The England cricket team toured the West Indies between 25 January 2009 and 3 April 2009.

However, the abandonment of the Second Test due to the conditions of the field at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua led to the rapid inclusion of an additional game staged at the Antigua Recreation Ground, resulting in a five-match, rather than four-match Test series.

The West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy by winning the Test series 1–0.

[citation needed] The players claimed confidence, the ICC rankings placed them comfortably ahead of their adversaries, and the pundits were, under the circumstances, fairly buoyant.

In The Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Boycott opined that, with a fit Andrew Flintoff, England ought to prevail easily: I am not saying it will be a walkover.