England West Indies Most runs David Gower (370) | Captains David Gower Most wickets John Emburey (14) | |
Dates 18 February – 16 April 1986 Result West Indies won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from February to April 1986 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 5–0. England were captained by David Gower; the West Indies by Viv Richards. In addition, the teams played a four-match One Day International (ODI) series which the West Indies won 3–1.
Tour
England had just beaten Australia 3-1 in the 1985 Ashes.
The tour began poorly for England, losing by 7 wickets to the Windward Islands despite a 77 from Mike Gatting and five wickets from Phil Edmonds. They almost lost their next game, against Leeward Islands - after batting well in the first innings (Gatting, Gooch, Robinson and Lamb all scoring half centuries) they collapsed in the second and were lucky to escape with a draw.,
Things improved when they beat Jamaica, chiefly due to the batting of Gatting and Lamb and the bowling of Edmonds.
Gatting had been England's in form batsman of the tour, but in the first one-day game his nose was broken. England collapsed and the West Indies won easily.
Gatting was unable to play in the first test, which the West Indies won easily. Richard Ellison took a five wicket haul and Peter Willey scored a second innings 71.
England's next game, against Trinidad and Tobago, was a draw.
They bounced back to win their next game, a one-day international against the West Indies due to a century from Graham Gooch.
For the second test England decided to go with four specialist batsmen and lost the game.
The tour went downhill even further when they lost to Barbados by three wickets.
The West Indies easily won the next one day international. The won the 3rd test by an innings and 30 runs. Then they won the 4th ODI by eight wickets.
The West Indies won the 4th test by ten wickets. They won the 5th handsomely as well.