England had just beaten Australia 3–1 in the 1985 Ashes. As with the 1980–81 tour, Guyana’s government rigidly refused to admit cricketers who had ever played in apartheid South Africa,[2] so England did not visit there. Antigua Sports Minister Lester Bird wished leading rebel player Graham Gooch to apologise and to promise he would never return to South Africa until apartheid was dismantled.[3] To compensate two Tests were scheduled for Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad, but for a time it was feared that the government there would follow Guyana and Bird and exclude or demand apologies from those linked to South Africa.
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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.[4] They almost lost their next game, against the 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.[5]
Things improved when they beat Jamaica, chiefly due to the batting of Gatting and Lamb and the bowling of Edmonds.[6]
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.[7]
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,[8] forcing the West Indies to bat again, but England were unable to resist the West Indies fast bowlers, especially debutant Patrick Patterson, and the game was over inside three days.[9]
They bounced back to win their next game, a one-day international against the West Indies due to a century from Graham Gooch.[11]
For the Second Test England decided to go with four specialist batsmen and lost the game.[12] England's star players (especially Ian Botham) continued to struggle, while Richie Richardson made a century and Malcolm Marshall took eight wickets. Assisted by John Emburey's bowling and a last wicket stand from Richard Ellison and Greg Thomas, England managed to take the match into a fifth day and take three of the mere five second-innings West Indies wickets they would take all series, but these were meagre achievements.[13]
The tour went downhill even further when they lost to Barbados by three wickets.[14]
The West Indies easily won the next one day international.[15] They won the 3rd test by an innings and 30 runs.[16] Then they won the 4th ODI by eight wickets.[17]
The West Indies won the 4th test by ten wickets.[18] They won the 5th handsomely as well,[19]Viv Richards scoring a century in 56 balls, which was at the time the fastest in terms of balls faced in Test match history.[20]
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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 English cricket team in West Indies in 1985 86 EnglandWest IndiesDates18 February 16 April 1986CaptainsDavid GowerViv RichardsTest seriesResultWest Indies won the 5 match series 5 0Most runsDavid Gower 370 Desmond Haynes 469 Most wicketsJohn Emburey 14 Joel Garner 27 Malcolm Marshall 27 Player of the seriesMalcolm Marshall WI One Day International seriesResultsWest Indies won the 4 match series 3 1Most runsGraham Gooch 181 Richie Richardson 204 Most wicketsNeil Foster 6 Malcolm Marshall 11 Contents 1 Background 2 Tour 3 Touring party 4 Test series 4 1 1st Test 4 2 2nd Test 4 3 3rd Test 4 4 4th Test 4 5 5th Test 5 One Day Internationals ODIs 5 1 1st ODI 5 2 2nd ODI 5 3 3rd ODI 5 4 4th ODI 6 References 7 Further readingBackground editEngland had just beaten Australia 3 1 in the 1985 Ashes As with the 1980 81 tour Guyana s government rigidly refused to admit cricketers who had ever played in apartheid South Africa 2 so England did not visit there Antigua Sports Minister Lester Bird wished leading rebel player Graham Gooch to apologise and to promise he would never return to South Africa until apartheid was dismantled 3 To compensate two Tests were scheduled for Queen s Park Oval in Trinidad but for a time it was feared that the government there would follow Guyana and Bird and exclude or demand apologies from those linked to South Africa Tour editThe 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 4 They almost lost their next game against the 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 5 Things improved when they beat Jamaica chiefly due to the batting of Gatting and Lamb and the bowling of Edmonds 6 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 7 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 8 forcing the West Indies to bat again but England were unable to resist the West Indies fast bowlers especially debutant Patrick Patterson and the game was over inside three days 9 England s next game against Trinidad and Tobago was a draw 10 They bounced back to win their next game a one day international against the West Indies due to a century from Graham Gooch 11 For the Second Test England decided to go with four specialist batsmen and lost the game 12 England s star players especially Ian Botham continued to struggle while Richie Richardson made a century and Malcolm Marshall took eight wickets Assisted by John Emburey s bowling and a last wicket stand from Richard Ellison and Greg Thomas England managed to take the match into a fifth day and take three of the mere five second innings West Indies wickets they would take all series but these were meagre achievements 13 The tour went downhill even further when they lost to Barbados by three wickets 14 The West Indies easily won the next one day international 15 They won the 3rd test by an innings and 30 runs 16 Then they won the 4th ODI by eight wickets 17 The West Indies won the 4th test by ten wickets 18 They won the 5th handsomely as well 19 Viv Richards scoring a century in 56 balls which was at the time the fastest in terms of balls faced in Test match history 20 Touring party editEnglandName Style Domestic teamCaptain and BatsmanDavid Gower LHB OB LeicestershireWicketkeepersPaul Downton RHB MiddlesexBruce French RHB NottinghamshireBatsmenMike Gatting RHB RM MiddlesexGraham Gooch RHB RM EssexAllan