Isabelle Westbury cautions that misconceptions about the modern Caribbean game may be affecting our judgment of the progress made there

Loud and proud: the West Indies team of the Eighties

In the build-up to England’s current tour of the West Indies, former England captain Graham Gooch was interviewed about the experience of being on the wrong end of the fastest century in Test cricket.
Sir Viv Richards’ knock of 103 off 56 balls in 1986 was a sight to behold. As the spectacle unfolded the balls rained down on the adjacent prison where its inmates stood, gleefully “r...