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The England cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1993–94 season. The tour consisted of five Test matches and five One Day Internationals as well as five other matches against first-class opposition. The England team were captained by Mike Atherton in his first tour as captain, and they were looking to put their recent poor results behind them, and follow up on the Sixth Test victory over Australia. The only surprising element of the touring party was the omission of Peter Such, the leading wicket taker against Australia, in favour of the promising Ian Salisbury, though it seemed that Phil Tufnell was considered the senior spinner in the squad. In contrast to previous captain Graham Gooch, Atherton adopted a more relaxed approach to touring, allowing players time off rather than continual practicing, though perhaps Chris Lewis's decision to get his head shaved on a day off was a mistake – he spent a full day recoving from the subsequent sun-stroke.〔(Martin Johnson's column ) in ''The Independent'' between the first two warm-up games, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 16 March 2007〕 The West Indies were defending a recent record on home turf that had seen them win twelve and drawing two of their previous fourteen home series. They were led by a weary Richie Richardson, who had complained prior to the series about the excessive amount of cricket that he and strike bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh had been required to play in the previous twelve months. Veteran West Indian commentator Tony Cozier noted in the Independent that the supporting bowlers were "all worthy triers with modest county records who are unlikely to worry Atherton and his fellow batsmen".〔(Article about the forthcoming tour ) in ''The Independent'', 13 January 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 16 March 2007〕 As it turned out, Winston Benjamin and Kenneth Benjamin both provided excellent back-up throughout the series, ending up with 12 and 22 wickets respectively, as the West Indies won the Test series 3–1. England developed good positions in all of the first four Tests, but failed to capitalise, and struggled with confidence in key situations. Peter Hayter reported in the ''Mail on Sunday'' that "their ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory has left even the phlegmatic captain puzzled and bemused" but that "no-one could have legislated for the appalling form of Atherton's premier batsman, Robin Smith" in those first four matches.〔(taken from Peter Hayter's ''Mail on Sunday'' article ), 10 March 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 23 March 2007〕 ==Squads== The squads selected for the Test and One-day series were as follows:〔(【引用サイトリンク】England in West Indies 1993–94 – Test Averages )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】England in West Indies 1993–94 – ODI Averages )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】England squad for the tour to West Indies 1993–94 )〕 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「English cricket team in the West Indies in 1993–94」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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