West Indian cricket team in England in 1995

Infobox_Cricket_series_begin
series_name = West Indian cricket team in England in 1995
team1_

team1_name = West Indies
team2_
| team2_name = England
from_date = 13 May
to_date = 3 September 1995
team1_captain = Richie Richardson
team2_captain = Mike Atherton
Infobox_Cricket_series_tests
no_of_tests = 6
team1_tests_won = 2
team2_tests_won = 2
team1_tests_most_runs = Brian Lara
(765)
team2_tests_most_runs = Graham Thorpe (506)
team1_tests_most_wickets = Ian Bishop (27)
team2_tests_most_wickets = Dominic Cork (26)
player_of_test_series = Mike Atherton (England) and Brian Lara (West Indies)
Infobox_Cricket_series_ODI
no_of_ODIs = 3
team1_ODIs_won = 1
team2_ODIs_won = 2
team1_ODIs_most_runs = Brian Lara (120)

team2_ODIs_most_runs = Mike Atherton (227)

team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Winston Benjamin (4)
team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Peter Martin (6)
player_of_ODI_series = Mike Atherton (England) and Junior Murray (West Indies)

The West Indian cricket team toured England from 13 May to 3 September 1995 as part of the 1995 English cricket season. The tour included six Tests and three One Day Internationals. The Test series was drawn 2-2 while the ODI series finished 2-1 to England.

This was Ray Illingworth's first series in charge as England Team Manager as well as Chairman of Selectors, having sacked Keith Fletcher earlier in the year after the Ashes defeat.

Overview

Both sides came into this series with the Australians as their most recent opponents. England's 3-1 defeat in the Ashes series in Australia was considered a real disappointment, and ultimately led to the dismissal of Team Manager Keith Fletcher. Long-serving former captains Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting retired from International cricket after the tour, having had disappointing campaigns. The West Indians' home defeat by the Australians was a more closely-fought affair, with Brian Lara (308 runs at 44) Curtley Ambrose (20 wickets at 21.55) and Courtney Walsh (13 at 19.84) all performing strongly against a touring team shorn of the injured Craig McDermott, but with strong back-up in the form of Glenn McGrath and Paul Reiffel.

The West Indians defeat became a symbolic point in the exchange of power between the two nations, ending their all-dominant form and signalling Australia overtaking them as the leading cricketing nation.

For England, Mike Atherton was retained as captain, though his appointment was only confirmed on the eve of the season, and the One Day International series saw debuts for Lancashire's Peter Martin and Kent's Alan Wells, while the West Indies blooded Ottis Gibson, a fiery all-rounder from Barbados. The early part of the tour was hampered by the weather, with the first ODI going into the reserve day.

West Indian concerns at the start of the summer surrounded the form of captain Richie Richardson, who began the tour with a run of low scores, and a series of injuries to bowlers' backs, allegedly a result of sleeping on soft beds. [ [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995/WI_IN_ENG/WI_SOMERSET_19-21MAY1995_MR] Report of tour match v Somerset, Day 3, by Scyld Berry, Electronic Telegraph, 21 May 1995, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 30 January 2008]

quads

Notes

External links

* [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1995/WI_IN_ENG/ Cricinfo complete itinerary of tour]

References

* "Playfair Cricket Annual"
* "Wisden Cricketers Almanack" (annual)