International cricket in 1984–85

The 1984–85 international cricket season was from September 1984 to April 1985.[1][2]

Season overview edit

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI FC LA
28 September 1984   India   Australia 0–3 [5]
12 October 1984   Pakistan   India 0–0 [3] 1–0 [3]
3 November 1984   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 1–1 [2]
8 November 1984   Australia   West Indies 1–3 [5]
12 November 1984   Pakistan   New Zealand 2–0 [3] 3–1 [4]
28 November 1984   India   England 1–2 [5] 1–4 [5]
12 January 1985   New Zealand   Pakistan 2–0 [3] 3–0 [4]
20 March 1985   West Indies   New Zealand 2–0 [4] 5–0 [5]
International tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
6 January 1985   1984–85 Benson & Hedges World Series   West Indies
17 February 1985   1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship Cup   India
22 March 1985   1985 Rothmans Four-Nations Cup   India

September edit

Australia in India edit

ODI Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 267 28 September Sunil Gavaskar Kim Hughes Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi   Australia by 48 runs
ODI 268 1 October Sunil Gavaskar Kim Hughes University Stadium, Trivandrum No result
ODI 269 3 October Sunil Gavaskar Kim Hughes Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur No result
ODI 270 5 October Sunil Gavaskar Kim Hughes Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 271 6 October Sunil Gavaskar Kim Hughes Nehru Stadium, Indore   Australia by 6 wickets

October edit

India in Pakistan edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
Test 995 17–22 October Zaheer Abbas Sunil Gavaskar Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Match drawn
Test 996 24–29 October Zaheer Abbas Sunil Gavaskar Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match drawn
Test 996a 4–9 November Zaheer Abbas Sunil Gavaskar National Stadium, Karachi Match cancelled
ODI series
ODI 272 12 October Zaheer Abbas Sunil Gavaskar Ayub National Stadium, Quetta   Pakistan by 46 runs
ODI 273 31 October Zaheer Abbas Mohinder Amarnath Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot No result
ODI 273a 2 November Zaheer Abbas Sunil Gavaskar Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Match cancelled

November edit

New Zealand in Sri Lanka edit

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 274 3 November Duleep Mendis Jeremy Coney P Sara Oval, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 275 4 November Duleep Mendis Jeremy Coney Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa   New Zealand by 7 wickets

West Indies in Australia edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 997 9–12 November Kim Hughes Clive Lloyd WACA Ground, Perth   West Indies by an innings and 112 runs
Test 999 23–26 November Kim Hughes Clive Lloyd Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane   West Indies by 8 wickets
Test 1002 7–11 December Allan Border Clive Lloyd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   West Indies by 191 runs
Test 1005 22–27 December Allan Border Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Match drawn
Test 1006 30 December–2 January Allan Border Clive Lloyd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by an innings and 55 runs

New Zealand in Pakistan edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
Test 998 16–20 November Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 6 wickets
Test 1000 25–29 November Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad (Sindh)   Pakistan by 7 wickets
Test 1003 10–15 December Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney National Stadium, Karachi Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 276 12 November Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar   Pakistan by 46 runs
ODI 277 23 November Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Pakistan by 5 runs
ODI 278 2 December Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot   New Zealand by 34 runs
ODI 280 7 December Zaheer Abbas Jeremy Coney Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan   Pakistan by 1 wicket

England in India edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
Test 1001 28 November–3 December Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   India by 8 wickets
Test 1004 12–17 December Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi   England by 8 wickets
Test 1007 31 December–5 January Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Eden Gardens, Kolkata Match drawn
Test 1008 13–18 January Sunil Gavaskar David Gower MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai   England by 9 wickets
Test 1011 31 January–5 February Sunil Gavaskar David Gower National Stadium, Karachi Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 279 5 December Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Nehru Stadium, Pune   England by 4 wickets
ODI 281 27 December Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   England by 1 run
ODI 293 20 January Sunil Gavaskar David Gower M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru   England by 3 wickets
ODI 295 23 January Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur   India by 3 wickets
ODI 298 27 January Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh   England by 7 runs

