The 1976 International cricket season was from May 1976 to August 1976.
Season overview + International tours Start date Teams Results (matches) Home Away Test ODI FC LA3 June 19760–3 (5)0–3 (3) — —19 June 19760–0 (3)2–1 (3) — —7 August 1976 — — 0–0 (1) —27 August 19760–1 (1)0–1 (1) — —
International tours West Indies in England
The West Indies travelled to England on the back of a busy schedule which had seen them play Australia and India during the 1975–76 season, which led some commentators to speculate that they might be jaded. The first two Test matches were drawn; the Wisden editor blamed the West Indies' lack of a spin bowler as preventing them from winning the first match, while in the second match a whole day was lost to rain with England on top. The West Indies won the three remaining Test matches to win the series 3–0, largely due to their fast bowlers. Viv Richards scored two double centuries, and finished as the leading run-scorer on either team, despite missing the second Test with an injury.
In the three-match One Day International series, Richards was again dominant in the first two games, scoring 119 and 97 to help the West Indies to victories. In the third ODI, when Richards was dismissed without scoring, Gordon Greenidge scored 42 and Clive Lloyd made 79 to guide their side to a 50-run win. The last two matches were each affected by rain; the second ODI was spread over two days, while the third utilised the reserve day after no play was possible at all on first day.
+ Wisden Trophy Test series: West Indies won 3–0 Test no. Date Venue Result 777 3–8 June Trent Bridge, Nottingham Match drawn 778 17–22 June Lord's, London Match drawn 779 8–13 July Old Trafford, Manchester West Indies won by 425 runs 780 22–27 July Headingley, Leeds West Indies won by 55 runs 781 12–17 August The Oval, London West Indies won by 231 runs
+ Prudential Trophy ODI series: West Indies won 3–0 ODI no. Date Venue Result 37 26 August Old Trafford, Manchester West Indies won by 6 wickets 38 28–29 August Lord's, London West Indies won by 36 runs 39 30–31 August Edgbaston, Birmingham West Indies won by 50 runs
Australia women in England
The Australia national women's cricket team was invited to England to help celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Women's Cricket Association.
+ Test series: Series drawn, 0–0 Test no. Date Venue Result 49 19–21 June Old Trafford, Manchester Match drawn 50 3–5 July Edgbaston, Birmingham Match drawn 51 24–27 July The Oval, London Match drawn
+ ODI series: England won 2–1 ODI no. Date Venue Result 21 1 August St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Australia won by 87 runs 22 4 August Lord's, London England won by 8 wickets 23 8 August Trent Bridge, Nottingham England won by 9 wickets
Ireland in Scotland
+ Ireland in Scotland Match no. Classification Date Venue Result 31,204 First-class 7–10 August Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow Match drawn 14,455 Unclassified 60-over match 8 August Titwood, Birmingham Scotland won by 102 runs
England Young Cricketers in the West Indies
+ Test series: England won 1–0 Youth Test no. Date Venue Result 4 27–30 August Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago England won by 22 runs
+ ODI series: England won 1–0 Youth ODI no. Date Venue Result 1 31 August Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago England won on faster scoring rate
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