West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 1984/85 season

The West Indies cricket teams tour to Australia in the 1984/85 season took place from November 9, 1984 to January 2, 1985. The international cricket tour was part of the 1984/85 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The West Indies won the series 3–1.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in India , for the West Indies it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1983/84 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Hobart Melbourne Perth (WACA) Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	2nd test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	4th test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	1st test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	5th test

Squad lists

test
Australia	West Indies
Terry Alderman Murray Bennett David Boon Allan Border John Dyson Andrew Hilditch Rodney Hogg Bob Holland Merv Hughes Geoff Lawson Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Wayne Phillips Carl Rackemann Greg Ritchie Steve Rixon Kepler Wessels Graeme Wood Graham Yallop	Jeff Dujon Joel Garner Larry Gomes Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Desmond Haynes Michael Holding Clive Lloyd Malcolm Marshall Viv Richards Richie Richardson Courtney Walsh

Tour matches

October 19-22 Scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland 180 (77.1) & 10-1 (5.4)	-	West Indians 177 (42.2)
		draw

December 14th - 17th Scorecard	Davenport	West Indians 184 (48) & 364 (92.2)	-	Tasmania 387 (141.2) & 110-6 (31.5)
		draw

Testing

First test in Perth

November 9-12 Scorecard	Perth	West Indies 416 (123)	-	Australia 76 (31.2) & 228 (70.3) (f / o)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 112 runs

Second test in Brisbane

November 23-26 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 175 (55.4) & 271 (90)	-	West Indies 424 (112.4) & 26-2 (9.1)
		West Indies wins by 8 wickets

Third test in Adelaide

December 7-11 scorecard	Adelaide	West Indies 356 (122.2) & 292-7d (79.1)	-	Australia 284 (97) & 173 (50.5)
		West Indies wins with 191 runs

Fourth test in Melbourne

November 22-27 Scorecard	Melbourne	West Indies 479 (125.3) & 186-5d (58)	-	Australia 296 (91.5) & 198-8 (87)
		draw

Fifth test in Sydney

December 30th - January 2nd scorecard	Sydney	Australia 471-9d (156.2)	-	West Indies 163 (62.5) & 253 (84) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 55 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo