Important dates in the history of West Indian cricket 1900 West Indies under Aucher Warner brother of Sir Pelham make its first tour of England The tour of 1923 under the captaincy of Sir Harold Austin was the first to involve matches which are deemed first class June 23 1928 Test debut against England at Lord s February 26 1930 West Indies register their first test match victory at Georgetown against England March 4 1931 At Sydney against Australia West Indies register their first away test match victory June 29 1950 West Indies defeat England by 326 runs at Lord s WI went on to win the series 3 1 the highlights being the bowling of Ramadhin and Valentine and the batting of the three W s March 1 1958 Garry Sobers scores 365 against Pakistan at Kingston setting a new record for the highest individual score in Test cricket 1960 Frank Worrell is appointed captain of West Indies the first black cricketer to get that post George Headley had stood in for John Goddard for two tests in 1947 48 1960 61 Worrell s West Indians and Richie Benaud s Australians play arguably the greatest Test series in history The first match at Brisbane ended in a tie Australia won the series 2 1 Half a million people lined the streets of Melbourne to bide farewell to the West Indians 1974 Clive Lloyd takes over from Rohan Kanhai as the captain of West Indies The beginning of the Lloyd era which saw WI become one of the greatest teams of all time June 21 1975 West Indies win the first Cricket World Cup May 7 1976 Women s team make their Test debut against Australia A month later they played their first one day match June 23 1979 Clive Lloyd lifts the Cricket World Cup again August 14 1984 West Indies complete a 5 0 blackwash of England January 1 1985 At Sydney Clive Lloyd plays his last Test Australia win by an innings and 55 runs to end West Indies record streak of 27 Test matches without defeat This also included a then record 11 wins in consecutive Tests April 18 1994 Brian Lara scores 375 against England at St John s and breaks Sobers record for highest individual score in Test cricket June 6 1994 Playing for Warwickshire against Durham in county cricket Lara scores 501 This breaks the 35 year old record of Hanif Mohammad for the highest score in first class cricket May 3 1995 West Indies lose the final Test at Kingston to Australia thereby losing the series 1 2 This was their first defeat in a series in 15 years 1998 99 West Indies make their first tour of South Africa They suffered a 0 5 defeat in a controversy ridden series April 12 2004 Brian Lara scores 400 against England at Antigua to regain the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket September 25 2004 Brian Lara lifts the ICC Champions Trophy The 1930s Test tours West Indies had their first test tour of Australia in 1930 They also toured England twice during the 1930s They played 19 tests most of them against England winning 4 and losing 9 Most of the test matches had 6 ball overs but 3 of them had 8 ball overs The test matches played had different formats 3 day 4 day 5 day timeless West Indian captains Most of the matches were captained by G C Grant List of top West Indian runscorers in the 1930s George Headley 2135 List of top West Indian wickettakers of the 1930s L N Constantine 53 The 1940s Test tours The 1940s were affected by World War II In 1948 West Indies toured newly independent India for the first time for a 5 test tour The tour was preceded by a non test tour of Pakistan and followed by a similar short tour of Ceylon West Indies did not lose any of the 9 test matches it played in this decade West Indian captains Most of the matches were captained by JDC Goddard under whose captaincy the West Indies won 3 test matches List of top West Indian runscorers in the 1940s Everton deWeekes 1072 at an average of 82 46 Clyde Walcott 585 List of top West Indian wickettakers in the 1940s W Ferguson 33 The 1950s Test tours During the 1950s West Indies toured England and New Zealand twice and Australia India and Pakistan once each West Indies played a total of 48 test matches in this decade winning 18 and losing