Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Players of the Caribbean: West Indies back after 33 years

On June 21, 1975, Clive Lloyd lifted the first World Cup for his team after West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs. On June 23, 1979, Clive Lloyd lifted the World Cup a second time for his team; this time beating England by 92 runs. Any prediction that the powerful West Indies will go without a title for 33 years after the second world cup win would have sounded like a joke back then. However, prediction or not, West Indian cricket only went downhill from that day on. It was as if someone had cast a spell on them.

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