Important dates in the history of West Indian cricket   West Indies under Aucher Warner  brother of Sir Pelham make its first tour of England The tour of  under the captaincy of Sir Harold Austin was the first to involve matches which are deemed first class  June    Test debut against England at Lords  February    West Indies register their first test match victory at Georgetown against England  March    At Sydney against Australia West Indies register their first away test match victory June   West Indies defeat England by  runs at Lords WI went on to win the series  the highlights being the bowling of Ramadhin and Valentine and the batting of the three Ws March    Garry Sobers scores  against Pakistan at Kingston setting a new record for the highest individual score in Test cricket   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    Worrells West Indians and Richie Benauds Australians play arguably the greatest Test series in history The first match at Brisbane ended in a tie Australia won the series  Half a million people lined the streets of Melbourne to bide farewell to the West Indians   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    West Indies win the first Cricket World Cup May    Womens team make their Test debut against Australia A month later they played their first one day match June    Clive Lloyd lifts the Cricket World Cup again August    West Indies complete a  blackwash of England January    At Sydney Clive Lloyd plays his last Test Australia win by an innings and  runs to end West Indies record streak of  Test matches without defeatThis also included a then record  wins in consecutive Tests April    Brian Lara scores  against England at St Johns and breaks Sobers record for highest individual score in Test cricket June    Playing for Warwickshire against Durham in county cricket Lara scores  This breaks the  year old record of Hanif Mohammad for the highest score in first class cricket May    West Indies lose the final Test at Kingston to Australia thereby losing the series  This was their first defeat in a series in  years   West Indies make their first tour of South Africa They suffered a  defeat in a controversy ridden series April    Brian Lara scores  against England at Antigua to regain the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket  September    Brian Lara lifts the ICC Champions Trophy  The s  Test tours West Indies had their first test tour of Australia in  They also toured England twice during the s They played  tests most of them against England winning  and losing  Most of the test matches had ball overs but  of them had ball overs The test matches played had different formats  day  day  day timeless  West Indian captains Most of the matches were captained by G C Grant   List of top West Indian runscorers in the s  George Headley   List of top West Indian wickettakers of the s  L N Constantine   The s Test tours The s were affected by World War II In  West Indies toured newly independent India for the first time for a  test tour The tour was preceded by a nontest tour of Pakistan and followed by a similar short tour of Ceylon West Indies did not lose any of the  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  test matches  List of top West Indian runscorers in the s  Everton deWeekes  at an average of   Clyde Walcott    List of top West Indian wickettakers in the s  W Ferguson   The s Test tours During the s West Indies toured England and New Zealand twice and  Australia India and Pakistan once each West Indies played a total of  test matches in this decade winning  and losing