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David Gower and Ian Botham, pictured batting against Australia at Trent Bridge in 1981, were England's leading run-scorers in Test cricket between 1975 and 1989.[1]

Between 1975 and 1989 the England cricket team represented England, Scotland and Wales in Test cricket.[a] During that time England played 152 Test matches, resulting in 40 victories, 62 draws and 50 defeats.[3] They faced Sri Lanka for the first time in Test cricket when England toured the country in 1981–82.[4] England did not face South Africa during this period, due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[5] The West Indies were the most successful team in Test cricket at the time,[6] and were described as "the undisputed champions" by Tony Becca of ESPNcricinfo;[7] England faced them in 29 Test matches, and did not beat them.[8] England, like many other Test teams, lost some of their best players to World Series Cricket, an unsanctioned competition organised by Kerry Packer. Among those players who signed up for the league, and were subsequently banned from Test cricket, was England's captain, Tony Greig.[9]

England faced Australia most frequently during this period—playing 52 matches against them—followed by the West Indies. England won more matches than they lost against Australia, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Against Pakistan they won four and lost four, while against the West Indies they lost 20 of their 29 fixtures.[8] England won 11 matches by an innings, with their largest victory being by an innings and 120 runs against Pakistan in 1978. Their largest victory by runs alone during this period was in the 1978–79 Ashes series, when they beat Australia by 205 runs in the fifth Test, while they won by ten wickets twice. Conversely, England suffered their second-largest ever defeat by runs alone, losing to the West Indies by 425 runs during their visit in 1976.[10]

Key

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Key
Symbol Meaning
No. (Eng.) Match number for England (i.e. 500 was England's 500th Test match)
No. (Ove.) Match number overall (i.e. 500 was the 500th Test match)
Opposition The team England were playing against
Venue The cricket ground where the match was played
H/A Whether the venue is home (England or Wales) or away (opponent's home)
Start date Starting date of the Test match
Result Result of the match for England
Series (result) What series the match was part of, with the result listed in brackets;
England's tally first (i.e. (2–1) means that England won two matches, and their opponents won one match)

