On a very flat pitch at Headingley, Pringle was one of four bowlers put to the sword by the Australian batsmen. He was dropped until the final Test of the series at the Oval, where he took four wickets in the Australian first innings and was England's most successful bowler. For the following winter tour to the West Indies David Capel was named as all rounder, and Chris Lewis, initially called into the squad as a replacement for Ricardo Ellcock, thereafter became England's new all-rounder in Test matches, although Pringle occasionally continued to turn out in one-day internationals. Phase 3 – "Pring the swing" As so often happened around this time, England's youth policy was not long-lasting; Pringle was back in the England team by the beginning of the 1991 season, again against the West Indies. In the interim he had made a clear change to his bowling style, slightly slowing down and swinging the ball. In this new style he proved highly effective throughout that series. On a lively Headingley pitch, his style took wickets and proved hard to score against, and he shared in a crucial second-innings partnership of 98 for the seventh wicket with his captain Graham Gooch (Pringle's share being 27), helping England to their first victory in a home Test match against the West Indies for 22 years. He also took five wickets in the first innings at Lord's, giving him an unusual hat-trick of three five-wicket hauls in Test match cricket against the West Indies, one coming on each of three successive West Indies tours of England. Pringle also shared in a ninth-wicket partnership of 92 with Chris Lewis in the second innings at Birmingham; however this was his team's largest partnership of the match and this time Pringle finished on the losing side. Pringle was forced to withdraw with tonsillitis from the final Test of the series, which England won, meaning that his replacement Botham finally had the experience Pringle had enjoyed earlier in the summer of being on the winning side in a Test match against the West Indies. For the following winter tour of 1991–92, Pringle bowled tightly in the Test Series in New Zealand and was a star in the following World Cup. Opening the bowling in every game, he produced tidy figures in every match, particularly in the World Cup Final in which England were beaten by Pakistan. His