Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to England 1984

Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to England 1984

Tour of England 1984 Captain: Clive Lloyd

27th official Test tour

Twelfth Test-playing tour by West Indies to England

(May - August 1984)

The West Indians became the first touring team in England to achieve a five-nil clean sweep (soon called a 'blackwash') in a full Test series. The success belonged to the fast bowlers. Allan Lamb alone resisted them successfully, and serious injuries were suffered by Andy Lloyd and Paul Terry in facing fast, short-pitched deliveries. The over rate was very slow but the West Indies Board rejected an English TCCB proposal that 96 overs should be bowled in each Test day's play.

The tourists also possessed batting in depth.

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

India 1983-84

Next tour

Australia 1984-85

Next England tour

1988

Members of the Test tour party

(16 + 1)

Opening batsmen: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes

Middle-order batsmen: Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Larry Gomes, Clive Lloyd, Gus Logie

Wicket-keepers Jeffrey Dujon, Thelston Payne

Spin bowler: Roger Harper

Fast Bowlers: Eldine Baptiste, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Milton Small (replaced by Winston Davis), Courtney Walsh.

E A E Baptiste	L	24	RFM

P J L Dujon	J	28	WK

J Garner	B	31	RF

H A Gomes	T	30	LHB

C G Greenidge	B	33	RHB opener

R A Harper	G	21	OB

D L Haynes	B	28	RHB opener

M A Holding	J	30	RF

C H Lloyd	G	39	LHB captain

A L Logie	T	23	LHB

M D Marshall	B	26	RF

T R O Payne	B	27	second WK

I V A Richards	L	32	RHB vice-captain

R B Richardson	L	22	RHB

M A Small	B	20	RFM

C A Walsh	J	21	RF

Regional representation :

B - Barbados (6)

G - Guyana (2)

J - Jamaica (3)

L - Leeward Islands (3)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (2)

W - Windward Islands (1 r)

Average age of team at time of first Test match (17 May 1984) 25 yrs 11 months

ODI Member of the squad for NatWest one-day series

Regional representation

Barbados 6, Jamaica 3, Leeward Islands 3 (all from Antigua), Trinidad & Tobago 2, Guyana 2. The reinforcement Winston Davis was from the Windward islands.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Lloyd 100, Richards 63, Greenidge 52, Holding 45, Haynes 40, Garner 37, Gomes 35, Marshall 27, Dujon 19, Logie 9, Davis 8, Harper 6, Richardson 6, Baptiste 4, Small 1, Payne 0, Walsh 0.

Team Officials

Jackie Hendriks	Manager
Walter St Hill	Assistant manager
Dennis Waight	Physiotherapist
Tony Smith	Baggage / driver

Selectors

C L Walcott (chairman), J L Hendriks, A G Ganteaume and C H Lloyd met in Antigua on 10 April, the rest day of the fourth Test match against Australia at St John's. The team was selected on Tuesday but the names were not released until late on Friday evening.

Selection

Unavailable: All members of the 'rebel' tour of South Africa.

Lloyd described banning those players as 'a blessing in disguise', allowing one or two fine, younger players to become established earlier than they otherwise might.

Tour Party Announced : 13 April 1984.

Not selected : Ralston Otto (Antigua), 26, who scored the highest run aggregate (572) since the Shell Shield's inception in 1966 ; George Ferris ; Michael Worrell (Barbados wicket-keeper).

Travel

On 13 May 1984 the team flew from Barbados to Heathrow Airport, London.

Between the third and fourth Test matches Garner was allowed to return to Barbados to attend the funeral of his uncle who had been murdered.

On-tour selection panel

Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Jackie Hendriks.

Reinforcements

Because Milton Small returned home early with a knee injury, Winston W Davis (St Vincent), 25, was conscripted from Glamorgan. He played in one Test and 3 other matches but his county needed him back in mid-August when SR Barwick was unfit.

Fixtures/Results

Worcester	Worcestershire	Drawn
Taunton	Somerset	Won
Somerset	Glamorgan	Won
† Liverpool	Lancashire	Won
§ Old Trafford	England (1st one-day)	Won
§ Trent Bridge	England (2nd one-day)	Lost
§ Lord's	England (3rd one-day)	Won
† Arundel	Duchess of Norfolk's XI	Won
† Oxford	Oxford & Cambridge Universities (2-day)	Drawn
Milton Keynes	Northamptonshire	Drawn
EDGBASTON	ENGLAND First Test	WON
† Dublin	Ireland (2-day)	Drawn
Chelmsford	Essex	Drawn
LORD'S	ENGLAND Second Test	WON
† Colwyn Bay	League Cricket Conference	Drawn
Leicester	Leicestershire	Drawn
HEADINGLEY	ENGLAND Third Test	WON
† West Bromwich	Minor Counties (2-day)	Drawn
Derby	Derbyshire	Won
OLD TRAFFORD	ENGLAND Fourth Test	WON
Trent Bridge	Nottinghamshire	Drawn
Lord's	Middlesex	Drawn
KENNINGTON OVAL	ENGLAND Fifth Test	WON
† Gillingham	Kent (Woolmer's benefit)	Won
† Taunton	Somerset (McCoombe's benefit)	Lost
The West Indians played an additional match at Taunton on 17 August at the end of the tour in memory of 'Jock' McCoombe, Somerset's liaison officer, who died in April. The match raised £5000 for his family.

§ ODIs: and Quadrangular Series in Ireland

† not first-class

Test appearances on tour

5 - Baptiste, Dujon, Garner, Gomes, Greenidge, Harper, Haynes, Lloyd, Richards,

4 - Holding, Marshall,

3 -

2 -

1 - Davis, Small.

0 - Logie, Payne, Richardson, Walsh.

Highlights

•

• Michael Holding (at The Oval) bowled off his long run up for the last time and took 5-43

• Desmond Haynes played a great innings of 125 at The Oval to keep the West Indies on top.

• West Indies achieved the first clean sweep in a five Test series in England, winning all 5 matches

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	5	5	0	0	-
Other first-class matches	9	3	0	6	-
† Minor matches	8	3	1	4	-
§ One-day internationals	3	2	1	0	-
All Matches	25	13	2	10	-

Return to West Indies

Departure was on 19 August 1984.

Courtney Walsh joined Gloucestershire for the last month of the season. None of the seven other tourists contracted to first-class counties appeared for them during 1984.

Holding arrived home in Jamaica on Wednesday evening 22 August.

In order to take a holiday, Lloyd delayed until September his return to Guyana. He then led a team in two 40-over matches to celebrate the 5-0 victory over England:

Bourda, Guyana M A Holding's XI beat C H Lloyd's XI

Shaw Park, Tobago H A Gomes's XI beat C H Lloyd's XI