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Test Cricket Tours - West Indies to Australia 1981-82


 

 

Tour of Australia 1981-82              Captain: Clive Lloyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25th West Indies Test tour

 

Seventh Test-playing tour of Australia by West Indies

 

 

  (November 1981 -

                February 1982)

 

 

Australia's third twin-tour season was shared between West Indies and Pakistan and the three countries engaged in a triangular one-day series of unrelenting length, including four finals.  All along, it was clear that West Indies would win the Benson & Hedges Cup comfortably.

Because of the restrictive needs of the one-day game at the time, Harold Joseph, the 'mystery' spin bowler, did not play in a single match after Christmas. David Murray who broke a hand and Gus Logie, broken nose, were also unable to play for the last five weeks.

West Indies had now been engaged on cricket tours for half the time out of the last 2½ years - but there was no further tour for two years.

The selectors did not consider Kallicharran for the 1981-82 tour, nor again in future, because he was playing in South Africa for Transvaal.  Clarke, Croft and David Murray out of this tour group subsequently played in South Africa and also ruled themselves out of representing West Indies again on any future tours.

 

 

Other West Indies tours

 

 

Previous tour

Pakistan 1980-81

 

Next tour

India 1983-84

 


Next tour to Australia

1984-85

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party   (16)

 

 

Opening batsmen:  Faoud Bacchus,  Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes

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

Wicket-keeper  David Murray, Jeffrey Dujon.

Spin bowler  Harold Joseph

Fast bowlers  Sylvester Clarke, Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts.

 

 

 

S F A Bacchus

G

27

RHB

 

S T Clarke

B

27

RF

 

C E H Croft

G

28

RF

 

P J L Dujon

Ja

25

RHB   reserve WK

 

J Garner

B

29

RF

 

H A Gomes

T

28

LHB

 

C G Greenidge

B

30

RHB  opener

 

D L Haynes

B

25

RHB  opener

 

M A Holding

Ja

27

RF

 

H Joseph

T

25

LBG

 

C H Lloyd

G

37

LHB   captain

 

A L Logie

T

21

LHB

 

M D Marshall

B

23

RFM

 

D A Murray

B

31

WK

 

I V A Richards

L

29

RHB   vice-captain

 

A M E Roberts

L

30

RF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional representation :

 Shell Shield teams

B - Barbados (6)

G - Guyana (3)

Ja - Jamaica (2)

L - Leeward Islands (2)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (3)

 

 

  

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

 

(26 December 1981) :

         28 yrs  3 months

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Lloyd 82, Richards 44, Roberts 38, Greenidge 34, Holding 28, Garner 25, Croft 24, Haynes 21, Gomes 19, Bacchus 17, DA Murray 17, Marshall 12, Clarke 10, Dujon 0, Joseph 0, Logie 0.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Steve Camacho

Tour manager

Dennis Waight

Physiotherapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Clyde Walcott,  Calvin Wilkins,  Steve Camacho and  Clive Lloyd (co-opted).

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Clive Lloyd was appointed captain on 8 May and joined the selection panel.  Camacho was named manager, also in May.

Unlike in former years, the West Indies team was picked on performances in this year's Shell Shield competition.

Unavailable:  Alvin Kallicharran would not be selected because he was playing in Transvaal.

Tour Party Announced :  18 August 1981 in Barbados. 

Marshall (Hampshire), Lloyd, Holding (both Lancashire), Roberts (Leicestershire), Daniel, Richards, Garner (both Somerset), Clarke, Kallicharran (Warwicks) all playing county cricket.

Not selected :  Derick Parry, Everton Mattis, Lawrence Rowe, Wayne Daniel.

 

 

Time between selection and departure from West Indies

 80 days

 (18 August - 6?? November)

 

 

 

 

Travel

BridgetownQ  LondonQ  Adelaide

 

A West Indian under-26 team was touring Zimbabwe between 5 and 28 October including Bacchus, Marshall, Haynes, Joseph, Logie, Dujon, 

On x November 1981 the team flew from Barbados to London where all assembled, and landed in Sydney  on Sunday 8 November; they arrived in Adelaide on 10 November.  Lloyd stayed in London, with his wife who was unwell, and reached Adelaide on 12 November.

 

 

Time spent in Australia

   89 days

(8 November - 5 February)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection committee

 

Clive Lloyd,  Viv Richards,  Steve Camacho and Gordon Greenidge (?)  

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

None.  Gordon Greenidge suffered from an injured ligament in his knee throughout the tour. The WICB asked the selectors (Butcher, Walcott, Hendriks) to choose a stand-by who was Lawrence Rowe as he would be out of action for at least three weeks.

