High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Wisden Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Test cricket series played between England and the West Indies. It was first awarded in 1963 to commemorate the hundredth edition of Wisden Cricketers` Almanack. Series are played in accordance with the International Cricket Council`s future tours programme, with varying lengths of time between tours. If a series is drawn then the country holding the Wisden Trophy retains it.