# International cricket in 1983–84

The 1983–84 international cricket season was from September 1983 to April 1984.

## Season overview

International tours :
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] |
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| 11 September 1983 | India | Pakistan | 0–0 [3] | 2–0 [2] | — | — |
| 13 October 1983 | India | West Indies | 0–3 [6] | 0–5 [5] | — | — |
| 11 November 1983 | Australia | Pakistan | 2–0 [5] | — | — | — |
| 20 January 1984 | New Zealand | England | 1–0 [3] | 1–2 [3] | — | — |
| 29 February 1984 | West Indies | Australia | 3–0 [5] | 3–1 [4] | — | — |
| 2 March 1984 | Pakistan | England | 1–0 [3] | 1–1 [2] | — | — |
| 3 March 1984 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 0–2 [3] | 1–2 [3] | — | — |
| International tournaments |||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Winners | Winners |
| 8 January 1984 | 1983–84 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1983–84 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1983–84 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1983–84 Benson & Hedges World Series | West Indies | West Indies |
| 6 April 1984 | 1984 Asia Cup | 1984 Asia Cup | 1984 Asia Cup | 1984 Asia Cup | India | India |

## September
### Pakistan in India

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 961 | 14–19 September | Kapil Dev | Zaheer Abbas | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Match Drawn |
| Test 962 | 24–29 September | Kapil Dev | Zaheer Abbas | Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar | Match Drawn |
| Test 963 | 5–10 October | Kapil Dev | Zaheer Abbas | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | Match Drawn |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 224 | 10 September | Kapil Dev | Zaheer Abbas | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad | India by 4 wickets |
| ODI 225 | 5 October | Kapil Dev | Zaheer Abbas | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | India by 4 wickets |

## October
### West Indies in India

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 964 | 21–25 October | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | West Indies by an innings and 83 runs |
| Test 965 | 29 October–3 November | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | Match Drawn |
| Test 967 | 12–16 November | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad | West Indies by 138 runs |
| Test 968 | 24–29 November | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | Match Drawn |
| Test 971 | 10–14 December | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Eden Garden, Calcutta | West Indies by an innings and 46 runs |
| Test 972 | 24–29 December | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | Match Drawn |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 226 | 13 October | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar | West Indies by 26 runs |
| ODI 227 | 9 November | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara | West Indies by 4 wickets |
| ODI 228 | 1 December | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Nehru Stadium, Indore | West Indies by 8 wickets |
| ODI 229 | 7 December | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur | West Indies by 104 runs |
| ODI 230 | 17 December | Kapil Dev | Clive Lloyd | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | West Indies by 6 wickets |

## November
### Pakistan in Australia

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 966 | 11–14 November | Kim Hughes | Zaheer Abbas | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia by an innings and 9 runs |
| Test 969 | 25–29 November | Kim Hughes | Zaheer Abbas | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Match Drawn |
| Test 970 | 9–13 December | Kim Hughes | Zaheer Abbas | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Match Drawn |
| Test 973 | 26–30 December | Kim Hughes | Zaheer Abbas | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Match Drawn |
| Test 974 | 2–6 January | Kim Hughes | Zaheer Abbas | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by 10 wickets |

## January
### 1983–84 Benson & Hedges World Series

Group Stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 231 | 8 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies by 27 runs |
| ODI 232 | 10 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by 34 runs |
| ODI 233 | 12 January | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Pakistan by 97 runs |
| ODI 234 | 14 January | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | West Indies by 5 wickets |
| ODI 235 | 15 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | No result |
| ODI 236 | 17 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 28 runs |
| ODI 237 | 19 January | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 5 wicket |
| ODI 238 | 21 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia by 43 runs |
| ODI 239 | 22 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies by 26 runs |
| ODI 240 | 25 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by 87 runs |
| ODI 241 | 28 January | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies by 1 wicket |
| ODI 242 | 29 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies by 6 wickets |
| ODI 243 | 30 January | Australia | Kim Hughes | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia by 70 runs |
| ODI 244 | 4 February | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | West Indies | Sir Vivian Richards | WACA Ground, Perth | West Indies by 7 wickets |
| ODI 245 | 5 February | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia by 14 runs |
| Finals |||||||||
| ODI 246 | 8 February | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 9 wickets |
| ODI 247 | 11 February | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Clive Lloyd | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Match Tied |
| ODI 248 | 12 February | Australia | Kim Hughes | West Indies | Michael Holding | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies by 6 wickets |

