Playthrough - England in the 1990s... and beyond

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

Inspired by @blockerdave 's thread I thought I'd do the same thing with England's Test tours of the 90s. I'll be using the "All-Time Greats Series" mode on Cricket Captain, which is quite ironic given that I'm playing through as 1990s England. My plan to play a series a fortnight or so. A few things to note:

My opposition will be as close to real life as possible (some players might get injured during the series where they didn't in real life).
I will have the freedom to deviate from the cricket-on-drugs selection policy of 1990s England.
Cricket Captain will only let me play one-, three- or five-Test series, so I'll change the series lengths a little bit.
I will probably try to put adjusted career stats together at the end.

Itinerary

Rebel Tour called off at 11th hour; prospective tourists escape bans

1989-90 - Barrington Medal: Robin Smith

West Indies vs England

- 5 Tests - Drawn 2-2

1990 - Barrington Medal: Phil Tufnell

England vs New Zealand

- 3 Tests - Won 2-1

England vs India

- 3 Tests - Lost 3-0

1990-91 - Barrington Medal: Tim Robinson

Australia vs England

- 5 Tests - Won 1-0

1991 - Barrington Medal: Graham Gooch

England vs West Indies

- 5 Tests - Lost 2-1 - "Gooch's Series"

England vs Sri Lanka

- 1 Test - Won 1-0

1991-92 - Barrington Medal: Graham Gooch

New Zealand vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 2-0

1992 - Barrington Medal: Graham Gooch

England vs Pakistan

- 5 Tests - Lost 3-2

1992-93 - Barrington Medal: Phil Tufnell

India vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 2-1

Sri Lanka vs England

- 1 Test - Won 1-0

1993 - Barrington Medal: Phillip DeFreitas

England vs Australia

- 5 Tests - Won 3-2

1993-94 - Barrington Medal: Phillip DeFreitas

West Indies vs England

- 5 Tests - Won 2-1

1994 - Barrington Medal: Michael Atherton

England vs New Zealand

- 3 Tests - Won 1-0

England vs South Africa

- 3 Tests - Won 1-0

1994-95 - Barrington Medal: Robin Smith

Australia vs England

- 5 Tests - Won 1-0 - "The Miracle at The WACA"

1995 - Barrington Medal: Devon Malcolm

England vs West Indies

- 5 Tests - Won 3-1

1995-96 - Barrington Medal: Alec Stewart

South Africa vs England

- 5 Tests - Lost 2-1

1996 - Barrington Medal: Alec Stewart

England vs India

- 3 Tests - Won 2-0

England vs Pakistan

- 3 Tests - Lost 2-1

1996-97 - Barrington Medal - Craig White

Zimbabwe vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 3-0

New Zealand vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 2-0

1997 - Barrington Medal - Graham Thorpe

England vs Australia

- 5 Tests - Drawn 2-2 - "Hick's London Rescue"

1997-98 - Barrington Medal - Graeme Hick

West Indies vs England

- 5 Tests - Won 4-0

1998 - Barrington Medal - Dean Headley

England vs South Africa

- 5 Tests - Lost 3-1

England vs Sri Lanka

- 1 Test - Won 1-0

1998-99 - Barrington Medal - Dean Headley

Australia vs England

- 5 Tests - Won 1-0 - "The Boxing Day Heist"

1999 - Barrington Medal - Craig White

England vs New Zealand

- 4 Tests - Drew 2-2

1999-2000 - Barrington Medal - Graham Thorpe

South Africa vs England

- 5 Tests - Lost 2-1 - Hansie Cronje later subject to match-fixing allegations surrounding the second Test at Port Elizabeth.

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STATS SNAPSHOT AT THE END OF THE 90s
ENGLAND'S TEAM OF THE DECADE
- - -

2000 - Barrington Medal: Marcus Trescothick

England vs Zimbabwe

- 2 Tests - Won 2-0

England vs West Indies

- 5 Tests - Drew 2-2 - Trescothick's unbeaten Test

2000-01 - Barrington Medal: Nick Knight

Pakistan vs England

- 3 Tests - Drew 1-1

Sri Lanka vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 3-0

2001 - Barrington Medal: Craig White

England vs Pakistan

- 2 Tests - Drew 1-1

England vs Australia

- 5 Tests - Lost 3-1

2001-02 - Barrington Medal: Alec Stewart

India vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 1-0

New Zealand vs England

- 3 Tests - Won 2-1

2002 - Barrington Medal: Simon Jones

England vs Sri Lanka

- 3 Tests - Won 3-0

England vs India

- 4 Tests - Won 4-0 - Tufnell's fairytale farewell

2002-03 - Barrington Medal: Alec Stewart

Australia vs England

- 5 Tests - Lost 4-0

2003 - Barrington Medal: Matthew Hoggard

England vs Zimbabwe

- 2 Tests - Won 2-0

England vs South Africa

- 5 Tests - Won 5-0

2003-04 - Barrington Medal: Andrew Flintoff

Bangladesh vs England

- 2 Tests - Won 2-0

Sri Lanka vs England

- 3 Tests - Drew 1-1

West Indies vs England

- 4 Tests - Won 4-0

2004 - Barrington Medal: Marcus Trescothick

England vs New Zealand

- 3 Tests - Won 3-0

England vs West Indies

- 4 Tests - Won 4-0

2004-05

South Africa vs England

- 5 Tests

2005

England vs Bangladesh

- 2 Tests

England vs Australia

- 5 Tests

- - -

That'll be the next "To Be Continued..." point

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

Australia

are the Bannerman Shield holders

Champion Team as of 29 Jan 1975: West Indies

Champion Team as of 21 Apr 1994: England

Champion Team as of 25 Aug 1996: Pakistan

Champion Team as of 27 Oct 1997: South Africa

Champion team as of 12 Mar 2002: Australia

Next series: 2006-07 Ashes vs England.

