English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985–86
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England | West Indies | ||
Dates | 18 February – 16 April 1986 | ||
Captains | David Gower | Viv Richards | |
Test series | |||
Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | David Gower (370) | Desmond Haynes (469) | |
Most wickets | John Emburey (14) |
Joel Garner (27) Malcolm Marshall (27) | |
Player of the series | Malcolm Marshall (WI) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | West Indies won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
Most runs | Graham Gooch (181) | Richie Richardson (204) | |
Most wickets | Neil Foster (6) | Malcolm Marshall (11) |
The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from February to April 1986 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 5—0. England were captained by David Gower; the West Indies by Viv Richards. In addition, the teams played a four-match One Day International (ODI) series which the West Indies won 3—1.[1]
Touring party[]
England | ||
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Name | Style | Domestic team |
Captain and Batsman | ||
David Gower | LHB, OB | Leicestershire |
Wicketkeepers | ||
Paul Downton | RHB | Middlesex |
Bruce French | RHB | Nottinghamshire |
Batsmen | ||
Mike Gatting | RHB, RM | Middlesex |
Graham Gooch | RHB, RM | Essex |
Allan Lamb | RHB, RM | Northamptonshire |
Tim Robinson | RHB, RM | Nottinghamshire |
Wilf Slack | LHB, RM | Middlesex |
David Smith | LHB, RM | Worcestershire |
All-Rounders | ||
Ian Botham | RHB, RFM | Somerset |
Peter Willey | RHB, OB | Leicestershire |
Spin Bowlers | ||
Phil Edmonds | RHB, SLA | Middlesex |
John Emburey | RHB, OB | Middlesex |
Fast Bowlers | ||
Richard Ellison | LHB, RFM | Kent |
Neil Foster | RHB, RFM | Essex |
Les Taylor | RHB, RFM | Leicestershire |
Greg Thomas | RHB, RF | Glamorgan |
Test series[]
1st Test[]
21-23 February
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5/0 (1 over)
Desmond Haynes 4* (6) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Smith, Greg Thomas (both Eng), Carlisle Best and Patrick Patterson (both WI) all made their Test debuts.
2nd Test[]
7-12 March
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Wilf Slack (Eng) and Thelston Payne (WI) made their Test debuts.
3rd Test[]
4th Test[]
3-5 April
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39/0 (5.5 overs)
Richie Richardson 22* (15) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
5th Test[]
One Day Internationals (ODIs)[]
West Indies won the series 3—1.
1st ODI[]
18 February 1986
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
- LB Taylor and JG Thomas (both ENG) and BP Patterson (WIN) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI[]
4 March 1986
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3rd ODI[]
19 March 1986
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
4th ODI[]
31 March 1986
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 47 overs per side.
Tour[]
England had just beaten Australia 3—1 in the 1985 Ashes. As in the 1980–81 tour, sanctions against apartheid South Africa meant that there was no tour of Guyana,[2] and to compensate two Tests were played at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.
The tour began poorly for England, losing by seven wickets to the Windward Islands despite a 77 from Mike Gatting and five wickets from Phil Edmonds.[3] They almost lost their next game, against Leeward Islands. After batting well in the first innings (Gatting, Gooch, Robinson and Lamb all scoring half centuries) England collapsed in the second and were lucky to escape with a draw.[4]
Things improved when they beat Jamaica, chiefly due to the batting of Gatting and Lamb and the bowling of Edmonds.[5]
Gatting had been England's in-form batsman, but in the first one-day game his nose was broken. England collapsed and the West Indies won easily.[6]
Gatting was unable to play in the first test, which the West Indies won easily. Richard Ellison took a five wicket haul and Peter Willey scored a second innings 71.[7]
England's next game, against Trinidad and Tobago, was a draw.[8]
They bounced back to win their next game, a one-day international against the West Indies due to a century from Graham Gooch.[9]
For the Second Test England decided to go with four specialist batsmen and lost the game.[10]
The tour went downhill even further when they lost to Barbados by three wickets.[11]
The West Indies easily won the next one day international.[12] They won the 3rd test by an innings and 30 runs.[13] Then they won the 4th ODI by eight wickets.[14]
The West Indies won the 4th test by ten wickets.[15] They won the 5th handsomely as well.[16]
References[]
- ^ "England in the West Indies 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ Woodcock, John (31 August 1985). "Guyana not Included for tour of W Indies". The Times.
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Further reading[]
- Edmonds, Frances (1986). Another Bloody Tour: England in the West Indies. The Kingswood Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0434980932. (by the wife of spin-bowler Phil Edmonds)
- 1986 in English cricket
- 1986 in West Indian cricket
- English cricket tours of the West Indies
- International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988
- West Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000