West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

West Indians in England in 1988
 
  West Indies England
Dates 7 May – 8 August 1988
Captains IVA Richards MW Gatting
JE Emburey
CS Cowdrey
GA Gooch
Test series
Result West Indies won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs AL Logie (364) GA Gooch (459)
Most wickets MD Marshall (35) GR Dilley (15)
Player of the series GA Gooch (Eng) and MD Marshall (WI)
One Day International series
Results England won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs CG Greenidge (78) MW Gatting (140)
Most wickets IR Bishop (4) GC Small (6)
Player of the series MW Gatting (Eng) and MD Marshall (WI)

The West Indian cricket team played 16 first-class cricket matches in England in 1988, under the captaincy of Viv Richards. They enjoyed considerable success during the tour, while England endured a "disastrous summer" of continuous change.[1]

England easily won the initial three-match One Day International (ODI) series, retaining the Texaco Trophy and raising expectations for a successful summer in the five-match Test series to follow. However, the West Indies comfortably retained the Wisden Trophy by winning the Test series 4–0. The players of the Test series were Malcolm Marshall for West Indies for his 35 wickets and Graham Gooch for England, who scored 459 runs and ended the summer as captain.

In Test match cricket, the captain is an important role and one which is usually relatively stable. This tour has become known in cricketing circles as the "summer of four captains" as England used four different captains in the five Test matches.[2][3][4] The win set a high water mark for West Indian fortunes in Test cricket in England. The 1988 series proved to be the culmination of a 25-year run of almost uninterrupted success, but they have failed to win a single series in England in the 36 subsequent years.

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