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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to West Indies 1990-91

 

 

Tour of West Indies 1990-91                 Captain: Allan Border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55th Test tour

 

Sixth Test-playing tour of West Indies by Australia

 

 

(February - May 1991)

 

Having won the one-day series by four matches to one, Australia looked well-placed to challenge West Indies for the unofficial world championship of Test cricket. But West Indies won the second and fourth Tests by huge margins before Australia took a consolation victory in the final Test.  While the West Indies' fast bowling established a dominance over the Australian batting, the tourists' bowling attack - McDermott apart - was too ordinary to present real problems on easy-paced Caribbean pitches. The lack of harmony between the sides while on the pitch formed an unfortunate impression of the series but this was Test cricket played hard.

Australia had fared better in the Cable & Wireless one-day series, winning four matches to one. The tour ended with the whole party flying to Bermuda for a series of friendly matches.

 

 

Other Australian Tours

 

Previous tour

New Zealand 1989-90

 

Next tour

Sri Lanka 1992-93

 

Next tour of West Indies

1994-95  

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party  (16)

 

 

Opening batsmen:  Geoff Marsh, Mark Taylor

Middle-order batsmen:David Boon, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh.

Wicket-keeper:  Ian Healy.

Spin bowlers:  Greg Matthews, Peter Taylor.

Fast bowlers:  Terry Alderman, Bruce Reid, Merv Hughes, Craig McDermott, Mike Whitney.

 

 

T M Alderman

WA

34

RFM

 

 

D C Boon

Tas

30

RHB opener

 

 

A R Border

Qld

35

LHB         SLA       captain

 

 

I A Healy

Qld

26

WK

 

 

M G Hughes

Vic

29

RFM

 

 

D M Jones

Vic

29

RHB

 

 

C J McDermott

Qld

26

RF

 

 

G R Marsh

WA

32

RHB opener       vice-captain

 

 

G R J Matthews

NSW

31

LHB          OB

 

 

B A Reid

WA

28

LFM

 

 

M A Taylor

NSW

26

LHB  opener  

 

 

P L Taylor

NSW

34

OB

 

 

M R J Veletta

WA

27

RHB       reserve WK

 

 

M E Waugh

NSW

26

RHB         RM/OB

 

 

S R Waugh

NSW

26

RHB         RM

 

 

M R Whitney

NSW

32

LFM

 

 

 

 

 

  

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State representation

  Sheffield Shield teams

NSW   New South Wales (6)

Qld  Queensland (3)

SA   South Australia (0)

Tas   Tasmania (1)

Vic   Victoria (2)

WA  Western Australia (4)

 

 

 

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

    (1 March 1991) :

        29 yrs  10 months

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Border 120,  Boon 53,  SR Waugh 42,  Marsh 41,  Alderman 40,  Jones 39,  Hughes 27,  Healy 26,  McDermott 26,  Matthews 26,  Reid 22,  M A Taylor 20,  PL Taylor 10,  Veletta 8,  Whitney 4,  ME Waugh 2.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Lawrie G Sawle

Tour manager

Bob Simpson

Coach

Errol Allcott

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Lawrie Sawle (Western Australia - chairman),  John Benaud (New South Wales),   Jim Higgs (Victoria),    Bob Simpson (New South Wales - coach)

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  Trevor Hohns (he was called out of retirement and bowled Queensland to victory over NSW but would not rejoin international cricket).

Tour Party Announced :  29 January 1991.

Not selected :   Carl Rackemann,  Darren Lehmann,  Damien Fleming,  Adrian Tucker and Simon O’Donnell (though he won the International Cricketer of the Year award as the outstanding player of the 1990-91 season)

 

 

Time between selection and departure from Australia         

    14 days

(29 January - 12 February)

 

 

 

 

Travel

Sydney  Q  London  Q  St Lucia

 

 

The Australians departed from Sydney on 12 February.  “The Australian squad of 16 spent one night at the Westbury Hotel in London, scene of much raucous celebrating during the 1989 Ashes tour.