### England in New Zealand

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 975 | 20–24 January | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Match Drawn |
| Test 976 | 3–5 February | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | New Zealand by an innings and 132 runs |
| Test 977 | 10–15 February | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Eden Park, Auckland | Match Drawn |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 249 | 18 February | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | England by 54 runs |
| ODI 250 | 22 February | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Basin Reserve, Wellington | England by 6 wickets |
| ODI 251 | 25 February | Geoff Howarth | Bob Willis | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand by 7 wickets |

## February
### Australia in the West Indies

ODI series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 252 | 29 February | Sir Vivian Richards | Kim Hughes | Albion Sports Complex, Albion | West Indies by 6 wickets |
| ODI 255 | 14 March | Clive Lloyd | Kim Hughes | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Australia by 4 wickets |
| ODI 262 | 19 April | Michael Holding | Kim Hughes | Mindoo Philip Park, Castries | West Indies by 7 wickets |
| ODI 263 | 26 April | Sir Vivian Richards | Kim Hughes | Sabina Park, Kingston | West Indies by 9 wickets |
| Frank Worrell Trophy - Test series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 979 | 2–7 March | Clive Lloyd | Kim Hughes | Bourda, Georgetown | Match Drawn |
| Test 983 | 16–21 March | Sir Vivian Richards | Kim Hughes | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | Match Drawn |
| Test 986 | 30 March-4 April | Clive Lloyd | Kim Hughes | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | West Indies by 10 wickets |
| Test 987 | 7–11 April | Clive Lloyd | Kim Hughes | Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's | West Indies by an innings and 36 runs |
| Test 988 | 28 April-2 May | Clive Lloyd | Kim Hughes | Sabina Park, Kingston | West Indies by 10 wickets |

## March
### England in Pakistan

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 978 | 2–6 March | Zaheer Abbas | Bob Willis | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan by 3 wickets |
| Test 981 | 12–17 March | Zaheer Abbas | Bob Willis | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Match Drawn |
| Test 984 | 19–24 March | Zaheer Abbas | Bob Willis | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Match Drawn |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 254 | 9 March | Zaheer Abbas | Bob Willis | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan by 6 wickets |
| ODI 256 | 14 March | Zaheer Abbas | Bob Willis | National Stadium, Karachi | England by 6 wickets |

### New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 980 | 9–14 March | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | New Zealand by 165 runs |
| Test 982 | 16–21 March | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | Match drawn |
| Test 985 | 24–29 March | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | Colombo Cricket Club, Colombo | New Zealand by an innings 61 runs |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 253 | 3 March | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | New Zealand by 101 runs |
| ODI 257 | 31 March | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa | Sri Lanka by 41 runs |
| ODI 258 | 1 April | Duleep Mendis | Geoff Howarth | P Sara Oval, Colombo | New Zealand by 86 runs |

## April
### 1984 Asia Cup

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.212 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3.059 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3.489 | 0 |
Asia Cup :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 259 | 6 April | Pakistan | Zaheer Abbas | Sri Lanka | Duleep Mendis | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets |
| ODI 260 | 8 April | India | Sunil Gavaskar | Sri Lanka | Duleep Mendis | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | India by 10 wickets |
| ODI 261 | 13 April | India | Sunil Gavaskar | Pakistan | Zaheer Abbas | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | India by 54 runs |