English national cricket team in the West Indies in the 1980-81 season

The tour of the England cricket team to the West Indies in the 1980/81 season took place from February 4 to April 15, 1981. The international cricket tour was part of the 1980/81 international cricket season and included four tests and two ODIs . The West Indies won both series 2–0.

prehistory

It is the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1980 season .

Stages

Bridgetown Kingstown St. John's Port of Spain

Tour venues

Kingston

Tour venues in Jamaica

Albion Georgetown (BCG)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Albion	Guyana	Albion Sports Complex	15,000	2. ODI
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	11,000	3rd test
Georgetown	Guyana	Bourda Cricket Ground	25,000	2nd test
Kingston	Jamaica	Sabina Park	20,000	5th test
Kingstown	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Arnos Vale Stadium	18,000	1. ODI
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	1st test
St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua Recreation Ground	12,000	4th test

Squad lists

The roster lists were announced before the tour.

test		ODI
West Indies	England	West Indies	England
Colin Croft Joel Garner Larry Gomes Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Michael Holding Clive Lloyd Malcolm Marshall Everton Mattis Junior Murray Viv Richards Andy Roberts	Bill Athey David Bairstow Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Mark Butcher Graham Dilley Paul Downton John Emburey Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Robin Jackman Geoff Miller Chris Old Brian Rose Graham Stevenson Peter Willey	Faoud Bacchus Colin Croft Joel Garner Larry Gomes Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Michael Holding Alvin Kallicharran Clive Lloyd Everton Mattis Junior Murray Viv Richards Andy Roberts	David Bairstow Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Mark Butcher Graham Dilley John Emburey Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Chris Old Graham Stevenson Peter Willey

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kingstown

February 4th scorecard	Kingstown	West Indies 127 (47.2)	-	England 125 (48.2)
		West Indies wins by 2 runs

Second ODI in Albion

February 26 scorecard	Albion	England 137 (47.2)	-	West Indies 138 (39.3)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Port of Spain

February 13-18 scorecard	Port of Spain	West Indies 426-9d (147)	-	England 178 (78) & 169 (99) (f / o)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 79 runs

Second test in Georgetown

February 28 - March 5 scorecard	Georgetown (BCG)	West Indies	-	England
		Called off

Third test in Bridgetown

March 13-18 scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 265 (90.1) & 379-7d (109)	-	England 122 (47.5) & 224 (91.2)
		West Indies wins with 298 runs

Fourth test in St. John's

March 27th - April 1st scorecard	St. John's	England 271 (90.2) & 234-3 (93)	-	West Indies 468-9d (155)
		draw

Fifth test in Kingston

April 10-15 Scorecard	Kingston	England 285 (83) & 302-6 (128)	-	West Indies 442 (163.1)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo