 hard-fought 1–1 draw at home against Pakistan,[5] but their previous two Test series against England had both resulted in 5–0 victories. The first of these, in England in 1984,[6] was the first whitewash England had suffered since the 1920–21 season when England toured Australia,[7] while the second occurred in the Caribbean in 1985–86. These two one-sided victories by the West Indies became known as "blackwashes".[8]English cricket team[සංස්කරණය]By contrast, the English team had suffered a run of bad performances spanning several years, winning only seven of their previous 52 Tests.  The England side had most recently toured Australia, drawing the Bicentennial Test and losing the only One Day International played, and New Zealand, drawing all three Test matches and sharing the ODIs 2–2.[9] Before this, they had endured a "hostile" and highly controversial tour of Pakistan,[10] during which an argument between captain Mike Gatting and umpire Shakoor Rana had led to a diplomatic inc