World Test Rankings, as of 31 Mar 2002
Minumum qualification: 5 series

Rank	Team	Rating
1	South Africa	800
2	Australia	733
3	England	688
4	Sri Lanka	500
5	Pakistan	470
6	West Indies	469
7	New Zealand	411
8	India	353
9	Zimbabwe	250
10	Bangladesh	0

*If two teams are level on points, their head-to-head against each other is taken into consideration

Opp.	Home	Away
	-	-
	L (1-0)	W (3-1)
	W (3-0)	L (2-1)
	D (0-0)	W (3-0)
	W (2-1)	W (1-0)
	W (3-0)	W (2-1)
	W (3-0)	L (1-0)
	W (5-0)	D (2-2)
	-	W (1-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	-	-
	-	-
	L (1-0)	-
	-	L (2-0)
	L (2-0)	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	L (1-0)	L (2-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	L (3-1)	W (1-0)
	-	-
	W (2-0)	W (1-0)
	D (2-2)	W (2-1)
	D (1-1)	D (1-1)
	L (3-1)	L (2-1)
	W (1-0)	W (3-0)
	D (2-2)	W (4-0)
	W (2-0)	W (3-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	W (2-1)	L (3-0)
	-	W (1-0)
	L (1-0)	L (2-0)
	W (1-0)	L (1-0)
	L (1-0)	D (0-0)
	L (2-0)	L (2-0)
	D (0-0)	L (2-1)
	D (1-1)	L (1-0)
	W (2-0)	D (1-1)

Opp.	Home	Away
	L (3-0)	D (0-0)
	W (2-0)	-
	L (2-1)	D (2-2)
	W (1-0)	L (1-0)
	D (1-1)	D (1-1)
	L (1-0)	L (2-0)
	W (2-0)	L (1-0)
	W (2-0)	L (1-0)
	D (0-0)	W (2-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	L (1-0)	L (2-1)
	-	W (2-0)
	D (1-1)	D (1-1)
	D (0-0)	W (1-0)
	D (1-1)	D (1-1)
	L (1-0)	D (1-1)
	L (3-0)	W (2-0)
	W (2-0)	L (1-0)
	L (1-0)	W (1-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	L (2-1)	L (3-0)
	-	-
	W (2-1)	W (3-1)
	W (2-0)	W (2-0)
	W (2-0)	W (1-0)
	D (1-1)	W (1-0)
	W (2-0)	D (1-1)
	W (4-0)	W (2-1)
	-	W (1-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	W (1-0)	L (3-0)
	-	-
	L (1-0)	L (3-0)
	W (2-1)	D (0-0)
	W (1-0)	L (2-0)
	L (2-0)	W (3-0)
	D (1-1)	L (2-0)
	W (3-0)	L (1-0)
	W (3-0)	W (1-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	D (2-2)	L (5-0)
	-	-
	L (4-0)	D (2-2)
	W (1-0)	D (1-1)
	W (1-0)	L (2-0)
	W (1-0)	L (2-0)
	L (2-1)	L (4-0)
	W (1-0)	L (3-0)
	W (2-0)	W (1-0)

Opp.	Home	Away
	L (1-0)	-
	W (2-0)	W (1-0)
	L (3-0)	L (2-0)
	D (1-1)	L (2-0)
	L (2-0)	D (0-0)
	L (1-0)	W (1-0)
	L (1-0)	-
	L (1-0)	L (3-0)
	L (1-0)	L (2-0)

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

Records

Highest Innings Score
for 748 all out vs Sri Lanka, Kandy 2003
vs 571 all out, Australia, Adelaide Oval 1991

Lowest Innings Score
for 72 all out vs Australia, Trent Bridge 2001
vs 62 all out, India, Trent Bridge 1996

Highest Innings
for 294, Graham Gooch vs West Indies, The Oval 1991
vs 239*, Brian Lara, West Indies, Kensington Oval 1994

Best Innings Bowling
for 8 for 47, Peter Such vs India, Calcutta 1993
vs 8 for 79, Javagal Srinath, India, Lord's 1996

Best Match Bowling
for 12 for 173, Phil Tufnell vs Sri Lanka, Colombo, 1993
vs 12 for 152, Javagal Srinath, India, Lord's 1996

Most Test Match Runs (Progressive Record)

Graham Gooch - 11,242 runs, reached vs West Indies, 13th August 1995
expected to hold record until either 2006 (Brian Lara) or 2008 (Sachin Tendulkar)

First Test Bowler to 500 Wickets

Phil Tufnell - 500th wicket vs Sri Lanka

, 15th June 2002

All-Time Record for Most Runs in a Series
1016 - Graham Gooch vs West Indies, 1991

Opening Batsman Not Out in Both Innings of a Test
120* and 52* - Marcus Trescothick vs West Indies, 2000

Highest Score by an England Wicket-Keeper
154 - Chris Read vs New Zealand, 2004

Tied Test Match

Australia vs England

, The WACA 1995

Partnerships
1. 323 - Mike Atherton & Alec Stewart vs India

1996
2. 418 - Nick Knight & Alec Stewart vs New Zealand

2002
3. 325 - Graham Gooch & Robin Smith vs West Indies

1991
4. 252 - Alec Stewart & Graham Thorpe vs Sri Lanka

2001
5. 313 - Graham Thorpe & Andrew Flintoff vs India

2002
6. 231 - Nasser Hussain & Chris Read vs New Zealand

2004
7. 174 - Chris Lewis & Phillip DeFreitas vs Australia

1993
8. 110 - Jack Russell & Dominic Cork vs South Africa

1995
9. 207 - Graham Thorpe & Ryan Sidebottom vs Sri Lanka

2003
10. 68 - Ian Salisbury & Phil Tufnell vs India

2001

Most Test Runs for England
1.

