English cricket team in the West Indies in 2014–15
| English cricket team in West Indies in 2014–15 | |||
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| England | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 6 April 2015 – 5 May 2015 | ||
| Captains | Alastair Cook | Denesh Ramdin | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Joe Root (358) | Jermaine Blackwood (311) | |
| Most wickets | James Anderson (17) | Jerome Taylor (11) | |
| Player of the series | James Anderson (Eng) | ||
The England national cricket team toured the West Indies between April and May 2015 for a three-match Test series, preceded by two two-day warm-up matches against a St Kitts Invitational XI.
England announced their squad for the tour on 18 March 2015.Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes were not initially selected due to injuries sustained at the 2015 Cricket World Cup, though Ali joined the squad for the second Test. Uncapped Test players Adil Rashid, Adam Lyth and Mark Wood were included, along with Jonathan Trott, who last played for England in the 2013–14 Ashes series.
The series finished as a draw, which meant England retained the Wisden Trophy they won when the West Indies toured England in 2012. The first Test in Antigua finished as a draw before England won the second Test in Grenada by nine wickets. However, the third Test finished in less than three days after the second day produced 18 wickets, a record for a Test in the West Indies; the home side bowled England out for just 123 runs in the second innings, setting up a five-wicket victory as they chased down a target of 192.
Having been put in to bat by the West Indians, England started slowly, losing captain Alastair Cook (11), Jonathan Trott (0) and Gary Ballance (10) in the first session, but the arrival of Ian Bell and Joe Root to the crease with England on 34/3 saw the pair put on 177 runs for the fourth wicket. Root fell 17 runs short of a century when he played a delivery from Jerome Taylor onto his own stumps, but Bell managed to kick on to a century of his own, ably supported from the other end by Ben Stokes, adding 130 runs for the fifth wicket before Bell was caught behind off Kemar Roach for 143 at the end of the penultimate over of the day. Nevertheless, England reached the close of play on day 1 at 341/5.
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