From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad
In the 83-year history of West Indies cricket, fast-bowlers and the West Indies cricket team literally go together like horses and carriages given the large number of highly-skilled fast-men produced by the regional team especially during the much glorified dynasty of 1976-1995 when they seemed to appear almost every day.
On the contrary, the proponents that combine guile, a plethora of unconventional deliveries (wrong un, teesra, doosra, googly, flipper, leg break, carron ball, off-break, slider) – commonly referred to as “spinners” – have not been produced with the same degree of regularity.
Only the famous 1950s off-spin/left-arm orthodox duo of