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New Delhi:When composing his rallying cry to his favourite cricket team, the iconic Trinidadian calypso and soca artist David Rudder characterised the beloved West Indians as bringing joy to each and every son and daughter.. Sir Vivian Richards was three years into his successful tenure as West Indies captain, having taken over from the icon Sir Clive Lloyd who built a legendary title winning side in his decade-long tenure...
Not only has the mens Test team failed to live up to the glory days of the 20th century, but the mens white-ball setup has reached its lowest ebb in three straight tournaments, none worse than failing to qualify for the ODI World Cup this past week...
But the problems in West Indies cricket run far deeper and require a more nuanced examination than simply pointing fingers at Sammy, Hope, or chief selector Desmond Haynes for not picking some of the IPL stars.. This consistent decline of the mens side cannot just be blamed on the increasing popularity of other sports in the region such as basketball and football. Rather, the multifaceted challenges behind the West Indies protracted fall from grace lie in administration and governance, sponsorship and financing, and a broken player-board relationship, made worse by the changing landscape of globalised cricket...
The most successful era for West Indies mens cricket began with Sir Clive Lloyds ascendancy to captaincy in November 1974, as they recorded 37 wins and 14 losses out of a possible 86 Test matches until his retirement in January 1985, and reached three ODI World Cup finals, winning in 1975 and 1979...
You start in Guyana on the South American mainland and everything else is travelling by air, if you have to put a series on or bring a team togetherthere is one conglomerate but not in every island is there a regional sponsor so attracting finance for the administrators is difficult, Bishop said during a Channel 7 broadcast of West Indies Test tour of Australia in 2022, which Australia won 2-0...
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