West Indies

When Andy Roberts opened his sinewy run-up from Antigua shorelines, a bowler charged cricket’s landscape by pairing science with sorcery. Beyond unbridled pace lay shrewd skill – each spell a masterclass in strategic seam and swing manipulation capped by cannoning yorkers. Over a decade, growing awe morphed into folklore with each collapsed wicket. Equally patient…

As West Indies cricket rose from tentative post-colonial roots into an emerging world power, Clive Lloyd shepherded the transition as tactical leader and batting lynchpin, catalyzing an ascendant era beneath his stoic gaze and defiant stroke play. Lloyd melded natural athletic gifts with shrewd situational awareness when assuming the captaincy in 1974. Understanding intrinsic talent…