List of Wisden Trophy records

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.

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

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]


Totals up to and including the third Test of the 2020 series in England.[6][7]
SeriesSeasonHostTestsEnglandWest IndiesDrawSeries resultHolder at the end of the seriesNotes
3 1967–68 West Indies 5 1 0 4  England  England
4 1969 England 3 2 0 1
5 1973 England 3 0 2 1  West Indies  West Indies
6 1973–74 West Indies 5 1 1 3 Drawn
7 1976 England 5 0 3 2  West Indies
8 1980 England 5 0 1 4  West Indies
9 1980–81 West Indies 4 0 2 2  West Indies Second Test was abandoned due to the Guyanese Government revoking Robin Jackman's visa.
10 1984 England 5 0 5 0  West Indies
11 1985–86 West Indies 5 0 5 0  West Indies
12 1988 England 5 0 4 1  West Indies
13 1989–90 West Indies 4 1 2 1  West Indies
14 1991 England 5 2 2 1 Drawn
15 1993–94 West Indies 5 1 3 1  West Indies
16 1995 England 6 2 2 2 Drawn
17 1997–98 West Indies 6 1 3 2  West Indies First Test was abandoned after the field of play was deemed to be too dangerous due to the highly irregular bounce of the pitch.
18 2000 England 5 3 1 1  England  England
19 2003–04 West Indies 4 3 0 1  England
20 2004 England 4 4 0 0  England
21 2007 England 4 3 0 1  England
22 2009 West Indies 5 0 1 4  West Indies  West Indies Second Test was abandoned after 10 balls due to a dangerous outfield.
23 2009 England 2 2 0 0  England  England
24 2012 England 3 2 0 1  England
25 2015 West Indies 3 1 1 1 Drawn
26 2017 England 3 2 1 0  England First Test was the first Day/night Test match played in England.
27 2018–19 West Indies 3 1 2 0  West Indies  West Indies
28 2020 England 3 2 1 0  England  England All 3 tests were played in a bio-secure environment with no spectators due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
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Summary of results

Totals up to and including the 3rd Test of the 2020 series in England.[8]
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[8] West Indies captains[9]
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.[10] Other high scores include West Indies 681/8 declaration in 1954 at the Queen's Park Oval.[11]

Most runs in an innings
RankRunsTeamYear[12]
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[13]
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.[14] 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.[15]

Most runs in series
RankRunsPlayerPeriod[16]
12983 (51 inns.)Brian Lara1994–04
22969 (50 inns.)Viv Richards1976–91
32392 (59 inns.)Desmond Haynes1980–94
42318 (48 inns.)Gordon Greenidge1976–90
52205 (53 inns.)Geoffrey Boycott1966–81
Highest individual score
RankHigh scorePlayerYear[17]
1400* (582)Brian Lara2004
2375 (538)Brian Lara1994
3302 (430)Lawrence Rowe1974
4291 (386)Viv Richards1976
5291 (452)Ramnaresh Sarwan2009

Other batting feats include:

  • Viv Richards 56 ball century in the fifth Test of the 1985–86 series is the fastest Test century (in terms of balls faced).[18]
  • 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.[19]

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.[20] 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[21]
1164 (8284 balls)Curtly Ambrose1988–00
2145 (8818 balls)Courtney Walsh1986–00
3127 (5790 balls)Malcolm Marshall1980–91
4100 (8841 balls)Lance Gibbs1963–74
596 (4486 balls)Michael Holding1976–86
Most wickets in series
RankWicketsPlayerYear[22]
135 (203.1 overs)Malcolm Marshall1988
234 (220.2 overs)Courtney Walsh2000
334 (236.4 overs)Fred Trueman1963
432 (223.5 overs)Charlie Griffith1963
530 (205.5 overs)Curtly 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[26]
119 Clive Lloyd1976–84
218 Viv Richards1985–91
317 Michael Atherton1993–98
414 Brian Lara1997–04
513 Garry Sobers1966–69
Most wins as captain
RankMost winsPlayerPeriod[26]
113 (from 18 matches) Viv Richards1985–91
211 (from 19 matches) Clive Lloyd1976–84
310 (from 11 matches) Michael Vaughan2003–07
45 (from 10 matches) Richie Richardson1993–95
54 (from 17 matches)Michael Atherton1993–98

See also

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