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The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The largest victory for West Indies, which is the third largest, is their win against India in the third Test of the 1958–59 tour at the Eden Gardens, where the hosts lost by an innings and ...
Flag of the West Indies cricket team prior to 1999. West Indies won the inaugural World Cup in England in 1975, defeating Australia in the final. Then in 1975–76 they toured Australia, only to lose 1–5 in the six-Test series, and then beat India at home two-one in a four Test series later that same winter.
Viv Richards, who has a Test batting average of 50.23 from 121 matches, captained the West Indies from 1985–86 to 1991, a period throughout which the West Indies were the best Test match side in the world. When playing one-day cricket, the West Indies cricket team wear a maroon-coloured shirt and trousers.
Wicket Total Batsman vs Venue Year 1st: 298: Gordon Greenidge / Desmond Haynes: England: St John's: 1989–1990 2nd: 446: Conrad Hunte / Garry Sobers: Pakistan: Jamaica: 1957–1958 3rd: 338: Everton Weekes / Frank Worrell
West Indies cricket has a rich history. The West Indies men's team is currently ranked No. 8 in Tests, No. 10 in ODIs and at 3rd position in T20Is. India won two World Championship cups in 1975 and 1979 consequently under the captaincy of Sir Clive Lloyd. Test International- West Indies made their debut as a Test playing nation in 1928 against ...
This is a list of West Indian Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap. Those players who won their first Test cap in the same Test match as other players who had such a win, are listed alphabetically by ...
Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1946 to 1970. First-class cricket in the West Indies had begun in February 1865 and the federation began playing Test cricket in 1928, but it was not until the 1965–66 West Indian cricket season that a formal domestic competition was founded, this being the Shell Shield which has subsequently evolved into the Carib Beer Cup.