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The West Indies cricket team that toured England in the 1928 season was the first to play Test cricket. The team was not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five of the 30 first-class matches played.
23 June 1928 England West Indies: 3–0 [3] — — — ... West Indies in England. Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 173: 23–26 June ...
1928 was the 35th season of County Championship cricket in England. The first Test series between England and West Indies team in England was won 3–0 by the host nation. Lancashire completed a hat-trick of titles.
Clifford Archibald Roach (13 March 1904 – 16 April 1988) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches later by the team's first double century. Roach played for Trinidad, but before having any great success at ...
The 1891–92 season had seen the first Inter-Colonial Tournament in the West Indies and these took place irregularly until the Second World War, winners in the inter-war period being: 1922-23 – Barbados; 1923-24 – Barbados; 1924-25 – Trinidad and Tobago; 1925-26 – Trinidad and Tobago; 1926-27 – Barbados; 1928-29 – Trinidad and Tobago
The West Indies made their first ever official tour to South Africa in 1998–99. It was a disaster, starting with player revolts and ending with a 5–0 defeat. The 1999 World Cup campaign ended in the group stages. The next year, England won a series against the West Indies for the first time in thirty-one years. The West Indies ended the ...
The Richards–Botham Trophy is a trophy awarded to the winner of Test cricket series played between England and the West Indies. [1] It is named after the former international players Viv Richards and Ian Botham, who played as rivals in West Indies–England fixtures, but were also team-mates at Somerset and good friends. [2]
The West Indies won by 217 runs, with Constantine taking three for 11; in the match as a whole he scored 121 runs and took five wickets. The third Test was drawn, leaving the final Test to decide the series. [30] After making a large total, the West Indies bowled England out twice to win by an innings and record their first Test series victory.