Graham Gooch - 11,242 runs @ 48.04 (28 centuries, best 294)
2.

Alec Stewart - 9,846 runs @ 45.58 (25 centuries, best 284)
3.

David Gower - 8,506 runs @ 42.96 (15 centuries, best 215)

Most Test Wickets for England
1.

Phil Tufnell - 511 wickets @ 29.81 (31 5WI, best 8/114)
2.

Ian Botham - 400 wickets @ 28.13 (27 5WI, best 8/34)
3.

Bob Willis - 325 wickets @ 25.20 (16 5WI, best 8/43)

Honours Board

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

Career Statistics
Includes all players who debuted before 1990 and played from that date onwards either in real life or in this universe.
These stats are being reproduced from a Google Sheet here.

Cap Numbers

Player	#	Debut	Last Test
Graham Gooch	461	v (1), 1975	v (5), 1995
Ian Botham	474	v (3), 1977	v (3), 1990
Mike Gatting	477	v (3), 1977-78	v (2), 1992-93
David Gower	479	v (1), 1978	v (2), 1991
John Emburey	480	v (3), 1978	v (4), 1989
Wayne Larkins	484	v (3), 1979-80	v (1), 1990
Allan Lamb	494	v (1), 1982	v (4), 1989-90
Derek Pringle	495	v (1), 1982	v (6), 1989
Eddie Hemmings	497	v (1), 1982	v (5), 1989-90
Neil Foster	502	v (3), 1983	v (1), 1992
Tim Robinson	511	v (1), 1984	v (5), 1991
Gladstone Small	521	v (2), 1986	v , 1991
Phillip DeFreitas	522	v (1), 1986-87	v (1), 1995-96
Neil Fairbrother	525	v (1), 1987	v (3), 1987-88
David Capel	526	v (3), 1987	v (6), 1989
Paul Jarvis	527	v (1), 1987-88	v (5), 1992
Robin Smith	530	v (4), 1988	v (5), 1997
Rob Bailey	531	v (5), 1988	v (4), 1991
Matt Maynard	532	v (5), 1988	only Test
Syd Lawrence	534	v , 1988	v , 1991
Phil Newport	535	v , 1988	v (1), 1989
Jack Russell	536	v , 1988	v (5), 1998
Angus Fraser	537	v (3), 1989	v ,1998
Michael Atherton	538	v (5), 1989	v (5), 2001
Devon Malcolm	539	v (5), 1989	v (3), 1996
Alan Igglesden	540	v (6), 1989	only Test
- - - - - - - - - -	- - -	- - - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - - -
Alec Stewart	542	v (1), 1989-90	v (5), 2002-03
Phil Tufnell	543	v (1), 1989-90	v (1), 2002
Chris Lewis	544	v (4), 1989-90	v (3), 1996
Graeme Hick	545	v (5), 1989-90	v (5), 2002-03
Martin Bicknell	546	v (3), 1990	v (2), 2000-01
Steve Watkin	547	v (1), 1991	v (2), 1991
Peter Such	548	v (3), 1991	v (3), 1996-97
Ian Salisbury	549	v (1), 1992-93	v (2), 2003-04
Mark Ramprakash	550	v (2), 1992-93	v (3), 2002-03
Dermot Reeve	551	v (3), 1992-93	only Test
Andy Caddick	552	v (2), 1993	v (3), 2001-02
Nasser Hussain	553	v (3), 1993	v (4), 2004
Mark Ilott	554	v (4), 1993-94	only Test
Graham Thorpe	555	v (4), 1993-94	v (4), 2004
Darren Gough	556	v (1), 1994	v (3), 2001
Dominic Cork	557	v (2), 1994	v (3), 1999-00
Richard Blakey	558	v (3), 1994	v (3), 1996-97
Glen Chapple	559	v (4), 1994-95	v (2), 2000
Richard Johnson	560	v (2), 1995	only Test
Mark Alleyne	561	v (5), 1995	v (3), 1996-97
Robert Croft	562	v (5), 1995-96	v (4), 1998
Nick Knight	563	v (5), 1995-96	v (3), 2003-04
Mark Butcher	564	v (1), 1996-97	v (5), 2003
Alan Mullally	565	v (1), 1996-97	v (5), 2002-03
John Crawley	566	v (2), 1996-97	v (2), 2000
Dean Headley	567	v (2), 1996-97	v (3), 1999
Craig White	568	v (2), 1996-97	v (2), 2002
Ben Hollioake	569	v (3), 1997	v (1), 2003-04
Paul Nixon	570	v (5), 1997-98	v (4), 2001
Andrew Flintoff	571	v ,1998	v (4), 2004
Mal Loye	572	v ,1998	v (3), 1999
Graeme Swann	573	v (5),1998-99	v (4), 2004
Alex Tudor	574	v (3), 1999	v (3), 2002-03
Dr Julian Thompson	575	v (3), 1999-00	v (4), 1999-00
Kevin Dean	576	v (1), 2000	v (2), 2000
Chris Read	577	v (1), 2000	v (4), 2004
Marcus Trescothick	578	v (1), 2000	v (4), 2004
Ronnie Irani	579	v (2), 2000	only Test
Michael Vaughan	580	v (2), 2000	v (2), 2003-04
Vikram Solanki	581	v (3), 2000-01	v (4), 2001
David Fulton	582	v (1), 2001	only Test
Matthew Hoggard	583	v (2), 2001	v (3), 2004
Ryan Sidebottom	584	v (2), 2001-02	v (4), 2004
Chris Silverwood	585	v (3), 2001-02	v (5), 2002-03
Simon Jones	586	v (1), 2002	v (4), 2004
Ali Brown	587	v (3), 2002	v (4), 2002
Jimmy Anderson	588	v (3), 2002	v (2), 2004
James Foster	589	v (4), 2002	v (2), 2003-04
Ashley Giles	590	v (5), 2002-03	v (4), 2004
Steve Harmison	591	v (1), 2003	v (4), 2004
Robert Key	592	v (1), 2003	v (3), 2004
Kabir Ali	593	v (2), 2003	v (3), 2004
James Kirtley	594	v (2), 2003	only Test
Owais Shah	595	v (2), 2003	v (1), 2003-04
Andrew Strauss	596	v (2), 2003	v (4), 2004
Gareth Batty	597	v (1), 2003-04	only Test
Ian Blackwell	598	v (1), 2003-04	v (3), 2003-04
Gary Keedy	599	v (1), 2003-04	only Test
Jason Brown	600	v (2), 2003-04	only Test
Rikki Clarke	601	v (2), 2003-04	only Test
Paul Collingwood	602	v (2), 2003-04	v (4), 2003-04
Paul McMahon	603	v (2), 2003-04	only Test
Saj Mahmood	604	v (4), 2003-04	v (3), 2004
Ed Smith	605	v (1), 2004	v (3), 2004

