English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985–86

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 Limited Overs International (LOI) series which the West Indies won 3–1.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets^[2]
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain – West Indies won by 7 wickets^[3]
3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown – West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs^[4]
4th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain – West Indies won by 10 wickets^[5]
5th Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by 240 runs^[6]

English Squad

England had just beaten Australia 3-1 during the 1985 Ashes.

The squad selected was as follows:

Batsmen - David Gower (captain), Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, Allan Lamb, Tim Robinson, Wilf Slack, David Smith
All rounders - Ian Botham, Peter Willey
Spinners - Phil Edmonds, John Emburey
Wicketkeepers - Paul Downton, Bruce French
Fast/medium bowlers - Richard Ellison, Neil Foster, Les Taylor, Greg Thomas

Tour

The tour began poorly for England, losing by 7 wickets to the Windward Islands despite a 77 from Mike Gatting and five wickets from Phil Edmonds.^[7] 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) they collapsed in the second and were lucky to escape with a draw.,^[8]

Things improved when they beat Jamaica, chiefly due to the batting of Gatting and Lamb and the bowling of Edmonds.^[9]

Gatting had been England's in form batsman of the tour, but in the first one-day game his nose was broken. England collapsed and the West Indies won easily.^[10]

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.^[11]

England's next game, against Trinidad and Tobago, was a draw.^[12]

They bounced back to win their next game, a one-day international against the West Indies due to a century from Graham Gooch.^[13]

For the second test England decided to go with four specialist batsmen and lost the game.^[14]

The tour went downhill even further when they lost to Barbados by three wickets.^[15]

The West Indies easily won the next one day international.^[16] The won the 3rd test by an innings and 30 runs.^[17] Then they won the 4th ODI by eight wickets.^[18]

The West Indies won the 4th test by ten wickets.^[19] They won the 5th handsomely as well.^[20]

References

↑ "England in the West Indies 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v England, First Test 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v England, Second Test 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v England, Third Test 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v England, Fourth Test 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v England, Fifth Test 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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International cricket tours of the West Indies

Test and LOI tours

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South Africa	1992 2001 2004–05 2010

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