Capel’s Caribbean moment ended Windies’ proud reign

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By Richard Edwards

Sorely missed: David Capel will go down as a Northants legend
PICTURE: PA Images

DAVID Capel’s passing at the age of 57 was felt across English cricket last week - and no where more so than among those who played alongside him on a tour that went some way to restoring England’s reputation on the global stage in 1990.
As England boarded the plane to the Caribbean that winter, they were viewed as lambs to the slaughter. Before the first Test at Sabina Park, the Daily Mirror ran a double page spread comparing the pace attacks of both sides under the headline &...

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