ident.[11] The three match series was lost 1–0, but the "teasing, taunting ... bemusing"[12] performance of leg-spinner Abdul Qadir, who took 30 wickets in three Tests,[11] was unlikely to be repeated, given that the West Indies' only specialist spinner was Roger Harper, an off-break bowler.Despite having lost 5–0 to the West Indies in each of the two most recent series, England had grounds for optimism leading up to the Test series: the West Indian team was ageing and lacked a leg-spinner; and the England team had home advantage.  England's morale was also surging following good performances in the shorter form of the game: the team had reached the World Cup Final the previous year, losing to Australia, and were expected to do well in One Day International cricket, even against the West Indies.England's "summer of four captains"[සංස්කරණය]As the series unfolded, England were dominated by the West Indians in "the crazy summer of 1988".[13] Wisden was moved to comment "The morale and