By Samuel Brathwaite
Dr. Samuel Braithwaite is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at The University of the West Indies, Mona. He is also a technical consultant at Growth Perspectives Ltd.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the carnival of Lara’s brilliance, it was the crestfallen end of West Indian dominance of international cricket, it was the period of Ambrose and Walsh bowling match winning spells, it was the period when the Waugh brothers took the Frank Worrell trophy down under, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. The 1990s was the period when I began following West Indies Cricket earnestly. It was the period when Brian Charles Lara dominated the cricket world. Lara dominated the headlines, and not always for good reason.