There is no tangible entry called the West Indies, yet there was a time when West Indies was the second favourite team for all cricket viewers, after their respective home nations. The brand of cricket they portrayed was entertaining, exhilarating, almost other-worldly. They possessed a pace attack that sent shivers up the spine of the best batting units in the world, they had batters who could destroy and decimate any bowling attack anywhere in the universe. They lorded the Test arena, of course, but their natural flair and innate athleticism also brought them the first two limited-overs World Cups in England in 1975 and 1979, both 60-over affairs.

That time is now well in the past. West Indies no longer are the lords and masters of the cricketing ecosystem. They haven’t been for a while

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