Captains

Player	Mat	W	T	D	L	First	Last
Graham Gooch	55	22	1	16	16	v (5), 1988	v (5), 1994-95
Graeme Hick	43	21	0	12	10	v (2), 1992-93	v (5),1998-99
Nick Knight	39	21	0	6	12	v ,1998	v (5), 2002-03
Alec Stewart	9	3	0	2	4	v (1), 1999	v (5), 1999-00
Nasser Hussain	23	21	0	1	1	v (1), 2003	v (4), 2004

Batting & Fielding

Player	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	Best	Ct	St
Kabir Ali	3	2	0	28	14.00	-	-	19	1	-
Mark Alleyne	4	7	2	95	19.00	-	1	56*	4	-
Jimmy Anderson	16	19	7	73	6.08	-	-	14	4	-
Michael Atherton (RET)	91	174	16	6568	41.57	13	33	242	57	-
Rob Bailey (RET)	15	28	1	815	30.19	1	2	196	15	-
Gareth Batty	1	1	0	45	45.00	-	-	45	-	-
Martin Bicknell	10	11	0	112	10.18	-	-	48	5	-
Ian Blackwell	3	4	0	48	12.00	-	-	24	-	-
Richard Blakey (RET)	4	8	2	166	27.67	-	1	50*	11	-
Ian Botham (RET)	108	176	7	5656	33.47	14	25	208	135	-
Ali Brown	2	2	0	59	29.50	-	1	50	-	-
Jason Brown	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Butcher	13	23	1	741	33.68	2	5	118	9	-
Andy Caddick	39	53	9	643	14.61	-	-	40*	5	-
David Capel (RET)	11	18	0	293	16.27	-	2	98	4	-
Glen Chapple	4	7	2	98	19.50	-	-	30	1	-
Rikki Clarke	1	1	0	9	9.00	-	-	9	6	-
Paul Collingwood	2	2	0	102	51.00	-	1	84	-	-
Dominic Cork	19	26	6	496	24.80	-	2	72	8	-
John Crawley	8	14	0	385	27.50	-	2	70	3	-
Robert Croft	6	7	0	199	28.43	-	1	54	1	-
Kevin Dean	2	3	3	6	-	-	-	4*	-	-
Phillip DeFreitas (RET)	36	56	6	786	15.72	-	1	82	7	-
John Emburey (RET)	60	89	18	1540	21.49	-	8	75	33	-
Neil Fairbrother (RET)	4	4	0	5	1.25	-	-	3	3	-
Andrew Flintoff	36	59	8	2178	42.71	5	10	185	34	-
James Foster	5	4	0	86	21.50	-	-	45	19	1
Neil Foster (RET)	39	60	12	600	12.50	-	-	42*	13	-
Angus Fraser (RET)	59	80	11	677	9.81	-	-	34	10	-
David Fulton	1	2	0	49	24.50	-	-	40	-	-
Mike Gatting (RET)	70	121	14	4037	37.73	9	19	207	53	-
Ashley Giles	17	20	7	432	33.23	-	3	51*	4	-
Graham Gooch (RET)	131	244	10	11242	48.04	28	60	294	147	-
Darren Gough	30	43	13	429	14.30	-	-	35*	6	-
David Gower (RET)	124	215	17	8506	42.96	15	47	215	75	-
Steve Harmison	9	8	1	18	2.57	-	-	6	-	-
Dean Headley (RET)	23	37	9	250	8.93	-	-	24	5	-
Eddie Hemmings (RET)	13	19	3	332	20.75	-	1	95	4	-
Graeme Hick (RET)	95	175	12	6297	38.63	16	32	172*	144	-
Matthew Hoggard	17	15	6	49	5.44	-	-	12	2	-
Ben Hollioake	18	28	3	551	22.04	-	3	75	17	-