They arrived at Hewanorra International Airport, Vieux Fort, St Lucia, on Thursday 14 February 1991 flying on to St Kitts for the start of their tour of the West Indies.

 

 

Time spent in West Indies

   x days

(14 February - 9 ? February)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection

 

Allan Border (captain),  Geoff Marsh (vice-captain),  Bob Simpson (coach),  Lawrie Sawle (manager).

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

None

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

Basseterre, St Kitts

West Indies Board President's XI

Drawn

b

Kingston

Jamaica

Won inns 137 r

c

§  Kingston

West Indies  (1st ODI)

Won 35 r

d

KINGSTON

WEST INDIES   First Test

DRAWN

e

§ Port of Spain

West Indies  (2nd ODI)

Won 45 r

f

§ Port of Spain

West Indies  (3rd ODI)

Lost 7 w

g

§ Bridgetown

West Indies  (4th ODI

Won 47 r

h

Pointe a Pierre

Trinidad and Tobago (3-day)

Drawn

i

ϯ Pointe a Pierre

Trinidad and Tobago(50 overs)

Won 26 r

j

§ Georgetown

West Indies  (5th ODI)

Won 6 w

k

GEORGETOWN

WEST INDIES   Second Test

LOST 10 w

l

Kingstown, St Vincent

West Indies under-23 XI  (4-day)

Drawn

m

PORT OF SPAIN

WEST INDIES 3rd Test

DRAWN

n

Bridgetown

West Indies Cricket Board XI

Drawn

o

BRIDGETOWN

WEST INDIES  Fourth Test

LOST 343 r

p

ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA

WEST INDIES  Fifth Test

WON 157 r

 

 

 

 

q

ϯ St George's, Bermuda

St George's C.C.

Won 18 r

r

ϯ St David's, Bermuda

Bermudan Board President's XI

Won 34 r

s

ϯ Somerset Field

Bermuda

Won 93 r

 

 

 

 

not first-class

 

§  one-day international (Cable & Wireless Series)

 

 

 

Time spent in West Indies before First Test: 

  15 days

(14 February - 1 March)

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

5 -  Boon,  Border,  Healy,  Hughes,  Jones,  McDermott,  Marsh,  M A Taylor,  M E Waugh.

2 -  Matthews,  Reid,  S R Waugh,  Whitney

1 -  Alderman,  P L Taylor

0 -  Veletta.

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   N

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

 W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  5

  1

2

2

-

Other first-class matches

  5

  1

0

4

-

ϯ Minor matches

  4

  4

0

0

-

§ One-day internationals

  5

  4

1

0

-

All Matches

19

10

3

6

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to Australia

Antigua  Q  Hamilton 

 Q  Sydney

 

 

A week after the final Test in Antigua the team returned by way of Bermuda where there were three one-day matches.

The team went to Bermuda “at the invitation of the local cricket community and Robert Stigwood, the famous film producer”  (Boon 1993)  Bermuda 1st match there 9 May last match 12 May 

Eleven of the sixteen players arrived home at Sydney early on Wednesday 15 May 1991 and flew on to their state airports.

Allan Border, Merv Hughes, Bruce Reid, Geoff Marsh and Greg Matthews remained to take holidays in the United States.

 

 

Time away from Australia

      94 days  

(12 February to 15 May)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

…..

 

 

 

 

Written accounts of the tour

 

"Calypso Cricket: The Inside Story of the 1991 Windies tour"  (1991) by Roland Fishman [Margaret Gee Publishing]

“Ashes to Ashes, Touring the West Indies with the 1991 Australian Cricket Team”  (1991) by Rod Nicholson & Tom Prior [Harper Collins Publishers, Australia]

"West Indies Tour Diary"   Steve Waugh   [Harper Sports].

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

 

 

 



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