In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks for the best West Indies XI to play in a Test Match.
There has been and will always be heated discussions—tempers flaring and friendships tested—among West Indian fans, as to who should be selected in an All-Time West Indies XI. One school of thought is that there are too many variables at play here and it isn’t possible to truly compare players from different eras, for selection to a Team for the Ages.
We can begin by taking a quick glance at some of the more important variables contributing to this dilemma.
Travel
The 1930 West Indies side travelled from island to island and BG, by banana boat, for the home series