Fast bowling One instance of excessive use was the Bodyline series, where the English Cricket Captain at the time (1932–1933), Douglas Jardine, employed a tactic to restrain the skills of the Australian cricket team, and their star player, Donald Bradman. The tactic was to bowl, very fast and very short, at the batsman's body. After the Bodyline series, as it became known, several laws of cricket were altered to prevent such a tactic being used again, such as a restriction on the number of fielders that can occupy the rear leg-side quadrant of the cricket to two (excluding the wicketkeeper). Because nearly
English cricket team in the West Indies in 1989–90 English cricket team in the West Indies in 1989–90 The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1990 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 2–1. England were captained by Graham Gooch; the West Indies by Viv Richards. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which the West Indies won 3–0. West Indies won the Cable and Wireless Series 3-0, with two no results. When the Georgetown Test was washed out, two replacement One-Day Internationals were arranged for the scheduled