1st Test •
West Indies 2nd innings total of 47 All Out was the lowest innings score by the West Indies, a record which stood until being dismissed for 27 All Out against Australia in 2025. •
Stephen Harmison claimed his best
bowling figures of 7/12 in the 2nd innings of the 1st test. It is also the best bowling figures in
Sabina Park with figures of 12.3–8–12–7.
2nd Test • The second test win meant that
England retained the
Wisden Trophy.
3rd Test •
Matthew Hoggard claimed a
hat-trick in the
West Indies 2nd innings. Hoggard got
Ramnaresh Sarwan (caught),
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (lbw) and
Ryan Hinds (caught) in successive deliveries. This was the 33rd hat-trick in
Test cricket and the 10th hat-trick for an Englishman. • On the 3rd Test
England secured their first series win against the West Indies in the Caribbean since 1968.
4th Test •
Brian Lara's 400
not out is the
highest score in Test cricket. His 400 consisted of 582 balls and is the fifth longest innings in Test cricket lasting 778 minutes (12 hours 58 minutes). He hit 43 fours and 4 sixes. • Brian Lara is the 11th batsmen to hold the world record for the highest score in Test cricket and is the only person ever in Test cricket to regain the world record. • Brian Lara equaled
Don Bradman's record of two treble centuries. • Brian Lara also scored his 375 (then world record) total in
Antigua against England 10 years previously. •
Graham Thorpe was also present in Lara's 375 innings 10 years previously. • Brian Lara and
Ridley Jacobs 282 unbroken
partnership is a West Indian partnership record for the 6th wicket. • West Indies 751/5 is the 7th highest innings total in Test cricket and 2nd highest innings total for West Indies. == ODI series ==