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The West Indian cricket team in England in 1988 played 16 first-class cricket matches under the captaincy of Viv Richards. The West Indian cricket team enjoyed tremendous success during the tour while the England cricket team endured a "disastrous summer" of continuous change.

England easily won the initial three-match One-day International (ODI) series, retaining the Texaco Trophy. However, West Indies comfortably retained the Wisden Trophy, winning the Test series 4-0. The England cricket team used four different captains in the five-match series and hence this tour has become known in cricketing circles as the "summer of four captains".