History of the England cricket team to 1939 3 on the first morning before losing a competitive match when they were bowled out for 187 chasing 346. Before the 1932-3 tour to Australia, England had become used to the prolific run-scoring of Don Bradman. The England captain, Surrey's Douglas Jardine chose to develop the already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's body, and Jardine had two very fast accurate bowlers, Harold Larwood and Bill Voce to bowl them. The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he
English cricket team in the West Indies in 2013–14 English cricket team in the West Indies in 2013–14 The England cricket team toured the West Indies from 25 February to 13 March 2014, playing a three-match One Day International series and three T20I matches against the West Indies team. England won the ODI series 2–1, with the West Indies winning the T20 series by the same score. In the third ODI, England batsman Joe Root broke his right thumb when he was hit by the third ball of his innings, but went on to make a century; however, the injury was deemed serious enough to rule him out of