In Search of West Indies Cricket

The Ninth Nawab of Pataudi  in a reflective moment
The Ninth Nawab of Pataudi in a reflective moment

Cricket’s Prince Charming

Part II Winchester – Sussex – Oxford In his final season at Winches-ter, The Noob erased the former England Captain (in the infamous Bodyline series) Douglas Jardine’s forty year old batting records, which had previously been considered untouchable,  of 997 runs in a season at an average of 66.46, by compiling 1068 runs at 71.20 per innings. 

Even at a young age, Mansur Ali Khan had the regal appearance of a Prince

Cricket’s Prince Charming

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour, in the first of two parts, looks at the early star-crossed life of cricket’s first Superstar.

Carl Ince playing the guitar

Driven: The story of squash coach Carl Ince

This week, Roger Seymour stepped away from his search of West Indies cricket and sat down with coach of the 12-time defending champs of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championship, Guyana, Carl Ince, for an in-depth look at how he became a coach.

 Roy Fredericks

The Southampton Incident

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies cricket, Roger Seymour looks at a seemingly minor incident that occurred during a game against a county side, early on the 1973 Tour of England.

A man of faith

Saturday, March 1, 2031, Bridgetown, Barbados. Good bye to Test cricket Lindsay Geddes Grant: “Jackie was sitting on top of the world.

Wayne “The Diamond” Daniel in full flight

The Net Session

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at a routine event that occurred before a Test match.

SS Athenia sinking

The Abandoned Tour

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at events that took place 77 years ago this month.

The metal plates with the numbers for the old scoreboard (Photos by Roger Seymour)

The last stand

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the forgotten scoreboard from the 1981 Shell Shield Match between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

WI Captain Clive Lloyd accepts the 1975 World Cup trophy from the Duke of Edinburgh

West Indian Summer Solstice

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks at the highlights and forgotten moments of the 1975 World Cup Final.

Oh Kalli… Those 90s!

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour reflects on his boyhood batting hero Alvin Kallicharran.

Robin Jackman

The Test that never was

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour takes an initial look at the controversial subject of apartheid and cricket.

The England team walks on to field. From left: Les Ames, Patsy Hendren, Andy Sandham, Wilfred Rhodes, Bob Wyatt, the Hon Fred Calthorpe (captain), Jack O’Connor, Ewart Astill, Nigel Haig, George Gunn, Bill Voce, West Indies v England, Barbados, January 11, 1930. (ESPNcricinfo photo)

Lost in the shuffle

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour examines the phenomenon elite batsmen experience, the euphoric sensation, where runs just seem to gush out of their bats for an extended period of time.

 Paul Keens Douglas

Who won the 1975 Shell Shield?

In this week’s edition of In Search Of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the forgotten scoreboard of the 1975 Shell Shield Match between Trinidad & Tobago and the Combined Islands.

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