In Search of West Indies Cricket

West Indies arriving at Toronto Cricket Club for the first match
West Indies arriving at Toronto Cricket Club for the first match

Sixes, seagulls and steel band in the suburbs

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the second of two parts, Roger Seymour recounts the performance of the West Indies at the 1999 DMC Cricket Festival, Toronto, Canada.

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West Indies’s rescue act

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Part 1.5 of a two-part series, Roger Seymour takes a look behind the scenes of the West Indies’ last-minute rescue act to save an International Cricket Tournament in Toronto, Canada.

During a match at the Toronto Cricket
Skating and Curling Club (date unknown) (Source: Best Canadian Cricket grounds)
During a match at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (date unknown) (Source: Best Canadian Cricket grounds)

The Sahara Cup

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at an  international cricket tournament staged in, of all places, Toronto, Canada.

Inshan Ali in action during the 1974 Shell Shield Season when he created a new tournament record of 27 wickets (Source:1974 West Indies Cricket Annual)

Searching for Inshan Ali

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour recounts his search for an ailing former West Indies Test cricketer.

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.

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)

The Dujon and Logie master class

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.

Gus Logie plays an astonishing shot during his first innings knock of 93 in the Second Test at Perth, in the 1988/89 Test series versus Australia.
(Source: 1989 Benson & Hedges West Indies Cricket Annual)

Recovered files: Logie and Dujon

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the Test careers of Jeff Dujon and Gus Logie who were members of the West Indies juggernaut which plundered the Test arena in the 1980s.

Mohinder Amarnath drives past Lloyd at forward short leg during his vital 85 in the second innings of the Third Test. Imtiaz Ali is at slip, Deryck Murray is the wicketkeeper. (Photo: 1976 West Indies Cricket Annual)

India’s glorious run chase

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour recalls India’s scintillating fourth innings’ run chase at the Queen’s Park Oval, in Trinidad, in 1976.

Australian Peter Toohey is struck on the eyebrow by Andy Roberts during the first innings of the First Test at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 3 March, 1978. Roberts (left) and Captain Clive Lloyd inspect the damage. (Source: Media guide: The Australians are back in Guyana - 1978 Tour)

Leader of the pack

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the second of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the legacy of Andy Roberts.

Andy Roberts and Deryck Murray scamper to take the winning run against Pakistan in the 1975 Prudential World Cup second round encounter (Source 1977 media guide, The West Indies vs Pakistan in Guyana)

Lethal weapon

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at Andy Roberts.

Laramania! Brian Lara is protected by a cordon of Antiguan
policemen moments after he passed Sir Garry Sobers’ Test
record of 365 (Source: Red Stripe Caribbean Cricket Quarterly
Volume 4 Number 3, July/September, 1994)

The forgotten masterpiece

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at one of Brian Lara’s innings during his 1994 run spree.

Jack Waterloo

Jack Waterloo – Head of ‘The House’

 In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour recalls one of the colourful characters who was an integral part of the local cricket scene from the War Years (1940s) through the Fabulous Fifties and Swinging Sixties to the Disco Decade of the 1970s.

A flock of ‘bird men’ precariously perched on every branch of a Samaan tree outside the Bourda Cricket Ground during a Test match in the early 1970s. (Source: 1974 MCC Tour Brochure)

The birdmen of Bourda

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines a forgotten aspect of Test cricket at Bourda.

Guyana, Shell Shield and Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy Champions 1983, back row, left to right: G E Charles, Kamal Singh, M A Lynch, R F Jospeh, R A Harper, C Butts, W H F White, D I Kallicharran; front row, left to right: L A Lambert, T R Etwaroo, S F A Bacchus, C H Lloyd (captain), R C Fredericks (manager/player), A A Lyght, M R Pydanna.

West Indies’ first double champions reunite

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour chats with Leslaine (Les) Lambert about the recent reunion to celebrate Guyana’s double triumph during the 1983 West Indies season, looks at snippets of the season and the aftermath.

Charlie Davis at bat during the 1971 series versus India (Source: 1971 West Indies Cricket Annual)

The Charlie Davis story

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the oft overlooked Test career of Charlie Davis, the Trinidadian Boy Wonder.

John Edrich is bowled by Rodriguez for 29 on the final day of the Fourth Test (Source: The MCC Tour of West Indies, 1968/Brian Close)

Sobers’ declaration at Port-of-Spain

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines the controversy surrounding the infamous declaration by Sobers in a Test match in Trinidad in 1968, and poses the question, did Sobers really declare?

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