Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1983–84
| Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1983–84 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| West Indies | Australia | ||
| Dates | 18 February – 28 April 1984 | ||
| Captains | CH Lloyd | KJ Hughes | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | West Indies won the 5-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | DL Hayes (468) | AR Border (521) | |
| Most wickets | J Garner (31) | GF Lawson (12) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | West Indies won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | DL Hayes (340) | AR Border (146) | |
| Most wickets | J Garner (7) | JN Maguire (4) | |
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. Then West Indies therefore retained the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy.
Wisden said that Australia "were outplayed in every department of the game, sometimes embarrassingly so." 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.