| West Indian cricket team in England in 1980 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| West Indies | England | ||
| Dates | 8 May – 14 August 1980 | ||
| Captains | Clive Lloyd | Ian Botham | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs |
Viv Richards (379) Desmond Haynes (308) |
Graham Gooch (394) Geoffrey Boycott (368) | |
| Most wickets |
Joel Garner (26) Michael Holding (20) |
Bob Willis (15) Ian Botham (14) | |
| Player of the series | Joel Garner (WI) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Gordon Greenidge (117) | Geoffrey Boycott (75) | |
| Most wickets | Michael Holding (5) |
Chris Old (3) Ian Botham (3) | |
The West Indian cricket team toured England in 1980, spending virtually the whole of the 1980 English cricket season in England. West Indies also played two matches in Ireland and two in Scotland.
The highlights of the tour were a two-match One Day International series for the 1980 Prudential Trophy and a five-Test series for the Wisden Trophy, both against the English cricket team. West Indies were captained by Clive Lloyd, and England by Ian Botham. The ODI series was tied 1–1, and the Test series was ruined by rain. West Indies won the First Test, but the following four were all drawn due to weather interruptions, so West Indies won the series 1–0.
During the second test at Lords, Viv Richards completed his 3,000 test runs in 54 innings at the time third fastest after Don Bradman and Everton Weekes.[1]
West Indies also played numerous matches against the first-class counties and other minor teams, winning many of them. West Indies were only beaten twice on the tour, by Essex in a 50-over warm-up match, and by England in the Second ODI, both at the end of May. Thereafter, they were unbeaten until the tour ended in August
- ^ "Records | Test matches | Batting records | Fastest to 3000 runs | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2022.