Frank Worrell Trophy

The Frank Worrell Trophy

The Frank Worrell Trophy
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Test cricket
First tournament	1960–61
Next tournament	2015–16
Tournament format	Test Series
Number of teams	2
Current trophy holder	Australia
Most successful	Australia (14)
Most runs	Brian Lara (2,815)
Most wickets	Courtney Walsh (135)

The Frank Worrell Trophy is awarded for the winner of the West Indies – 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.^[1] 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

List of Frank Worrell Trophy series

Series	Season	Played in	First match	Tests played	Tests won by Australia	Tests won by West Indies	Tests drawn	Series result	Holder at series end
1	1960–61	Australia	9 December 1960	5	2	1	1*	Australia	Australia
2	1964–65	West Indies	3 March 1965	5	1	2	2	West Indies	West Indies
3	1968–69	Australia	6 December 1968	5	3	1	1	Australia	Australia
4	1972–73	West Indies	16 February 1973	5	2	0	3
5	1975–76	Australia	28 November 1975	6	5	1	0
6	1977–78	West Indies	3 March 1978	5	1	3	1	West Indies	West Indies
7	1979–80	Australia	1 December 1979	3	0	2	1
8	1981–82	Australia	26 December 1981	3	1	1	1	Drawn
9	1983–84	West Indies	2 March 1984	5	0	3	2	West Indies
10	1984–85	Australia	9 November 1984	5	1	3	1
11	1988–89	Australia	18 November 1988	5	1	3	1
12	1990–91	West Indies	1 March 1991	5	1	2	2
13	1992–93	Australia	27 November 1992	5	1	2	2
14	1994–95	West Indies	31 March 1995	4	2	1	1	Australia	Australia
15	1996–97	Australia	22 November 1996	5	3	2	0
16	1998–99	West Indies	5 March 1999	4	2	2	0	Drawn
17	2000–01	Australia	23 November 2000	5	5	0	0	Australia
18	2002–03	West Indies	10 April 2003	4	3	1	0
19	2005–06	Australia	3 November 2005	3	3	0	0
20	2008	West Indies	22 May 2008	3	2	0	1
21	2009–10	Australia	26 November 2009	3	2	0	1
22	2011–12	West Indies	7 April 2012	3	2	0	1
23	2015	West Indies	3 June 2015	2	2	0	0
24	2015-16	Australia	10 December 2015	3	2	0	1

Summary of wins and draws

Totals up to and including the 2015-16 series in Australia
	Played	Won by Australia	Won by West Indies	Drawn
Tests	101	47 (47%)	30 (30%)	24 (23%)
Series	24	14 (58%)	8 (33%)	2 (8%)

References

1. Report announcing the Frank Worrell Trophy, Glasgow Herald, 10 February 1961.