Lamb RHB RM NorthamptonshireTim Robinson RHB RM NottinghamshireWilf Slack LHB RM MiddlesexDavid Smith LHB RM WorcestershireAll RoundersIan Botham RHB RFM SomersetPeter Willey RHB OB LeicestershireSpin BowlersPhil Edmonds RHB SLA MiddlesexJohn Emburey RHB OB MiddlesexFast BowlersRichard Ellison LHB RFM KentNeil Foster RHB RFM EssexLes Taylor RHB RFM LeicestershireGreg Thomas RHB RF GlamorganTest series edit1st Test edit 21 23 February ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West Indies159 45 3 overs Graham Gooch 51 88 Patrick Patterson 4 30 11 overs 307 107 5 overs Gordon Greenidge 58 95 Richard Ellison 5 78 33 overs 152 42 5 overs Peter Willey 71 104 Joel Garner 3 22 9 overs 5 0 1 over Desmond Haynes 4 6 West Indies won by 10 wicketsSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires David Archer WI and Johnny Gayle WI Player of the match Patrick Patterson WI 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 edit 7 12 March ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West Indies176 44 4 overs David Gower 66 79 Malcolm Marshall 4 38 15 overs 399 104 4 overs Richie Richardson 102 140 John Emburey 5 78 27 overs 315 104 2 overs David Gower 47 74 Courtney Walsh 4 74 27 overs 95 3 30 3 overs Gordon Greenidge 45 55 John Emburey 2 36 10 overs West Indies won by 7 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires David Archer WI and Clyde Cumberbatch WI Player of the match Malcolm Marshall WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field Wilf Slack Eng and Thelston Payne WI made their Test debuts 3rd Test edit 21 25 March Scorecard nbsp West Indies v England nbsp 418 126 1 overs Richie Richardson 160 278 Greg Thomas 4 70 16 1 overs 199 52 4 overs Tim Robinson 43 71 Joel Garner 4 69 17 overs 189 59 overs David Gower 66 73 Malcolm Marshall 4 42 14 overs West Indies won by an innings and 30 runsKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires David Archer WI and Lloyd Barker WI Player of the match Richie Richardson WI England won the toss and elected to field Monday 24 March was a rest day 4th Test edit 3 5 April ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West Indies200 65 4 overs David Smith 47 79 Joel Garner 4 43 18 overs 312 90 1 overs Viv Richards 87 110 Ian Botham 5 71 24 1 overs 150 38 overs David Smith 32 48 Joel Garner 3 15 9 overs 39 0 5 5 overs Richie Richardson 22 15 West Indies won by 10 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires Clyde Cumberbatch WI and Sadique Mohammed WI Player of the match Viv Richards WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field 5th Test edit 11 16 April Scorecard nbsp West Indies v England nbsp 474 134 3 overs Desmond Haynes 131 283 Neil Foster 2 86 28 overs 310 107 4 overs David Gower 90 104 Joel Garner 4 67 21 4 overs 246 2d 43 overs Viv Richards 110 58 John Emburey 1 83 14 overs 170 79 1 overs Graham Gooch 51 143 Roger Harper 3 10 12 overs West Indies won by 240 runsAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua Umpires Clyde Cumberbatch WI and Lloyd Barker WI Player of the match Viv Richards WI England won the toss and elected to field Monday 14 April was a rest day One Day Internationals ODIs editWest Indies won the series 3 1 1st ODI edit 18 February 1986 ScorecardEngland nbsp 145 8 46 overs v nbsp West Indies146 4 43 5 overs GA Gooch 36 72 MD Marshall 4 23 10 overs CG Greenidge 45 80 GA Gooch 1 0 2 overs West Indies won by 6 wicketsSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires DM Archer and AJ Gaynor Player of the match MD Marshall WIN 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 edit 4 March 1986 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 229 3 37 overs v nbsp England230 5 37 overs IVA Richards 82 39 NA Foster 1 42 10 overs GA Gooch 129 118 J Garner 3 62 9 overs England won by 5 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires CE Cumberbatch and S Mohammed Player of the match GA Gooch ENG England won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 37 overs per side WN Slack and DM Smith both ENG and CA Best WIN made their ODI debuts 3rd ODI edit 19 March 1986 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 249 7 46 overs v nbsp England114 39 overs RB Richardson 62 74 IVA Richards 62 53 NA Foster 3 39 9 overs RT Robinson 23 42 MD Marshall 3 14 6 overs West Indies won by 135 runsKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires DM Archer and LH Barker Player of the match IVA Richards WIN England won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 46 overs per side 4th ODI edit 31 March 1986 ScorecardEngland nbsp 165 9 47 overs v nbsp West Indies166 2 38 2 overs RT Robinson 55 107 MD Marshall 4 37 9 overs DL Haynes 77 114 NA Foster 1 27 6 overs West Indies won by 8 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires CE Cumberbatch and S Mohammed Player of the match J Garner WIN West Indies won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 47 overs per side References edit 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 p 27 Miller David 21 August 1985 Guyana Omitted from Schedule Selectors Insist on Independence The Times p 23 The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive Full scorecard of England vs West Indies 1st Test 1985 6 ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 21 June 2022 The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive Full scorecard of England vs West Indies 2nd Test 1985 6 ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 21 June 2022 The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive The Home of CricketArchive Caesar returns triumphant ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 21 June 2022 Further reading editEdmonds 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985 86 amp oldid 1165481816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