Nasser Hussain	47	81	7	3007	40.64	8	16	214	69	-
Alan Igglesden (RET)	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	2*	1	-
Ronnie Irani	1	2	0	79	39.50	-	1	78	-	-
Mark Ilott	1	2	2	26	-	-	-	25*	-	-
Paul Jarvis (RET)	10	15	4	189	17.18	-	-	35*	1	-
Richard Johnson	1	1	0	1	1.00	-	-	1	-	-
Simon Jones	21	24	6	312	17.33	-	-	49*	8	-
Gary Keedy	1	1	1	6	-	-	-	6*	2	-
Robert Key	5	8	1	275	39.29	-	2	68	1	-
James Kirtley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Knight (RET)	75	140	6	6469	48.28	21	26	247	91	-
Allan Lamb (RET)	60	105	9	3224	33.58	9	12	137*	53	-
Wayne Larkins (RET)	10	19	0	348	18.31	-	-	43	5	-
Syd Lawrence (RET)	2	2	0	6	3.00	-	-	4	-	-
Chris Lewis (RET)	56	90	12	1973	25.29	1	7	114*	61	-
Mal Loye	2	4	0	101	25.25	-	1	92	1	-
Saj Mahmood	2	1	0	13	13.00	-	-	13	-	-
Devon Malcolm (RET)	37	50	13	233	6.30	-	-	21*	11	-
Matt Maynard	1	2	0	13	6.50	-	-	10	-	-
Paul McMahon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
Alan Mullally (RET)	57	73	20	400	7.55	-	-	40	8	-
Phil Newport (RET)	2	3	0	70	23.33	-	-	36	1	-
Paul Nixon	34	55	8	1200	22.64	-	6	84	106	8
Derek Pringle (RET)	21	36	3	512	15.51	-	2	66	7	-
Mark Ramprakash	29	53	5	1669	34.77	3	10	127*	6	-
Chris Read	38	55	11	1246	28.32	1	5	154	140	10
Dermot Reeve (RET)	1	2	0	12	6.00	-	-	6	-	-
Tim Robinson (RET)	41	71	6	2362	36.33	4	12	175	14	-
Jack Russell (RET)	94	156	35	3954	32.68	1	21	128*	243	27
Ian Salisbury	8	8	4	229	57.25	-	2	79*	-	-
Owais Shah	2	2	0	81	40.50	-	1	76	-	-
Ryan Sidebottom	18	21	6	368	24.53	-	1	79*	4	-
Chris Silverwood	3	4	1	61	20.33	-	-	44*	-	-
Gladstone Small (RET)	20	26	7	382	20.10	-	2	59	2	-
Ed Smith	3	6	0	196	32.67	-	2	55	-	-
Robin Smith (RET)	82	152	17	6662	49.32	19	34	204	20	-
Vikram Solanki	5	9	0	285	31.67	-	2	63	-	-
Alec Stewart (RET)	117	226	10	9846	45.58	25	44	284	35	-
Andrew Strauss	17	28	1	1264	46.81	5	3	172	14	-
Peter Such (RET)	12	15	7	47	5.88	-	-	14*	5	-
Graeme Swann	32	43	1	812	19.33	-	4	75	18	-
Dr Julian Thompson (RET)	2	3	0	59	19.67	-	1	50	-	-
Graham Thorpe	103	186	29	8224	52.38	21	38	269	43	-
Marcus Trescothick	56	102	7	4932	51.92	16	22	250*	152	-
Alex Tudor	14	19	4	351	23.40	-	2	54*	4	-
Phil Tufnell (RET)	113	142	32	652	5.93	-	-	36	32	-
Michael Vaughan	4	6	0	190	31.67	-	2	71	1	-
Steve Watkin (RET)	2	4	0	55	13.75	-	-	27	-	-
Craig White	53	95	18	2538	32.96	1	16	104*	5	-

