Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1994–95
# Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1994–95

The Australia national cricket team toured the Caribbean between March and May of 1995 and played a four-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team, winning the series 2–1 with one match drawn. Australia's victory was historic, with it being the first time the West Indies had lost a Test series and the No. 1 ranking in 15 years. The Australians also played a five match series of limited overs international matches against West Indies and three additional first-class matches.

## ODI series summary

West Indies won the series 4–1.

### 1st ODI

* 8 March 1995 Scorecard

| West Indies 257 (49.4 overs) | v | Australia 251/6 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| CL Hooper 84 (84) CJ McDermott 3/25 (10 overs) | | DC Boon 85* (85) CA Walsh 2/52 (10 overs) |

* West Indies won by 6 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: LH Barker and DO Holder Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* VC Drakes (WI) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 11 March 1995 Scorecard

| Australia 260/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 234 (47.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| SR Waugh 58 (58) WKM Benjamin 2/49 (10 overs) | | BC Lara 62 (71) PR Reiffel 3/32 (10 overs) |

* Australia won by 26 runs Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: SA Bucknor and CE Cumberbatch Player of the match: IA Healy (AUS)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 12 March 1995 Scorecard

| West Indies 282/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 149 (34.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| BC Lara 139 (123) SR Waugh 2/61 (9.3 overs) | | SR Waugh 44 (45) PV Simmons 4/18 (4.5 overs) |

* West Indies won by 133 runs Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Umpires: SA Bucknor and CE Cumberbatch Player of the match: BC Lara (WIN)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 15 March 1995 Scorecard

| Australia 210/9 (48 overs) | v | West Indies 208/3 (43.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| MJ Slater 68 (108) CA Walsh 3/30 (9 overs) | | PV Simmons 86 (110) SK Warne 2/33 (9.1 overs) |

* West Indies won by 7 wickets (Run rate) Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires: LH Barker and GT Johnson Player of the match: PV Simmons (WI)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced from 50 to 48 overs per side.
* The West Indies target was reduced to 211 from 47 overs, and then to 206 from 46 overs.

### 5th ODI

* 18 March 1995 Scorecard

| Australia 286/9 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 287/5 (47.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| ME Waugh 70 (58) CL Hooper 3/36 (10 overs) | | PV Simmons 70 (63) PR Reiffel 2/48 (10 overs) |

* West Indies won by 5 wickets Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: CR Duncan and EA Nicholls Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series summary

### 1st Test

* 31 March–2 April 1995 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Australia won by 10 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: GD McGrath (AUS)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.

### 2nd Test

* 8–13 April 1995 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: CA Walsh (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 April was taken as a rest day.

### 3rd Test

* 21–23 April 1995 (5-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 9 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Umpires: CE Cumberbatch (WI) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: CEL Ambrose (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.

### 4th Test

* 29 April–3 May 1995 (5-day match) Scorecard
* Australia won by an innings and 53 runs Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 May was taken as a rest day.
* The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
* CO Browne (WI) made his Test debut.
