The Dujon and Logie master class

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Tender moment! Jeff Dujon congratulates Gus Logie with a pat on the helmet on reaching the first of his two half-centuries in the Second Test at Lord’s, June, 1988. Dujon also passed 50 in both innings, in which the pair shared century stands. (Source: 1989 West Indies Cricket Annual)
Tender moment! Jeff Dujon congratulates Gus Logie with a pat on the helmet on reaching the first of his two half-centuries in the Second Test at Lord’s, June, 1988. Dujon also passed 50 in both innings, in which the pair shared century stands. (Source: 1989 West Indies Cricket Annual)

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the third
and final part of ‘the Retrieved Files: Logie and Dujon’,
Roger Seymour looks at some of their match-swinging partnerships
and their critical roles in the West Indies team.

Prologue

“Wake up, wake up. They are going to do it,” my mother was shaking my shoulder. I awoke to a proffered cup of hot coffee.

“Who is doing what?” I mumbled, still half-asleep.

It was a ridiculous hour, probably around 4 am, and I had drifted off in my favourite living room chair, the short wave radio at my side. It was 10th  February, 1985. My parents were seated at the dining table, cups of hot coffee at ready. Tony Cozier was broadcasting from Australia; the West Indies were mounting another rear-guard action, all hands were on deck.