Matches

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England Test cricket results between 1975 and 1989[11]
No.
(Eng.) 		No.
(Ove.) 		Opposition Venue H/A Start date Result Series (result)[12]
506 751  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 1975 Lost by 171 runs 1974–75 Ashes series (1–4)[b]
507 754  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 25 January 1975 Lost by 163 runs
508 755  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 8 February 1975 Won by an innings and 4 runs
509 757  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Away 20 February 1975 Won by an innings and 83 runs England in New Zealand, 1974–75 (1–0)
510 758  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 28 February 1975 Match drawn
511 760  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 10 July 1975 Lost by an innings and 85 runs 1975 Ashes series (0–1)
512 761  Australia Lord's, London Home 31 July 1975 Match drawn
513 762  Australia Headingley, Leeds Home 14 August 1975 Match drawn
514 763  Australia The Oval, London Home 28 August 1975 Match drawn
515 777  West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 3 June 1976 Match drawn West Indies in England, 1976 (0–3)
516 778  West Indies Lord's, London Home 17 June 1976 Match drawn
517 779  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester Home 8 July 1976 Lost by 425 runs
518 780  West Indies Headingley, Leeds Home 22 July 1976 Lost by 55 runs
519 781  West Indies The Oval, London Home 12 August 1976 Lost by 231 runs
520 788  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Away 17 December 1976 Won by an innings and 25 runs England in India, 1976–77 (3–1)
521 791  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta Away 1 January 1977 Won by 10 wickets
522 793  India Madras Cricket Club Ground,[c] Madras Away 14 January 1977 Won by 200 runs
523 794  India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away 28 January 1977 Lost by 140 runs
524 795  India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 11 February 1977 Match drawn
525 800  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 12 March 1977 Lost by 45 runs Centenary Test (0–1)
526 804  Australia Lord's, London Home 16 June 1977 Match drawn 1977 Ashes series (3–0)
527 805  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester Home 7 July 1977 Won by 9 wickets
528 806  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 28 July 1977 Won by 7 wickets
529 807  Australia Headingley, Leeds Home 11 August 1977 Won by an innings and 85 runs
530 808  Australia The Oval, London Home 25 August 1977 Match drawn
531 810  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 14 December 1977 Match drawn England in Pakistan, 1977–78 (0–0)
532 813  Pakistan Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad Away 2 January 1978 Match drawn
533 815  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi Away 18 January 1978 Match drawn
534 817  New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 10 February 1978 Lost by 72 runs England in New Zealand, 1977–78 (1–1)
535 818  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 24 February 1978 Won by 174 runs
536 820  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Away 4 March 1978 Match drawn
537 825  Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 1 June 1978 Won by an innings and 57 runs Pakistan in England, 1978 (2–0)
538 826  Pakistan Lord's, London Home 15 June 1978 Won by an innings and 120 runs
539 827  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds Home 29 June 1978 Match drawn
540 828  New Zealand The Oval, London Home 27 July 1978 Won by 7 wickets New Zealand in England, 1978 (3–0)
541 829  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 10 August 1978 Won by an innings and 119 runs
542 830  New Zealand Lord's, London Home 24 August 1978 Won by 7 wickets
543 834  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane Away 1 December 1978 Won by 7 wickets 1978–79 Ashes series (5–1)
544 836  Australia WACA Ground, Perth Away 15 December 1978 Won by 166 runs
545 838  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 29 December 1978 Lost by 103 runs
546 840  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 6 January 1979 Won by 93 runs
547 843  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 27 January 1979 Won by 205 runs
548 846  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 10 February 1979 Won by 9 wickets
549 851  India Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 12 July 1979 Won by an innings and 83 runs India in England, 1979 (1–0)
550 852  India Lord's, London Home 2 August 1979 Match drawn
551 853  India Headingley, Leeds Home 16 August 1979 Match drawn
552 854  India The Oval, London Home 30 August 1979 Match drawn
553 864  Australia WACA Ground, Perth Away 14 December 1979 Lost by 138 runs England in Australia, 1979–80 (0–3)
554 868  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 1980 Lost by 6 wickets
555 872  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 1 February 1980 Lost by 8 wickets
556 874  India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 15 February 1980 Won by 10 wickets Golden Jubilee Test (1–0)
557 880  West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 5 June 1980 Lost by 2 wickets West Indies in England, 1980 (0–1)
558 881  West Indies Lord's, London Home 19 June 1980 Match drawn
559 882  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester Home 10 July 1980 Match drawn
560 883  West Indies The Oval, London Home 24 July 1980 Match drawn
561 884  West Indies Headingley, Leeds Home 7 August 1980 Match drawn
562 885  Australia Lord's, London Home 28 August 1980 Match drawn Centenary Test (0–0)
563 896  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 13 February 1981 Lost by an innings and 79 runs England in the West Indies, 1980–81 (0–2)
564 900  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 13 March 1981 Lost by 298 runs
565 901  West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Away 27 March 1981 Match drawn
566 902  West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston Away 10 April 1981 Match drawn
567 903  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 18 June 1981 Lost by 4 wickets 1981 Ashes series (3–1)
568 904  Australia Lord's, London Home 2 July 1981 Match drawn
569 905  Australia Headingley, Leeds Home 16 July 1981 Won by 18 runs
570 906  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 30 July 1981 Won by 29 runs
571 907  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester Home 13 August 1981 Won by 103 runs
572 908  Australia The Oval, London Home 27 August 1981 Match drawn
573 911  India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 27 November 1981 Lost by 138 runs England in India, 1981–82 (0–1)
574 912  India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away 9 December 1981 Match drawn
575 914  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Away 23 December 1981 Match drawn
576 916  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta Away 1 January 1982 Match drawn
577 918  India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,[c] Madras Away 13 January 1982 Match drawn
578 920  India Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Away 30 January 1982 Match drawn
579 921  Sri Lanka Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 17 February 1982 Won by 7 wickets England in Sri Lanka, 1981–82 (1–0)
580 928  India Lord's, London Home 10 June 1982 Won by 7 wickets India in England, 1982 (1–0)
