In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at one of the most phenomenal feats in the annals of Test cricket, the West Indies’ record of 27 consecutive Test matches without defeat.
The loss
On the 1979 – 80 Tour of Australia, the West Indies won the three-match Test series 2-0, their first ever series victory in six attempts Down Under, and regained the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy for the first time since their initial lien, following the 2–1 win in the 1965 Test series in the Caribbean. Two years later, the team returned for another shared Test tour, and the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, a Triangular One Day International Tournament with Pakistan and Australia.
