 Under their new captain Graham Gooch at the beginning of the decade, England missed out on a historic victory against the all-conquering West Indian cricket team, by losing their final two test matches having gone into them with a 1–0 lead.The elevation to the position of captain for Gooch led to him reaching new heights as a batsman during the summer of 1990.The new captain broke the record for most runs in a match against India at Lord's with scores of 333 and 123.