Bowling

Player	Mat	Ovr	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	5WI	10WM	Best
Kabir Ali	3	91	250	10	25.00	2.7	-	-	3/62
Mark Alleyne	4	109	307	10	30.70	2.8	-	-	2/27
Jimmy Anderson	16	640	1522	68	22.38	2.4	2	-	5/51
Michael Atherton (RET)	91	144	500	13	38.46	3.9	-	-	3/32
Rob Bailey (RET)	15	43	175	2	87.50	4.1	-	-	1/0
Gareth Batty	1	30	95	3	31.67	3.1	-	-	2/69
Martin Bicknell	10	478	1285	38	33.82	2.7	1	-	6/58
Ian Blackwell	3	109	263	14	18.79	2.4	1	-	5/59
Richard Blakey (RET)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Botham (RET)	108	3779	11223	400	28.13	3.0	27	4	8/34
Ali Brown	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Brown	1	28	65	3	21.67	2.3	-	-	2/36
Mark Butcher	13	24	100	1	100.00	4.2	-	-	1/0
Andy Caddick	39	1508	4231	134	31.57	2.8	4	1	7/26
David Capel (RET)	11	209	628	12	52.33	3.0	-	-	2/13
Glen Chapple	4	185	563	11	51.18	3.1	-	-	3/82
Rikki Clark	1	10	14	0	-	1.4	-	-	-
Paul Collingwood	2	24	82	0	-	3.4	-	-	-
Dominic Cork	19	696	2038	54	37.74	2.9	1	-	5/59
John Crawley	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Croft	6	210	664	15	44.27	3.2	1	-	5/117
Kevin Dean	2	79	182	7	26.00	2.3	-	-	3/29
Phillip DeFreitas (RET)	36	1324	3530	104	33.94	2.7	4	1	5/19
John Emburey (RET)	60	2371	5105	138	36.99	2.1	6	-	7/78
Neil Fairbrother (RET)	4	2	9	0	-	4.5	-	-	-
Andrew Flintoff	36	960	2719	89	30.55	2.8	-	-	4/30
James Foster	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Foster (RET)	39	1451	3902	115	33.93	2.7	5	1	8/107
Angus Fraser (RET)	59	2400	5929	177	33.49	2.5	5	-	6/68
David Fulton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Gatting (RET)	70	125	317	4	79.25	2.5	-	-	1/14
Ashley Giles	17	647	1765	75	23.53	2.7	4	-	6/127
Graham Gooch (RET)	131	306	740	17	43.53	2.4	-	-	2/12
Darren Gough	30	1178	3256	84	38.78	2.8	2	-	5/50
David Gower (RET)	124	6	20	1	20.00	3.3	-	-	1/1
Steve Harmison	9	315	865	29	29.83	2.7	1	-	5/44
Dean Headley (RET)	23	1054	2834	105	26.99	2.7	8	1	7/47
Eddie Hemmings (RET)	13	513	1454	31	46.90	2.8	-	-	4/90
Graeme Hick (RET)	95	288	1032	19	54.32	3.6	-	-	3/38
Matthew Hoggard	17	613	1632	64	25.50	2.6	2	1	6/63
Ben Hollioake	18	541	1706	43	39.67	3.1	2	-	5/53
Nasser Hussain	47	4	22	0	-	5.5	-	-	-
Alan Igglesden (RET)	1	37	146	3	48.67	3.9	-	-	2/91
Ronnie Irani	1	54	123	4	30.75	2.3	-	-	4/69
Mark Ilott	1	38	127	1	127.00	3.3	-	-	1/106
Paul Jarvis (RET)	10	359	1069	26	41.12	3.0	-	-	4/50
Richard Johnson	1	44	155	0	-	3.5	-	-	-
Simon Jones	21	751	2585	101	25.59	3.4	6	2	7/68
Gary Keedy	1	30	60	4	15.00	2.0	-	-	3/41
Robert Key	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Kirtley	1	20	47	2	23.50	2.4	-	-	1/22
Nick Knight (RET)	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Lamb (RET)	60	5	23	1	23.00	4.6	-	-	1/6
Wayne Larkins (RET)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syd Lawrence (RET)	2	68	223	4	55.75	3.3	-	-	2/74
Chris Lewis (RET)	56	1580	4266	123	34.68	2.7	1	-	6/70
Mal Loye	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saj Mahmood	2	63	189	6	31.50	3.0	-	-	3/65
Devon Malcolm (RET)	37	1292	4195	137	30.62	3.2	6	-	7/86
Matt Maynard	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul McMahon	1	21	58	2	29.00	2.7	-	-	2/44
Alan Mullally (RET)	57	2200	5699	201	28.35	2.6	11	1	6/70
Phil Newport (RET)	2	92	339	9	37.66	3.7	-	-	4/87
Paul Nixon	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Pringle (RET)	21	625	1807	48	37.64	2.9	2	-	5/95
Mark Ramprakash	29	26	94	5	18.80	3.6	-	-	4/35
Chris Read	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dermot Reeve (RET)	1	14	39	0	-	2.8	-	-	-
Tim Robinson (RET)	41	1	0	0	-	0.0	-	-	-
Jack Russell (RET)	94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Salisbury	8	294	952	27	35.63	3.3	1	-	5/69
Owais Shah	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Sidebottom	17	678	1752	69	25.39	2.6	3	-	6/59
Chris Silverwood	3	105	309	9	34.33	2.9	-	-	3/58
Gladstone Small (RET)	20	784	1980	60	33.00	2.5	3	-	5/48
Ed Smith	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Smith (RET)	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vikram Solanki	5	22	104	1	104.00	4.7	-	-	1/22
Alec Stewart (RET)	117	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Strauss	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Such (RET)	12	572	1669	50	33.38	2.9	2	-	8/47
Graeme Swann	32	1324	4029	140	28.78	3.0	9	1	7/124
Dr Julian Thompson (RET)	2	46	196	4	49.00	4.2	-	-	3/91
Graham Thorpe	103	12	36	1	36.00	3.0	-	-	1/0
Marcus Trescothick	56	128	493	12	41.08	3.8	-	-	4/29
Alex Tudor	14	449	1540	43	35.81	3.4	-	-	4/63
Phil Tufnell (RET)	113	5655	15234	511	29.81	2.7	31	5	8/114
Michael Vaughan	4	11	32	0	-	2.9	-	-	-
Steve Watkin (RET)	2	64	223	5	44.60	3.5	1	-	5/56
Craig White	53	1513	4419	138	32.02	2.9	3	-	7/63

