Having revisited the West Indies’ successes on the 1950 and 1963 tours in the first of this five-part series, we move on further through the 1960s and into the 1970s in the second part. Sobers and Gibbs lead a rout – First Test, Old Trafford, 1966 The West Indies began their defence of […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 2Guyana is set to observe its 54th Independence Day on Tuesday, May 26. To mark the occasion in a cricketing context, here’s presenting a Guyanese Test XI, formed from among Guyanese players who have represented the West Indies in men’s Test cricket. Roy Fredericks (59 Tests from 1968-69 to 1976-77) The left-handed Fredericks […]
Read More Specials – Guyana’s all-time Test XIThe West Indies, smarting from an embarrassing defeat to Ireland in a tour game eight days earlier, needed to win the third and final Test at Headingley, played from July 10 to July 15, 1969, in order to square the series. England were 1-0 up coming into the match, courtesy a comprehensive ten-wicket win […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – England v West Indies, Headingley, 1969
The Cricket Cauldron 