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England vs West Indies Test Cricket Head-to-Head & Stats

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Last updated: 29 Jul 2024
Simon Lewis 29 Jul 2024
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  • England vs West Indies Test cricket rivalry spans nearly a century.
  • West Indies dominated from the 1950s to 2000; England has been stronger since.
  • Upcoming 2024 series in England: Tests at Lord's, Trent Bridge, and Edgbaston.
Brian Lara
Brian Lara sweeps against England on his way to 400*. (credit: Tom Shaw / Getty Images)

England and the West Indies have almost a hundred years of Test cricket competition between them, with the West Indies dominating from the 1950s until the year 2000. England have been the stronger side in the last 25 years.

England vs West Indies Head-to-Head Record


England won the first Test between the sides at Lord’s in 1928, winning all three Tests of that series by an innings. 

One of England’s best spells against the West Indies was from 29 July 2000 to 25 April 2015, during which the West Indies won just one of the 28 Tests they played against England, who won 19 Tests, with nine drawn.

The West Indies enjoyed a greater spell of dominance when (mostly captained by Clive Lloyd) they went 29 Tests unbeaten against England, with 20 wins and nine draws (30 March 1974 to 8 August 1988). That spell included 10 wins in a row, as well as 14 wins and one draw in a 15-match stretch.

Info
Played
England Wins
West Indies Wins
Draws

Overall

166

54

59

53

In England

92

39

31

22

In West Indies

74

15

28

31


Latest Results, England vs West Indies


Start Date
ResultMarginVenueCountry

26 Jul, 2024

England

10 wickets

Edgbaston

England

18 Jul, 2024

England

241 runs

Trent Bridge

England

10 Jul, 2024

England

Inns & 114 runs

Lord’s

England

24 Mar, 2022

West Indies

10 wickets

St George's

West Indies

16 Mar, 2022

Drawn

-

Bridgetown

West Indies

8 Mar, 2022

Drawn

-

North Sound

West Indies

24 Jul, 2020

England

269 runs

Manchester

England

16 Jul, 2020

England

113 runs

Manchester

England

8 Jul, 2020

West Indies

4 wickets

Southampton

England

9 Feb, 2019

England

232 runs

Gros Islet

West Indies

31 Jan, 2019

West Indies

10 wickets

North Sound

West Indies

23 Jan, 2019

West Indies

381 runs

Bridgetown

West Indies

7 Sep, 2017

England

9 wickets

Lord's

England

25 Aug, 2017

West Indies

5 wickets

Leeds

England

17 Aug, 2017

England

inns & 209 runs

Birmingham

England


Test records England vs West Indies


West Indies’ Brian Lara has twice broken the record for the highest Test score of all time in Tests against England… and both Tests were played at St John's in Antigua. Lara broke West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers’ then-record score of 365 not out when he scored 375 against England in 1994. Lara again claimed the record when he scored 400* against England in 2004. 

England’s Andy Sandham racked up the next-highest score in Tests between England and the West Indies when he scored 325 at Kingston in 1930. The highest score by an English batter against the West Indies in recent times was Alastair Cook’s 243 in 2017.

There have been eight 8-wicket hauls in an innings in matches between the two sides. Curtly Ambrose recorded the best figures when he took 8/45 at Bridgetown in 1990, followed by England’s Angus Fraser, with figures of 8/53 at Port of Spain in 1998. Fraser also features at fourth on the list for his 8/75 at Bridgetown in 1994. The late South African-born England all-rounder Tony Grieg is 5th on the list, having taken 8/86 at Port of Spain in 1974. 

Legends of England vs West Indies


The teams have played for the Wisden Trophy since 1963, but in 2022 it was replaced by the Richards-Botham Trophy, in honour of Somerset County Cricket pals Viv Richards (West Indies) and Ian Botham (England), two of the all-time greats of the game. 

Richards was a devastating batter who could take the best attacks apart with classic strokes to all parts of the ground. He had a Test average of 62.36 in 36 Tests against England, with eight centuries, and his highest Test score of 291 (386 balls) came in the win at The Oval in 1976. 

All-rounder Botham was also a hard-hitting batter and a versatile wicket-taker who was a 1980s version of Ben Stokes. Botham’s second-best Test bowling figures were 8/103 against the West Indies at Lord’s in 1984. In the same match, Botham made his highest score against the West Indies (81 off 111 balls), who were then arguably the most feared bowling attack in the history of Test cricket.

Test form


Prior to their 2024 series, England lost four and won one of their previous five Test matches. They lost their last Test to India by 64 runs. The West Indies lost three, drew one and won one of their last five Tests. They won their last Test against Australia by just 8 runs. 

2024 England vs West Indies Results


England won the 1st Test at Lord's (July 10-12) by an innings and 114 runs (WI 121 & 136; Eng 371).
England won the 2nd Test at Trent Bridge (July 18-22) by 241 runs (Eng 416 & 425; WI 457 & 143).
England won the 3rd Test at Edgbaston (July 26-28) by 10 wickets (WI 282 & 175; Eng 376 & 87/0).

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