West Indies cricket team in England in the 1995 season

The tour of the West Indies cricket team to England in the 1995 season was held from 24 May to 28 August 1995th The international cricket tour was part of the 1995 international cricket season and included six test matches and three ODIs . The test series ended in a draw 2–2, while England won the ODI series 2–1.

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 1993/94 season in the West Indies .

Stages

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

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

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3rd test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1st test
The oval	London	23,500	6. Test & 2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test & 3rd ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4th test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	5th test & 1st ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
England	West Indies	England	West Indies
Mike Atherton ( K ) Dominic Cork John Crawley Phil DeFreitas John Emburey Angus Fraser Jason Gallian Darren Gough Graeme Hick Richard Illingworth Mark Ilott Nick Knight Devon Malcolm Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Steven Rhodes ( wk ) Jack russell ( wk ) Robin Smith Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Phil Tufnell Mike Watkinson Craig White	Richie Richardson ( K ) Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Kenny Benjamin Winston Benjamin Ian Bishop Courtney Browne ( wk ) Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Rajindra Dhanraj Ottis Gibson Carl Hooper Brian Lara Junior Murray ( wk ) Courtney Walsh Stuart Williams Vasbert Drakes	Mike Atherton ( K ) Dominic Cork Phil DeFreitas Neil Fairbrother Angus Fraser Darren Gough Graeme Hick Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Shaun Udal Alan Wells	Richie Richardson ( K ) Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Winston Benjamin Ian Bishop Sherwin Campbell Ottis Gibson Carl Hooper Brian Lara Junior Murray ( wk ) Courtney Walsh Stuart Williams

Test matches

First test in Leeds

June 8-11 scorecard	Leeds	England 199 (59.5) & 208 (67.2)	-	West Indies 282 (90.3) & 129-1 (19)
		West Indies wins with 9 wickets

Second test in London

June 22-26 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 283 (99.4) & 336 (99.1)	-	West Indies 324 (112) & 223 (78.3)
		England wins with 72 runs

Third test in Birmingham

July 6-8 scorecard	Birmingham	England 147 (44.2) & 89 (30)	-	West Indies 300 (98)
		West Indies wins with one innings and 64 runs

Fourth test in Manchester

July 27-30 scorecard	Manchester	West Indies 216 (60.2) & 314 (91.5)	-	England 437 (136) & 94-4 (35.5)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Fifth test in Nottingham

August 10-14 Scorecard	Nottingham	England 440 (152.4) & 269-9d (104)	-	West Indies 417 (184.3) & 42-2 (11)
		draw

Sixth test in London

August 24-28 Scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 454 (159) & 223-4 (98)	-	West Indies 692-8d (163)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Nottingham

24./25. May scorecard	Nottingham	England 199-9 (55)	-	West Indies 201-5 (52.4)
		West Indies wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in London

May 26th scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 306-5 (55)	-	West Indies 281 (53)
		England wins with 25 runs

Third ODI in London

May 28 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 276-7 (55)	-	West Indies 203 (48.2)
		England wins with 73 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo