West Indies cricket team in England in the 1988 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour to England in the 1988 season ran from May 19 to August 8, 1988. The international cricket tour was part of the 1988 international cricket season and included five tests and three ODIs . The West Indies won the Test Series 4-0 while England won the ODI Series 3-0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1985/86 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4. test; 2. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st test

Squad lists

test		ODI
England	West Indies	England	West Indies
Bill Athey Rob Bailey Chris Broad David Capel John Childs Chris Cowdrey Tim Curtis Phil DeFreitas Graham Dilley Paul Downton John Emburey Neil Foster Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Paul Jarvis Allan Lamb Matthew Maynard Martyn Moxon Derek Pringle Jack Richards Gladstone Small Robin Smith	Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Kenny Benjamin Jeff Dujon Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Desmond Haynes Carl Hooper Gus Logie Malcolm Marshall Patrick Patterson Viv Richards Richie Richardson Courtney Walsh	Chris Broad Phil DeFreitas Graham Dilley Paul Downton John Emburey Mike Gatting Graham Gooch Allan Lamb Monte Lynch Derek Pringle Neal Radford Gladstone Small	Curtly Ambrose Kenny Benjamin Ian Bishop Jeff Dujon Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Desmond Haynes Carl Hooper Gus Logie Malcolm Marshall Viv Richards Richie Richardson Phil Simmons Courtney Walsh

Tour matches

May 7-10 scorecard	Hove	West Indians 561-9d (146) & 305-5d (74)	-	Sussex 252 (77.5)
		draw

May 8th scorecard	Arundel	West Indians 201-5 (40/40)	-	Duchess of Norfolk's Invitation XI 135-5 (40/55)
		West Indians wins with 66 runs

May 12th scorecard	Birmingham	West Indians 279-5 (50)	-	Hampshire 186-6 (50)
		West Indians wins with 93 runs

May 14-15 Scorecard	Taunton	Somerset 113 (42.2) & 146 (56.2)	-	West Indians 251 (74) & 12-0 (1.5)
		West Indians wins with 10 wickets

May 25-27 Scorecard	Bristol	West Indians 257 (70) & 233 (59.3)	-	Gloucestershire 140 (34.5) & 98-1 (24)
		draw

May 28-30 scorecard	Worcester	Worcestershire 321-3d (96.1)	-	West Indians 170-5 (54)
		draw

June 8-10 scorecard	Manchester	West Indians 287-5 (103.2)	-	Lancashire 238-6 (80)
		draw

June 11-13 scorecard	Northampton	West Indians 288 (89.2) & 345-8d (105)	-	Northamptonshire 232 (92.2)
		draw

June 23rd - 24th scorecard	Cambridge	West Indians 355-9d (92.3)	-	Oxford and Cambridge Universities 38 (24.5) & 145 (48.3) (f / o)
		West Indians wins with one innings and 172 runs

June 25-26 Scorecard	Canterbury	West Indians 275 (95.4)	-	Kent 85 (36.5) & 151 (54.5) (f / o)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 43 runs

July 9-10 scorecard	Towbridge	West Indians 358-5d (92)	-	Minor Counties 18-1 (6)
		draw

July 13-15 Scorecard	Swansea	West Indians 302-3d (89) & 67-1 (23)	-	Glamorgan 180-5d (66)
		draw

July 16-18 scorecard	Leicester	West Indians 370 (104.3)	-	Leicestershire 90 (35.5) & 103-6 (f / o)
		draw

July 27-29 Scorecard	Nottingham	West Indians 362 (107) & 17-0 (2)	-	Nottinghamshire 247 (102.4)
		draw

July 30th - August 1st scorecard	Chelmsford	West Indians 378 (99.3) & 280-3d (71)	-	Essex 250-9d (82.5) & 113-5 (35.1)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Birmingham

May 19th scorecard	Birmingham	West Indies 217 (55/55)	-	England 219-4 (53/55)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Leeds

May 21 scorecard	Leeds	England 186-8 (55/55)	-	West Indies 139 (46.3 / 55)
		England wins with 47 runs

Third ODI in London

23/24 May scorecard	London (Lord's)	West Indies 178-7 (55/55)	-	England 180-3 (50/55)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Testing

First test in Nottingham

June 2-7 scorecard	Nottingham	England 245 (101) & 301-3 (108)	-	West Indies 448-9d (129.1)
		draw

Second test in London

June 16-21 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	West Indies 209 (67.5) & 397 (108)	-	England 165 (59) & 307 (86.5)
		West Indies wins with 134 runs

Third test in Manchester

June 30th - July 5th scorecard	Manchester	England 135 (60.2) & 93 (42.4)	-	West Indies 384-7d (140.1)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 156 runs

Fourth test in Leeds

July 21-26 Scorecard	Leeds	England 201 (69.1) & 138 (61.5)	-	West Indies 275 (81.2) & 67-0 (14.3)
		West Indies wins with 10 wickets

Fifth test in London

August 4-8 Scorecard	London (oval)	England 205 (90.3) & 202 (89.1)	-	West Indies 183 (59) & 226-2 (91)
		West Indies wins by 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo