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Keith Miller bowled John Trim 47 (Source: With the West Indies in Australia 1951/52/A G Moyes)

A tale of tailenders

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of three parts, Roger Seymour looks at the uncanny conclusions to the Fourth Test match in three series between the West Indies and Australia Prologue Fourth Test, Melbourne, Australia, 3  January, 1952.

Mohinder Amarnath in full flight, hooking one of the West Indies fast bowlers during the 1983 series in the Caribbean (Source: 1983 West Indies Cricket Annual)

Hooked on Jimmy

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines Mohinder Amarnath’s glorious run spree during India’s 1983 Tour of the Caribbean and the phenomenon whereby elite batsmen experience the euphoric sensation of being in a state of Nirvana, when runs gush from their bats for an extended period of time.

A still shot from the rehearsal of the 1975/76 West Indies team to Australia’s TV commercial for Brut Shampoo taken from YouTube

A forgotten cricket calypso

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour continues the calypso in cricket theme from last week, by looking at a calypso composed by a West Indian cricketer which was probably better known in Australia and New Zealand than in the West Indies.

Narendra Hirwani in action

The wizardry of Hirwani

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour returns to the dossier exploring the 15 losses incurred by the West Indies in the 115 Tests played between the 1980 Tour of England and the 1995 visit to New Zealand, during which they remained unbeaten in 29 Test series.

 Kensington Oval

A sticky wicket at Kensington

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour recounts a visit to the Kensington Oval, Barbados during the post-match celebrations of the 1997 Third Test match between the West Indies and India, addressed in last week’s “An Easter tale”.

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