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

England Test Tour of West Indies, 1989-90

Itinerary
24 Feb 90 -

West Indies vs England

- First Test at Sabina Park

- West Indies won by 7 wickets
10 Mar 90 -

West Indies vs England

- Second Test at Bourda

- West Indies won by 9 wickets
23 Mar 90 -

West Indies vs England

- Third Test at Queen's Park Oval

- England won by 10 wickets
05 Apr 90 -

West Indies vs England

- Fourth Test at Kensington Oval

- England won by 6 wickets
12 Aug 90 -

West Indies vs England

- Fifth Test at Recreation Ground

- Match drawn

England Squad

Graham Gooch

Michael Atherton

David Gower

Graeme Hick

Allan Lamb

Robin Smith

Alec Stewart

Paul Nixon

Jack Russell

Ian Botham

Chris Lewis

Phillip DeFreitas

Angus Fraser

Devon Malcolm

Neil Mallender

Gladstone Small

Eddie Hemmings

Phil Tufnell

England have picked a brave squad for this tour thst includes several uncapped players (denoted by

), but insist this isn't a sign of chaos in the camp. This certainly is the start of a major rebuild around experienced players like Gooch, Smith, Gower and Botham.

If anything, the squad is a little batting-heavy, but one hopes that a seven-man pace battery can last the distance of five gruelling Tests for which England will be second-favourites

blockerdave · Dec 29, 2020

I have to say for me one of the pleasures is following the crazy selections, and re-discovering the madness

Ed Smith · Dec 29, 2020

blockerdave said:
I have to say for me one of the pleasures is following the crazy selections, and re-discovering the madness

True. But it'll also be interesting to see what happens if the teams were picked as though the selectors weren't on glue

blockerdave · Dec 29, 2020

Dale88 said:
True. But it'll also be interesting to see what happens if the teams were picked as though the selectors weren't on glue

yeah but you also lose a lot of the narratives. This Windies tour was about a conscious moving on from Botham and Gower, could Lewis or Capel be the new Botham, could Stewart or Hussain show the future of English batsmanship, would Lamb blossom as an elder statesman given responsibility of vice captaincy and away from the “negative” influences of his two great mates...

Winning in Jamaica, almost winning in Trinidad, being one absurdly low ball away from a draw in Barbados, this was an unbelievable achievement with the team we had.

If you pick Botham and Gower anyway, don’t pick Capel, add Mallender and Nixon who were not even in the conversation at the time, you’re really changing the make up massively.

Hussain didn’t play again until 93, Atherton and Stewart were both in an out of the team over the early 90s. Are you just gonna pick them anyway because Atherton was better than High Morris?

It’s more “correcting the 90s” than “playing the 90s”

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

blockerdave said:
If you pick Botham and Gower anyway, don’t pick Capel, add Mallender and Nixon who were not even in the conversation at the time, you’re really changing the make up massively.

That is definitely true; Mallender is someone who struck me as never being in the conversation until he got picked. As for Nixon - well, we can't let Steve Rhodes play Test cricket can we?

blockerdave said:
Atherton and Stewart were both in an out of the team over the early 90s. Are you just gonna pick them anyway because Atherton was better than High Morris?

That really depends on whether they get runs or not. I'm not going to stick with someone I like if they're averaging 12 because that wiuld be wild.

blockerdave said:
It’s more “correcting the 90s” than “playing the 90s”

That's true, but it'll still be fairly 90s other than not being able to play more than 18 players in a series. Would it not be equally 90s if Robert Croft ended up playing 40 Tests because the selectors just refused to let Phil Tufnell bat at number nine

blockerdave · Dec 29, 2020

Aislabie said:
That is definitely true; Mallender is someone who struck me as never being in the conversation until he got picked. As for Nixon - well, we can't let Steve Rhodes play Test cricket can we?

That really depends on whether they get runs or not. I'm not going to stick with someone I like if they're averaging 12 because that wiuld be wild.

That's true, but it'll still be fairly 90s other than not being able to play more than 18 players in a series. Would it not be equally 90s if Robert Croft ended up playing 40 Tests because the selectors just refused to let Phil Tufnell bat at number nine

You’re also missing out on the failed resurrection of Wayne “Ned” Larkins...

Ed Smith · Dec 29, 2020

blockerdave said:
You’re also missing out on the failed resurrection of Wayne “Ned” Larkins...

Now that, I cant get on board with. Just based purely from Tuffers tales of him during the 90/91 Ashes

blockerdave · Dec 29, 2020

Dale88 said:
Now that, I cant get on board with. Just based purely from Tuffers tales of him during the 90/91 Ashes

huh ive not hear those - where can I find them?

Ed Smith · Dec 29, 2020

blockerdave said:
huh ive not hear those - where can I find them?

They're in Tuffers book, I think it was Tuffers Cricket Tales (listened to the Audio book because Phil reads them himself). They basically had Ned be Tuffers room mate on the Trip where he made his debut. Talk to me about how that was a good idea...

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

West Indies vs England

- First Test at Sabina Park

West Indies XI

Gordon Greenidge

Desmond Haynes

Richie Richardson

Carlisle Best

Viv Richards

Carl Hooper

Jeff Dujon

Malcolm Marshall

Ian Bishop

Courtney Walsh

Patrick Patterson

England XI

Graham Gooch

Mike Atherton

Alec Stewart (debut)

Robin Smith

David Gower

Ian Botham

Jack Russell

Phillip DeFreitas

Angus Fraser

Phil Tufnell (debut)

Devon Malcolm

- - -

England win the toss and choose to bat

- - -

It was a brave choice to bat first for England against quite so strong of a fast bowling attack. Gooch and Atherton did very well to see out the fiery opening spells of Marshall and Walsh without overly worrying themselves with "batting positively", but Bishop and Patterson were no respite as they took a wicket each (Atherton and Stewart) as soon as they were brought into the attack. The Judge came in at four, and was very assured against the extra pace scoring at a little under three an over and playing chancelessly. He and Gooch batted well into the afternoon session without alarm before a fantastic delivery came back in through the gate of Gooch.