581 929  India Old Trafford, Manchester Home 24 June 1982 Match drawn
582 930  India The Oval, London Home 8 July 1982 Match drawn
583 931  Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 29 July 1982 Won by 113 runs Pakistan in England, 1982 (2–1)
584 932  Pakistan Lord's, London Home 12 August 1982 Lost by 10 wickets
585 933  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds Home 26 August 1982 Won by 3 wickets
586 938  Australia WACA Ground, Perth Away 12 November 1982 Match drawn 1982–83 Ashes series (1–2)
587 939  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane Away 26 November 1982 Lost by 7 wickets
588 940  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 10 December 1982 Lost by 8 wickets
589 943  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 26 December 1982 Won by 3 runs
590 944  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 2 January 1983 Match drawn
591 957  New Zealand The Oval, London Home 14 July 1983 Won by 189 runs New Zealand in England, 1983 (3–1)
592 958  New Zealand Headingley, Leeds Home 28 July 1983 Lost by 5 wickets
593 959  New Zealand Lord's, London Home 11 August 1983 Won by 127 runs
594 960  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 25 August 1983 Won by 165 runs
595 975  New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 20 January 1984 Match drawn England in New Zealand, 1983–84 (0–1)
596 976  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 3 February 1984 Lost by an innings and 132 runs
597 977  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Away 10 February 1984 Match drawn
598 978  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi Away 2 March 1984 Lost by 3 wickets England in Pakistan, 1983–84 (0–1)
599 981  Pakistan Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away 12 March 1984 Match drawn
600 984  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 19 March 1984 Match drawn
601 989  West Indies Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 14 June 1984 Lost by an innings and 180 runs West Indies in England, 1984 (0–5)
602 990  West Indies Lord's, London Home 28 June 1984 Lost by 9 wickets
603 991  West Indies Headingley, Leeds Home 12 July 1984 Lost by 8 wickets
604 992  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester Home 26 July 1984 Lost by an innings and 64 runs
605 993  West Indies The Oval, London Home 9 August 1984 Lost by 172 runs
606 994  Sri Lanka Lord's, London Home 23 August 1984 Match drawn Sri Lanka in England, 1984 (0–0)
607 1001  India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 28 November 1984 Lost by 8 wickets England in India, 1984–85 (2–1)
608 1004  India Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Away 12 December 1984 Won by 8 wickets
609 1007  India Eden Gardens, Calcutta Away 31 December 1984 Match drawn
610 1008  India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,[c] Madras Away 13 January 1985 Won by 9 wickets
611 1011  India Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Away 31 January 1985 Match drawn
612 1017  Australia Headingley, Leeds Home 13 June 1985 Won by 5 wickets 1985 Ashes series (3–1)
613 1018  Australia Lord's, London Home 27 June 1985 Lost by 4 wickets
614 1019  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 11 July 1985 Match drawn
615 1020  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester Home 1 August 1985 Match drawn
616 1021  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 15 August 1985 Won by an innings and 118 runs
617 1022  Australia The Oval, London Home 29 August 1985 Won by an innings and 94 runs
618 1036  West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston Away 21 February 1986 Lost by 10 wickets England in the West Indies, 1985–86 (0–5)
619 1039  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 7 March 1986 Lost by 7 wickets
620 1042  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 21 March 1986 Lost by an innings and 30 runs
621 1044  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 3 April 1986 Lost by 10 wickets
622 1045  West Indies Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Away 11 April 1986 Lost by 240 runs
623 1046  India Lord's, London Home 5 June 1986 Lost by 5 wickets India in England, 1986 (0–2)
624 1047  India Headingley, Leeds Home 19 June 1986 Lost by 279 runs
625 1048  India Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 3 July 1986 Match drawn
626 1049  New Zealand Lord's, London Home 24 July 1986 Match drawn New Zealand in England, 1986 (0–1)
627 1050  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 7 August 1986 Lost by 8 wickets
628 1051  New Zealand The Oval, London Home 21 August 1986 Match drawn
629 1057  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane Away 14 November 1986 Won by 7 wickets 1986–87 Ashes series (2–1)
630 1059  Australia WACA Ground, Perth Away 28 November 1986 Match drawn
631 1060  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 12 December 1986 Match drawn
632 1062  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 26 December 1986 Won by an innings and 14 runs
633 1065  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 10 January 1987 Lost by 55 runs
634 1075  Pakistan Old Trafford, Manchester Home 4 June 1987 Match drawn Pakistan in England, 1987 (0–1)
635 1076  Pakistan Lord's, London Home 18 June 1987 Match drawn
636 1077  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds Home 2 July 1987 Lost by an innings and 18 runs
637 1078  Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 23 July 1987 Match drawn
638 1079  Pakistan The Oval, London Home 6 August 1987 Match drawn
639 1081  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 25 November 1987 Lost by an innings and 87 runs England in Pakistan, 1987–88 (0–1)
640 1083  Pakistan Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away 7 December 1987 Match drawn
641 1086  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi Away 16 December 1987 Match drawn
642 1090  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 29 January 1988 Match drawn Bicentenary Test (0–0)
643 1091  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 12 February 1988 Match drawn England in New Zealand, 1987–88 (0–0)
644 1093  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Away 25 February 1988 Match drawn
645 1094  New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 3 March 1988 Match drawn
646 1098  West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 2 June 1988 Match drawn West Indies in England, 1988 (0–4)
647 1099  West Indies Lord's, London Home 16 June 1988 Lost by 134 runs
648 1100  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester Home 30 June 1988 Lost by an innings and 156 runs
649 1101  West Indies Headingley, Leeds Home 21 July 1988 Lost by 10 wickets
650 1102  West Indies The Oval, London Home 4 August 1988 Lost by 8 wickets
651 1103  Sri Lanka Lord's, London Home 25 August 1988 Won by 7 wickets Sri Lanka in England, 1988 (1–0)
652 1121  Australia Headingley, Leeds Home 8 June 1989 Lost by 210 runs 1989 Ashes series (0–4)
653 1122  Australia Lord's, London Home 22 June 1989 Lost by 6 wickets
654 1123  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham Home 6 July 1989 Match drawn
655 1124  Australia Old Trafford, Manchester Home 27 July 1989 Lost by 9 wickets
656 1125  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 10 August 1989 Lost by an innings and 180 runs
657 1126  Australia The Oval, London Home 24 August 1989 Match drawn

