West Indian cricket team in England in 2020
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The West Indies cricket team toured England to play three Test matches. The team were originally scheduled to tour the country in May and June 2020.[1][2] However, the series was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Cricket West Indies stated that they would do everything they can to help accommodate the fixtures,[4] including moving the fixtures back or even hosting them in the West Indies.[5] A revised tour schedule, with the first Test starting in July, was proposed at the end of May 2020.[6] The fixtures were confirmed the following month,[7] with the matches all played behind closed doors.[8] The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[9][10]
West Indian cricket team in England in 2020 | |||
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England | West Indies | ||
Dates | 8 – 28 July 2020 | ||
Captains | Joe Root[n 1] | Jason Holder | |
Test series | |||
Result | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Ben Stokes (363) | Jermaine Blackwood (211) | |
Most wickets | Stuart Broad (16) | Shannon Gabriel (11) | |
Player of the series | Stuart Broad (Eng) and Roston Chase (WI) |
The series was played for the Wisden Trophy.[11] Ahead of the third Test, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) agreed to retire the trophy following the conclusion of the series.[12] It was replaced with the Richards–Botham Trophy,[13] in honour of Sir Viv Richards and Sir Ian Botham.[14]
On the morning of the fifth and final day of the third Test, England's Stuart Broad became the seventh bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket, after dismissing Kraigg Brathwaite.[15] Broad was the fourth fast bowler,[16] and second bowler for England after James Anderson, to reach the milestone.[17] England lost the first Test of the series, but won the remaining two matches, to win the series 2–1, and regain the Wisden Trophy.[18] It was the first time since 1888 that England had won a three-match Test series at home after losing the opening match.[19]