That wicket really did open the floodgates. Despite the continued progress of Smith, nobody else could offer him any sort of lasting support. After Gower was dismissed for 16, nobody else made double figures. When Gus Fraser became the eighth man out, Smith had made it all the way to 99 not out, but he would scarcely face another ball. First, Tufnell fended on straight into the hands of Carlisle Best, then Devon Malcolm added insult to injury by nudging the last ball of the over and running hard. Smith had no choice but to let Malcolm keep the strike. In fairness to Malcolm, he did get back off strike immediately, but Marshall then strung together five dots to complete the over. After that, the number eleven could not survive another over of Walsh, and The Judge was left stranded one short of his century.

The West Indian batsmen did not face quite the same threat from the English bowling attack, with their big first innings built around partnerships of 88 (Haynes and Richardson), 142 (Haynes and Best), 81 (Richards and Dujon) and 56 (Dujon and Bishop). The English bowlers seemed almost entirely toothless; the task eventually fell to the part-time leg-spin of Atherton to finish off the lower order. Ultimately, the West Indies made almost 500, in a batting performance that will leave some of the English bowlers in fear of their place in the side.

Faced with the hopeless task of either overturning a 264-run deficit or batting two days for the draw, England took until the seventh over to put a run on the board in their second innings. Once they had done so, Graham Gooch looked by far the more comfortable, rolling along at four an over while Atherton looked to survive. They came close to a century partnership before Malcolm Marshall really hit his stride. Gooch carried on completely unaffected by the loss of both Atherton and Stewart (2 and 5 on debut) to breeze to a classy century from 149 balls, which was all the more remarkable when the other batsmen had combined for only 39 runs between them by that stage. His concentration was finally broken by the Day Four lunch break though, leaving Smith and Gower to hold the fort. They did not hold the fort. Gower did manage a typically pleasing 66, but aside from him the best contribution came from Phillip DeFreitas, who made a very disciplined unbeaten 44 from number eight. Phil Tufnell completed a pair.

A target of 46 to win was never going to be a challenge, and it wasn't - but at least the English resistance had forced the match into a fifth day. DeFreitas and Fraser added three wickets between them though, which should help both feel a little safer in the side going into the second Test.

I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Graham Gooch - 3 points (+3)
2. Robin Smith - 2 points (+2)
3. Phillip DeFreitas - 1 point (+1)

Aislabie · Dec 29, 2020

West Indies (1) vs (0) England

- Second Test at Bourda

West Indies XI

Gordon Greenidge

Desmond Haynes

Richie Richardson

Carlisle Best

Viv Richards

Carl Hooper

Jeff Dujon

Ian Bishop

Curtly Ambrose

Courtney Walsh

Patrick Patterson

England XI

Graham Gooch

Mike Atherton

Allan Lamb

Robin Smith

David Gower

Ian Botham

Jack Russell

Phillip DeFreitas

Eddie Hemmings

Angus Fraser

Devon Malcolm

- - -

England win the toss and choose to bowl

- - -

After being kicked to the kerb in the first Test, England dropped both of their debutants for the second - something that I'm sure will be a real vote of confidence for them both - and returned to Allan Lamb and Eddie Hemmings. Upon winning the toss, Graham Gooch signalled a slight change of mindset by choosing to field first. This could be seen as Gooch backing his bowlers, or it could be seen as Gooch failing to back his batsmen. In reality, it's probably just a captain wanting to try something different after his team got absolutely violated in the first Test.

Unfortunately it quickly became evident that things had not improved from the first Test. The West Indian openers breezed through the first session almost entirely untroubled. Devon Malcolm looked particularly off the boil, leaking runs at four an over. Indeed, the only England bowler to claim a wicket at all on the first day was DeFreitas, who dismissed Gordon Greenidge for 36; Desmond Haynes fell to a run-out which seemed to be the main mode of dismissal England were bowling for. There's not much to say about the West Indian innings other than pointing out that they finished the first day on 294 for two, Jeff Dujon also got a load of runs, and Angus Fraser dragged his body through 42 overs to finish with three for 94.

The English reply wasn't catastrophic, but it was punctuated by remarkably regular wickets. There would be no fifty partnership until the seventh wicket stand, which was between Jack Russell and Phillip DeFreitas. Russell would run out of partners before becoming the second batsman of the innings to record a half-century (Gooch again), and also before he was able to haul the tourists past the follow-on target. So follow on they did.

The second innings followed much the same pattern as the first, with five batsmen reaching 30 but none of them reaching 50. Curtly Ambrose, replacing Marshall presumably because it's hard to fit five fast bowlers into a team, was particularly outstanding even if the pressure he built tended to reward his bowling partners with wickets rather than himself. A late flurry of boundaries from Fraser and Malcolm did force the West Indies to bat again, but not in for more than a few overs while they knocked off their sub-30 target.

Another embarrassing performance from this England team that was meant to herald the beginning of a new era (but really hasn't). If they lose again in the next Test, then the last two games will count for very little.

I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Graham Gooch - 4 points (+1)
2. Angus Fraser - 3 points (+3)
=3. Robin Smith - 2 points
=3. Jack Russell - 2 points (+2)
5. Phillip DeFreitas - 1 point

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