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The West Indian cricket team toured England in 1976, spending virtually the whole of the 1976 English cricket season in England. West Indies also played one match in Ireland in July. Having drawn the 1973-74 series in the West Indies, England started the series in confident mood, with their captain Tony Greig proclaiming before TV cameras that ...
Earlier in the 1975/6 Season the West Indies had toured Australia and played a six-Test series that was billed as an unofficial World Championship between the two strongest teams. While many of the West Indian players showed isolated evidence of their prodigious talent, the team as a whole suffered from disunity and ill-discipline and were ...
The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1975–76 season and played six Test matches and 1 ODI against Australia. The test series was built up as an unofficial World Championship series for the title of best test team in the world.
Viv Richards scored the most runs during the West Indies tour of England. Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 1976 The West Indies travelled to England on the back of a busy schedule which had seen them play Australia and India during the 1975–76 season , which led some commentators to speculate that they might be jaded. [ 3 ]
The West Indies cricket team made their tenth visit to England, under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd. [1] The first Test match was played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Viv Richards scored 232 runs for the West Indies in the first innings, and shared a partnership of 303 with Alvin Kallicharran. The West Indies ultimately batted for most of the ...
Pages in category "West Indian cricket tours of England" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... West Indian cricket team in England in 1976;
The emergence of Andy Roberts and Michael Holding at this time ensured that the first implementation of the new policy on the 1976 tour of England was a success. West Indies could still produce great batsmen too and few have been better than Viv Richards. The combination of outstanding pace bowling and top-class batting enabled West Indies to ...
The Australian women's cricket team toured the West Indies in May 1976. They played the West Indies women's cricket team in two Test matches, which were both drawn. [1] The matches were the first ever played by a combined West Indies women's team.