Day 5
England 150 in 202 minutes 48.4 overs, 15x4
150 partnership (Trescothick 80, Vaughan 61)
MP Vaughan 100 in 300 mins off 210 balls, 13x4
Lunch: England 241/1 (Vaughan 119, Butcher 13)
Tea: England 345/2 (Butcher 53, Hussain 42)

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Team Pages: West Indies, England.

Ground Page: Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua

West Indies Player Pages: CH Gayle, D Ganga, BC Lara, RR Sarwan, RL Powell, RO Hinds, RD Jacobs, TL Best, PT Collins, CD Collymore, FH Edwards.

England Player Pages: ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan, MA Butcher, N Hussain, GP Thorpe, A Flintoff, GO Jones, GJ Batty, MJ Hoggard, SP Jones, SJ Harmison.

Match Officials' Pages: Aleem Dar, DB Hair, BR Doctrove, MJ Procter.