Frank Worrell Trophy 1176812 164325873 2007-10-13T18:24:05Z Jpeeling 3651456 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 164316891 by [[Special:Contributions/190.80.60.40|190.80.60.40]] ([[User talk:190.80.60.40|talk]]) The '''Frank Worrell Trophy''' is awarded for the winner of the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] - [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] Test match series in [[cricket]]. The trophy is named after the former West Indies captain Sir [[Frank Worrell]], and was first awarded at the end of the 1960-61 series. The cricket Board of Control and Sir [[Donald Bradman]] commissioned former Test cricketer and professional jeweller [[Ernie McCormick]] to create a perpetual trophy. The trophy was to be presented to the winning captain of each Test series between Australia and the West Indies. The trophy's design incorporated a ball used in the [[Tied Test]]. Along with [[The Ashes]], The Frank Worrell Trophy, is considered to be one of the most respected trophies in the world of cricket. ==Timeline== <!-- see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EasyTimeline --> {| class="toccolours" style="margin: 0 auto;" |- |<timeline> ImageSize = width:650 height:80 PlotArea = width:600 height:30 left:20 bottom:50 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1959 till:2009 AlignBars = early ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1959 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1959 Legend = left:20 top:20 columnwidth:240 Colors = # id:AUS value:yellow legend:Australia id:AUS value:rgb(1,0.85,0) legend:Australia id:AUSD value:rgb(0.8,0.75,0.6) legend:Drawn,_retained_by_Australia id:WIN value:blue legend:West_Indies id:WIND value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.8) legend:Drawn,_retained_by_West_Indies id:canvas value:rgb(0.97,0.97,0.97) Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas PlotData = color:AUS from:1961 till:1965 color:WIN from:1965 till:1969 color:AUS from:1969 till:1978 color:WIN from:1978 till:1982 color:WIND from:1982 till:1984 color:WIN from:1984 till:1995 color:AUS from:1995 till:1999 color:AUSD from:1999 till:2001 color:AUS from:2001 till:2007 </timeline> |} ==List of Frank Worrell Trophy series== {| class="wikitable" width=100% |- bgcolor=#efefef ! Series ! Season ! Played in ! First match ! Tests<br>played ! Tests won<br>by Australia ! Tests won<br>by West Indies ! Tests<br>drawn ! Series<br>result ! Holder at<br>series end |- | align="center" | 1 | 1960-61 | Australia | [[December 9]] [[1960]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1* | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 2 | 1964-65 | West Indies | [[March 3]] [[1965]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 3 | 1968-69 | Australia | [[December 6]] [[1968]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 4 | 1972-73 | West Indies | [[February 16]] [[1973]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 5 | 1975-76 | Australia | [[November 28]] [[1975]] | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 6 | 1977-78 | West Indies | [[March 3]] [[1978]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 7 | 1979-80 | Australia | [[December 1]] [[1979]] | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 8 | 1981-82 | Australia | [[December 26]] [[1981]] | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | Drawn | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 9 | 1983-84 | West Indies | [[March 2]] [[1984]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 10 | 1984-85 | Australia | [[November 9]] [[1984]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 11 | 1988-89 | Australia | [[November 18]] [[1988]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 12 | 1990-91 | West Indies | [[March 1]] [[1991]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 13 | 1992-93 | Australia | [[November 27]] [[1992]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | West Indies |- | align="center" | 14 | 1994-95 | West Indies | [[March 31]] [[1995]] | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 15 | 1996-97 | Australia | [[November 22]] [[1996]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 16 | 1998-99 | West Indies | [[March 5]] [[1999]] | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | Drawn | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 17 | 2000-01 | Australia | [[November 23]] [[2000]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 18 | 2002-03 | West Indies | [[April 10]] [[2003]] | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |- | align="center" | 19 | [[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2005-06|2005-06]] | Australia | [[November 3]] [[2005]] | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | Australia |} ==Summary of wins and draws== {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" width=60% |- ! colspan=5 | Totals up to and including the 2005-06 series in Australia |- ! ! Played ! Won by<br>Australia ! Won by<br>West Indies ! Drawn |- | Tests | 102 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | 48 <small>(47%)</small> | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | 32 <small>(31%)</small> | 21 <small>(21%)</small> |- | Series | 19 | bgcolor=#FFFFCC | 9 <small>(47%)</small> | bgcolor=#FFE4B5 | 8 <small>(42%)</small> | 2 <small>(11%)</small> |} [[Category:Test cricket competitions]] [[Category:West Indies in international cricket]] [[Category:Australia in international cricket]] [[fr:Frank Worrell Trophy]]