Today is a black day for West Indies cricket.
Why?
For the first time in the history of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-Day tournament, a World Cup competition will take place without the West Indies.
In 1975 the West Indies won the inaugural competition held in England.
They repeated as champions in 1979 and reached the finals in 1973. They even hosted the 2007 competition in the Caribbean.
The ICC held World Cup competitions in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019.
Today, the West Indies are not among the 10 countries that have qualified for the ICC’s showpiece event.
The best teams in the world are in India and the West Indies is not among them.