January edit

1984–85 Benson & Hedges World Series edit

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 282 6 January   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 283 8 January   Australia Allan Border   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 6 wickets
ODI 284 10 January   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Viv Richards Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart   West Indies by 8 wickets
ODI 286 12 January   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Clive Lloyd Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane   West Indies by 90 runs
ODI 287 13 January   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane   West Indies by 5 wickets
ODI 289 15 January   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   West Indies by 5 wickets
ODI 290 17 January   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Viv Richards Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   West Indies by 65 runs
ODI 291 19 January   Australia Allan Border   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 292 20 January   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   West Indies by 65 runs
ODI 294 23 January   Australia Allan Border   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 3 wickets
ODI 296 26 January   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Clive Lloyd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   West Indies by 8 wickets
ODI 297 27 January   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI 299 28 January   Australia Allan Border   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 232 runs
ODI 300 2 February   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Clive Lloyd WACA Ground, Perth   West Indies by 82 runs
ODI 301 3 February   Australia Allan Border   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 9 wickets
Final
ODI 303 6 February   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 26 runs
ODI 304 10 February   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 305 12 February   Australia Allan Border   West Indies Clive Lloyd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   West Indies by 7 wickets

Pakistan in New Zealand edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
Test 1009 18–22 January Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn
Test 1010 25–28 January Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by an innings and 99 runs
Test 1012 9–14 February Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad Carisbrook, Dunedin   New Zealand by 2 wickets
ODI series
ODI 285 12 January Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad McLean Park, Napier   New Zealand by 110 runs
ODI 288 15 January Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 4 wickets
ODI 302 6 February Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad AMI Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 13 runs
ODI 306 16–17 February Geoff Howarth Javed Miandad Eden Park, Auckland No result

February edit

1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship Cup edit

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 307 17 February   Australia Allan Border   England David Gower Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 308 19,21 February   New Zealand Geoff Howarth   West Indies Clive Lloyd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney No result
ODI 309 20 February   India Sunil Gavaskar   Pakistan Javed Miandad Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 6 wickets
ODI 310 23 February   New Zealand Geoff Howarth   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   New Zealand by 51 runs
ODI 311 24 February   Australia Allan Border   Pakistan Javed Miandad Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Pakistan by 62 runs
ODI 312 26 February   England David Gower   India Sunil Gavaskar Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   India by 86 runs
ODI 313 27 February   Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis   West Indies Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   West Indies by 8 wickets
ODI 314 2 March   England David Gower   Pakistan Javed Miandad Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Pakistan by 67 runs
ODI 315 3 March   Australia Allan Border   India Sunil Gavaskar Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 8 wickets
Semi-finals
ODI 316 5 March   India Sunil Gavaskar   New Zealand Geoff Howarth Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   India by 7 wickets
ODI 317 6 March   Pakistan Javed Miandad   West Indies Clive Lloyd Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Pakistan by 7 wickets
Third-place playoff
ODI 318 9 March   New Zealand Geoff Howarth   West Indies Viv Richards Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   West Indies by 6 wickets
Final
ODI 319 10 March   India Sunil Gavaskar   Pakistan Javed Miandad Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 8 wickets

March edit

New Zealand in West Indies edit

Test Series
No. Date Home captain 1 Away captain 2 Venue Result
Test 1013 29 March–3 April Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Match drawn
Test 1014 6–11 April Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Bourda, Georgetown Match drawn
Test 1015 26 April–1 May Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 10 wickets
Test 1016 4–8 May Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Sabina Park, Kingston   West Indies by 10 wickets
ODI series
ODI 320 20 March Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's   West Indies by 23 runs
ODI 324 27 March Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain   West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI 326 14 April Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Albion Sports Complex, Albion   West Indies by 130 runs
ODI 327 17 April Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain   West Indies by 10 wickets
ODI 328 23 April Viv Richards Geoff Howarth Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 112 runs

1985 Rothmans Four-Nations Cup edit

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 321 22 March   India Kapil Dev   Pakistan Javed Miandad Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   India by 38 runs
ODI 322 24 March   Australia Allan Border   England Norman Gifford Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Australia by 2 wickets
Third-place playoff
ODI 323 26 March   England Norman Gifford   Pakistan Javed Miandad Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Pakistan by 43 runs
Final
ODI 325 29 March   Australia Allan Border   India Kapil Dev Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   India by 3 wickets

References edit

  1. ^ "Season 1984/85". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Season 1984/85 archive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.