{"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&apos;s chin music\u2026 England vs West Indies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Calypso cricketers to Curtly&#8217;s chin music\u2026 as England fly out to the Caribbean, we celebrate their previous encounters with West Indies in our picture special<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England are heading to the Caribbean for three ODIs and five T20 internationals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is just the latest instalment of a rich rivalry between the teams down the years\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CLICK HERE to buy these pictures &#8211; and many more &#8211; from the Daily Mail archive\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411247-12808903-image-a-22_1701335696819.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411235-12808903-image-a-26_1701335800196.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411285-12808903-image-a-29_1701336059246.jpg\" height=\"896\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Hugh Morris takes evasive action facing a Curtly Ambrose bouncer in 1991<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411281-12808903-image-m-44_1701336224511.jpg\" height=\"839\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>All manner of musical instruments were on display on the terraces at Old Trafford in 1984<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411259-12808903-Fans_of_both_England_and_West_Indies_enjoy_the_1976_Test_match_a-a-48_1701336463103.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411261-12808903-image-a-50_1701336468967.jpg\" height=\"723\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411251-12808903-image-a-53_1701336769058.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Old Trafford dressing room after the 1976 third Test, which the West Indies won by a whopping 425 runs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411257-12808903-Gordon_Greenidge_on_top_of_the_Windies_team_bus_trying_to_fix_th-a-57_1701336908619.jpg\" height=\"888\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gordon Greenidge on top of the Windies&#8217; team bus trying to fix the aerial in 1984<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411245-12808903-image-a-60_1701336985870.jpg\" height=\"509\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England prepare to jet off to the Caribbean for their 1974 tour, which ended in a 1-1 draw<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411265-12808903-image-a-63_1701337030402.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colin Cowdrey is greeted by workers at Heathrow returning home from the Windies in 1968<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411243-12808903-1976_again_and_a_packed_crowd_in_front_of_the_Headingley_scorebo-a-66_1701337445222.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>1976 again and a packed crowd in front of the Headingley scoreboard watch the Windies win<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411241-12808903-Every_vantage_point_is_taken_by_a_huge_West_Indian_following_at_-a-69_1701337531460.jpg\" height=\"961\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Every vantage point is taken by a huge West Indian following at The Oval back in 1973<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411329-12808903-A_big-a-72_1701337585149.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411303-12808903-image-a-75_1701337643759.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Limbering up! The West Indian players put through their paces at The Oval in 1991<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411323-12808903-image-a-78_1701337680252.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Two West Indian legends, Brian Lara and Viv Richards, in the Lord&#8217;s nets in 1995<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12808903\/Calypso-cricketers-Curtlys-chin-music-England-fly-Caribbean-celebrate-previous-encounters-West-Indies-picture-special.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Calypso cricketers to Curtly&#8217;s chin music\u2026 as England fly out to the Caribbean, we celebrate their previous encounters with West Indies in our picture special <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/calypso-cricketers-to-curtlys-chin-music-england-vs-west-indies\/\" title=\"Calypso cricketers to Curtly&amp;apos;s chin music\u2026 England vs West Indies\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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