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This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1981 to 1990.

During this decade, the West Indies cricket team dominated Test cricket. Outstanding players of the time were the captain Viv Richards, opening batsmen Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, wicketkeeper-batsman Jeff Dujon and a battery of fast bowlers headed by Malcolm Marshall and including Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. The only "achilles heel" in this outstanding team was the lack of a quality spin bowler.

Domestic cricket 1980–81 to 1990

Shell Shield winners

• 1980–81 Combined Islands
• 1981–82 Barbados
• 1982–83 Guyana
• 1983–84 Barbados
• 1984–85 Trinidad and Tobago
• 1985–86 Barbados
• 1986–87 Guyana
• 1987–88 Jamaica
• 1988–89 Jamaica
• 1989–90 Leeward Islands

International tours 1980–81 to 1990

England 1980–81

• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by an innings and 79 runs
• at Bourda, Georgetown – game abandoned
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 298 runs
• at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn
• at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn

India 1982–83

• at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 4 wickets
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
• at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 10 wickets
• at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – match drawn

International XI 1982–83

Australia 1983–84

• at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 10 wickets
• at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by an innings and 36 runs
• at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets

New Zealand 1984–85

• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
• at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 10 wickets
• at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets

England 1985–86

• at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 7 wickets
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 10 wickets
• at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by 240 runs

Pakistan 1987–88

• at Bourda, Georgetown – Pakistan won by 9 wickets
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 2 wickets

Canada in Barbados 1987–88

India 1988–89

• at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 8 wickets
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 217 runs
• at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 7 wickets

England 1989–90

• at Sabina Park, Kingston – England won by 9 wickets
• at Bourda, Georgetown – game abandoned
• at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
• at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 164 runs
• at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by an innings and 32 runs

References

External sources

• "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive – itinerary of events

Further reading

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

• West Indian cricket in the 20th century
• West Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000