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The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1983–84 season to play a five-match Test series against the West Indies. The West Indies won the series 3–0 with two matches drawn. The West Indies therefore retained the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy. ''Wisden'' said that Australia "were outplayed in every department of the game, sometimes embarrassingly so."〔(Wisden – The Australians in the West Indies, 1983–84 ).〕 The West Indies did not lose a single second innings wicket in any of the five Tests and were only once dismissed for fewer than 300. Australia made more than 300 only once. The series was enormously successful for Allan Border who was top scorer in half his ten Test innings and scored more than twice as many as anyone else in the team. It also saw the establishment of Wayne Phillips as Australia's first-choice wicketkeeper after Roger Woolley initially looked like taking the job. However veteran Australian players such as Geoff Lawson, Rodney Hogg, Kim Hughes and David Hookes performed poorly. ==Australian squad== Australia had just defeated Pakistan 2–0 at home during the 1983–84 season. However this was the first tour the team had undertaken since the retirement of Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh. The original squad selected were as follows: *Batsmen – Kim Hughes (captain), Allan Border (vice-captain), Greg Ritchie, Steve Smith, Kepler Wessels, Graham Yallop, David Hookes, Wayne Phillips (also back up wicketkeeper) *Fastbowlers – Terry Alderman, Geoff Lawson, Rodney Hogg, Carl Rackemann, John Maguire *Spinners – Tom Hogan, Greg Matthews *Wicketkeepers – Roger Woolley *Support team – Col Egar (manager), Geoff Dymock (assistant manager), Errol Allcot *Selectors – Hughes, Border, Dymock The selection of the side was generally uncontroversial – all the players had been in good form over the Australian summer, and those that did not play test cricket had played one day games for Australia. West Australian all rounder Ken MacLeay had been thought a possible tourist but his form had fallen away during the summer. Spinner Murray Bennett was considered unlucky to not be picked. Former test bowler turned journalist Bill O'Reilly thought Bob Holland, then Australia's leading leg spinner, should have been taken because of the success of leg spinners on West Indian wickets. (The bowling of Bennett and Holland would later deliver Australia a rare test victory over the subsequent Australian summer.) David Hookes had not played for the Australian test side for a while but was in the one day team and had toured the West Indies before, and his experience was thought to be useful considering the retirements of Chappell, Lillee and Marsh. Roger Woolley, the first choice wicketkeeper, was the first Tasmanian based player to be picked for Australia since Laurie Nash in 1931.〔(Peter McFarline, 'Selectors Stick to Form', ''The Age'' Jan 20, 1984 p 22 ) accessed July 1, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1983–84」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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