2004–2009 English dominance Wisden Trophy

the 2004 tour of england prove brian lara s final wisden trophy series.

england dominated 2004 series , claimed first english whitewash in wisden trophy s history. england won each test comfortably, west indian bowlers struggled wickets. chris gayle , dwayne bravo had bowling averages lower 30. whitewash meant england had won 7 consecutive tests first time in 75 years. series beginning of run see england win ashes following year.

andrew flintoff leading performer england, averaging 64.50 bat , claiming 14 wickets. ashley giles leading wicket taker in series 22. series saw ian bell make test debut in final test of series, compiled maiden half-century. main highlights west indies chanderpaul s batting performance in scoring 437 runs @ average of 72.83, highest in series, , bravo s 16 wickets.

michael vaughan became successful england captain, in third test of series.

with recent retirement of lara, sarwan became captain of west indies. sarwan injured himself while fielding in second test, , captaincy given daren ganga. andrew strauss england skipper first test, after vaughan returned injury lead remaining tests.

england largely better team and, if not resilient batting of chanderpaul, have won larger margin. west indies suffered absence in second test, losing match innings , 283 runs, biggest defeat in test history. england retained wisden trophy @ old trafford taking unbeatable 2–0 lead, won series 3–0.

chanderpaul, named west indian player of series, scored 446 runs @ average of 148.66. bravo impressed all-round performance in claiming 6 wickets, scoring 291 runs , taking 7 catches. england saw emergence of matt prior, became first english wicket-keeper score test century on debut. monty panesar claimed wickets (23) , received award of englishman of series, while ryan sidebottom took 16 wickets.