David Murray (broken hand) and Gus Logie (broken nose) were put out of the tour by injuries and Malcolm Marshall spent much of the tour incapacitated by a back injury but the West Indies did not need to call on any reserves.  If any of the fast bowlers had needed replacement, Wayne Daniel (Western Australia) and Franklyn Stephenson (Tasmania) were available as they were playing in Australia. 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

Adelaide

South Australia

Won 226 r

b

† Mildura

Victoria Country XI

Drawn

c

§ Melbourne

Pakistan (1st ODI)

Won 18 r

d

§ Sydney

Australia (2nd ODI)

Lost 7 w

e

Sydney

New South Wales

Won 9 w

f

† Orange

New South Wales Country XI

Won 54 r

g

§ Adelaide

Pakistan (3rd ODI)

Lost 8 r

h

Hobart

Tasmania

Drawn

i

Brisbane

Queensland

Won inns 92 r

j

† Caloundra

Queensland Country XI

Won 68 r

k

§ Perth

Pakistan (4th ODI)

Won 7 w

l

§ Perth

Australia (5th ODI)

Won 8 w

m

† Albany

Western Australia Country XI

Won 106 r

n

MELBOURNE

AUSTRALIA  First Test

LOST 58 r

o

SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA  Second Test

DRAWN

p

§ Melbourne

Australia (6th ODI)

Won 5 w

q

§ Sydney

Pakistan (7th ODI)

Won 7 w

r

§ Brisbane

Pakistan (8th ODI)

Won scoring rate

s

§ Brisbane

Australia (9th ODI)

Won 5 w

t

§ Sydney

Australia (10th ODI)

Lost scoring rate

u

§ Melbourne

Australia (ODI Final)

Won 86 r

v

§ Melbourne

Australia (ODI Final)

Won 128 r

w

§ Sydney

Australia (ODI Final)

Lost 46 r

x

§ Sydney

Australia (ODI Final)

Won 18 r

y

ADELAIDE

AUSTRALIA  Third Test

WON 5 w

 

 

 

 

§  Benson & Hedges World Series Cup ODIs

not first-class

 

 

 

Time spent in Australia before First Test:

 48 days

(8 November - 26 December)

 

 

 

 

 

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Test appearances on tour

 

3  -  Croft,  Dujon,  Garner,  Gomes,  Haynes,  Holding,  Lloyd,  Richards

2 -  Bacchus,  Greenidge,  D A Murray,  Roberts

1  -  Clarke

0 -   Joseph,  Logie,  Marshall.

 

Time from end of final Test until departure from Australia      2 days

(3 February - 5 February)

 

 

 

 

Match appearances

 

Australian tour 1981-82

 

 

 

 

 

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

 

 W won  L lost  D drawn T  tie

 N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result

 

 

 

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

S F A Bacchus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S T Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C E H Croft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P J L Dujon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J Garner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H A Gomes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C G Greenidge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D L Haynes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M A Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H Joseph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C H Lloyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A L Logie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M D Marshall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D A Murray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I V A Richards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A M E Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   RESULTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

  Michael Holding's 5-45 and 6-62 in the first Test at Melbourne was the best match return by a West Indian against Australia

   Larry Gomes, with a secure team place at last, scored centuries (126 and 124*) in the last two Tests

   The Test scores by Jeffrey Dujon, playing as a batsman, were 41, 43, 44, 48, 51 and 0*.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  3

  1

1

1

-

Other first-class matches

  4

  3

0

1

-

ϯ Minor matches

  4

  3

0

1

-

§ One-day internationals

14

10

4

0

-

All Matches

25

17

5

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to West Indies

 

SydneyQ  Bridgetown

 

The team flew out of Sydney on 5 February 1982.

Manager Steve Camacho and seven members of the West Indies team arrived in Barbados on 8 February. They were Richards, Bacchus. Logie, Dujon, Roberts, Murray and Garner. Gomes returned home to Port of Spain from the United States on Tuesday 9 February, following a private visit to the USA. Comacho and Dujon arrived at Norman Manley Airport, Kingston, on 10 February from Barbados. Camacho was taking a holiday in Jamaica.

Holding remained behind in Australia for about a week for a cartilage operation on his left knee.

 

 

Time away from West Indies

  94 days 

 (6 ?  November to 8 February)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

The West Indian Board called for a greatly inflated tour guarantee which was rejected by the Australian authorities.

 

 

 

Accounts of the tour

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

 

 




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