{"id":296660,"date":"2023-11-30T10:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296660"},"modified":"2023-11-30T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:24:53","slug":"calypso-cricketers-to-curtlys-chin-music-england-vs-west-indies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/calypso-cricketers-to-curtlys-chin-music-england-vs-west-indies\/","title":{"rendered":"Calypso cricketers to Curtly's chin music\u2026 England vs West Indies"},"content":{"rendered":"
England are poised to jet off to the Caribbean to take on the West Indies in three One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals.<\/p>\n
It is just the latest instalment in a long rivalry between the two teams, which has produced some captivating encounters down the years.<\/p>\n
We celebrate some of the memorable moments from previous England versus West Indies games on both sides of the Atlantic in our picture special.<\/p>\n
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Jubilation for Ron Headley, Clive Lloyd and Garry Sobers as West Indies win the first Test of the 1973 series at The Oval. They would take the series 2-0, with one match drawn<\/p>\n
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Desmond Haynes and Eldine Baptiste make sure all their kit is in order ahead of a tour match at Colwyn Bay in 1984. A Windies team at the peak of their powers would win the Test series 5-0<\/p>\n
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England’s Hugh Morris takes evasive action facing a Curtly Ambrose bouncer in 1991<\/p>\n
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All manner of musical instruments were on display on the terraces at Old Trafford in 1984<\/p>\n
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Fans of both England and West Indies enjoy the 1976 Test match at Headingley, which the tourists won by 55 runs en route to a 3-0 series win<\/p>\n
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England’s (left to right) Robin Smith, Graham Gooch, Allan Lamb and Phil DeFreitas celebrate their 115-run victory over West Indies in the 1991 first Test at Headingley<\/p>\n
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Inside the Old Trafford dressing room after the 1976 third Test, which the West Indies won by a whopping 425 runs<\/p>\n
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Gordon Greenidge on top of the Windies’ team bus trying to fix the aerial in 1984<\/p>\n
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England prepare to jet off to the Caribbean for their 1974 tour, which ended in a 1-1 draw<\/p>\n
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Colin Cowdrey is greeted by workers at Heathrow returning home from the Windies in 1968<\/p>\n
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1976 again and a packed crowd in front of the Headingley scoreboard watch the Windies win<\/p>\n
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Every vantage point is taken by a huge West Indian following at The Oval back in 1973<\/p>\n
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A big cricketing rivalry begins in 1928 when West Indies toured England to play Test matches for the first time. Pictured are George Challinor and Clifford Roach at Old Trafford<\/p>\n
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Limbering up! The West Indian players put through their paces at The Oval in 1991<\/p>\n
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Two West Indian legends, Brian Lara and Viv Richards, in the Lord’s nets in 1995<\/p>\n
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