When I was asked by Cricinfo to join the panel choosing an All-Time West Indies Cricket XI, my first inclination was to decline. I realised, in the case of batsmen alone, that it would be impossible ...

When Kanhai came out to bat there was that sudden, expectant, almost fearful, silence that tells you that you are in the presence of some extraordinary phenomenon… – Ian McDonald. In the early 1970’s ...

Batting at the highest level is hard enough, but doing so with a raging hangover adds another dimension to the challenge. At Lord's in 1973, Garry Sobers, one of the greatest players to have graced ...

(1967-68, P5, W1, D4): Trinidad: England 568 (K F Barrington 143, T W Graveney 118, M C Cowdrey 72, G Boycott 68; C C Griffith 5-69) v West Indies 363 (C H Lloyd 118, R B Kanhai 85) & 243-8 (following ...