Summary

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Team Total matches[3][8] Home matches[14][15] Away matches[16][17]
Mat Won Lost Draw W/L Mat Won Lost Draw W/L Mat Won Lost Draw W/L
Australia 52 18 17 17 1.058 28 9 7 12 1.285 24 9 10 5 0.900
India 27 8 5 14 1.600 10 2 2 6 1.000 17 6 3 8 2.000
New Zealand 21 8 4 9 2.000 10 6 2 2 3.000 11 2 2 7 1.000
Pakistan 20 4 4 12 1.000 11 4 2 5 2.000 9 0 2 7 0.000
Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1 – 2 1 0 1 – 1 1 0 0 –
West Indies 29 0 20 9 0.000 20 0 13 7 0.000 9 0 7 2 0.000
Total 152 40 50 62 0.800 81 22 26 33 0.846 71 18 24 29 0.750

Notes

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  1. ^ The England cricket team represented Scotland until 1992, when they left the UK Cricket Council and later joined the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an independent member.[2]
  2. ^ The 1974–75 Ashes series began in 1974; the first three results are listed at England cricket team Test results (1960–1974).
  3. ^ a b c The Madras Cricket Club Ground was renamed the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in 1980.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Runs scored: England players in Test cricket between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "The History of Cricket in Scotland". Cricket Scotland. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Overall figures: England in Test matches between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ Woodcock, John, ed. (1983). "England in India and Sri Lanka, 1981–82". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1983 (120 ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 973–974. ISBN 0-356-09382-4.
  5. ^ Williamson, Martin (14 July 2012). "When politics killed a tour". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Overall figures: Win/loss ratio in Test matches between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ^ Becca, Tony (26 July 2010). "The Invincibles". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  9. ^ Williamson, Martin (4 December 2007). "A dummy's guide to World Series Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Largest victories". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Results: England in Test matches between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Matches: England in Test matches between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  13. ^ "MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches at home between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Statistics: England in Test matches at home between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Overall figures by opposition: England in Test matches away from home between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Statistics: England in Test matches away from home between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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