History of cricket in the West Indies from 1990–91 to 2000

This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1991 to 2000.

Outstanding players during this period were Brian Lara, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose and Jimmy Adams.

Domestic cricket 1990–91 to 2000

Shell Shield winners

1990–91 Barbados
1991–92 Jamaica
1992–93 Guyana
1993–94 Leeward Islands
1994–95 Barbados
1995–96 Leeward Islands
1996–97 Barbados
1997–98 Leeward Islands shared with Guyana
1998–99 Barbados
1999–2000 Jamaica

International tours 1990–91 to 2000

Australia 1990–91

1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
2nd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
4th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 343 runs
5th Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – Australia won by 157 runs

South Africa 1991–92

1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 52 runs

For information about this tour, see : South African cricket team in West Indies in 1991-92

Pakistan 1992–93

1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 204 runs
2nd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn

England 1993–94

1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 8 wickets
2nd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by an innings and 44 runs
3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 147 runs
4th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – England won by 208 runs
5th Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn

For information about this tour, see : English cricket team in West Indies in 1993-94

Australia 1994–95

The West Indians went into the series having not lost a series in 15 years.

1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – Australia won by 10 wickets. The tourists' underdog status was amplified by pre-Test injuries to fast bowlers Craig McDermott and Damien Fleming. "Still, we somehow managed to catch them on the hop", wrote Paul Reiffel.^[1] Victory was secured within 3 days.

2nd Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn.

3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 9 wickets. Having endured substantial criticism from an enraged fourth estate for their lustreless display in the First Test, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, the Caribbean's last great fast-bowling pair, lifted the ante and biffed the Australians with a barrage of short-pitched bowling. It was, wrote Reiffel, "one of the greenest wickets I ever saw".^[1] Steve Waugh knocked up a courageous 63 in the first innings, priming him for his legendary effort in Jamaica.^[1]

4th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – Australia won by an innings and 53 runs. The final Test arrived with the scoreline one-all, and the crowd came out in force. "They were noisy, knew their cricket, and could be intimidating if you gave them room", Reiffel recalled. "[T]he bowl was resounding in anticipation [...]."^[1] The Australian strategy was to occupy the crease and compile as large a total as possible, fearing the fourth-innings pitch. Steve Waugh, coming in at 73 for three, joined his brother Mark, "batted magnificently and built a fortress strong enough to keep West Indies at bay. Mark nonchalantly scored a beautiful century before getting out, but by then he had helped Steve build a solid platform."^[1] Inspired by Waugh's intrepid double century and the West Indies' depleted psychological funds, Reiffel picked up three quick wickets on the second-last evening. By the reckoning of Reiffel, it was this match — and, more specifically, Waugh's century, "one of the greatest feats of batting I ever witnessed"^[1] — which signified the transition of cricketing supremacy from the West Indies to Australia. It also secured the Frank Worrell Trophy.

New Zealand 1995–96

1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 10 wickets
2nd Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn

India 1996–97

1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 38 runs
4th Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn
5th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn

Sri Lanka 1996–97

1st Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by 6 wickets
2nd Test at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown – match drawn

England 1997–98

1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 3 wickets
3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – England won by 3 wickets
4th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 242 runs
5th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
[ 6th Test] at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by an innings and 52 runs

For information about this tour, see : English cricket team in West Indies in 1997-98

Australia 1998–99 CI Link

1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – Australia won by 312 runs
2nd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 1 wicket
4th Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – Australia won by 176 runs

Zimbabwe 1999–2000

1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 35 runs
2nd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets

Pakistan 1999–2000

1st Test at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
2nd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
3rd Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by 1 wicket

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Reiffel, Paul: We'll take it from here: How Steve Waugh's Jamaica 200 marked the handing over of power from West Indies to Australia Cricinfo, 2 June 2008

External sources

CricketArchive – itinerary of events

West Indian cricket seasons

History of cricket in the West Indies to 1918 1919 to 1945 1946 to 1970 1971 to 1980 1981 to 1990 1991 to 2000 History of cricket in the West Indies from 2000–01 2005–06

International cricket tours of the West Indies

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1954–55 1964–65 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2008 2011–12 2015

Bangladesh	2004 2009 2014

England	1929–30 1934–35 1947–48 1953–54 1959–60 1967–68 1973–74 1980–81 1985–86 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2003–04 2008–09 2013–14 2014–15 2016–17

India	1952–53 1961–62 1970–71 1975–76 1982–83 1988–89 1996–97 2001–02 2006 2009 2011 2016

New Zealand	1971–72 1984–85 1995–96 2002 2012 2014

Pakistan	1957–58 1976–77 1987–88 1992–93 1999–2000 2005 2011 2013 2016

South Africa	1992 2001 2004–05 2010

Sri Lanka	1996–97 2003 2008

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2006 2009–10 2012–13

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	2007 2010 2016

Other tours

American	1887–88 1909 2004

Australian (WSC)	1978–79

Bermudian	1957–58 1982–83 1992–93 1993–94 2012–13

Canadian	1976 1984–85 1987–88 1988–89 2009–10 2011–12 2012–13

Dutch	2001

English	1894–95 1896–97 (Priestley) 1896–97 (Hawke) 1901–02 1904–05 1910–11 1912–13 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1931–32 1955–56 1956–57 1960–61 1969–70 1974–75 1991–92

Irish	2009–10 2013–14

Multi-national	1966–67

Scottish	2005–06

Sri Lankan	1995–96

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