Who were the second best Test team of the 1990s? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Moving onto the 1990s, the front runner for second best in the 1990s is actually the West Indies since they clung onto their crown, however grimly, until early to mid-1995. Let’s look at what they did both prior and beyond that 1995 series against Mark Taylor’s Australians. The Windies began this decade by losing the first Test of the home series against England in early 1990. This was the first series for either team since the triumphant Australian Ashes tour of 1989.