Rally Around the Windies: 3 Reasons to back the West Indies at the 2019 ICC World Cup
West Indies are the two-time champions of the ICC World Cup and had won the inaugural edition in 1975 and then in 1979. These titles came on the back of some stupendous performances led by their skipper Clive Lloyd, Sir Viv Richards and the famed pace battery of Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft and Marshall. Since their 1983 finals loss to India, the team is yet to make it to a World Cup final. The long-running feud between the Board and the cricketers has meant that cricket in the Caribbean has suffered and the quality of players coming through the system isn’t yet up-to-the-mark. But hopes do abound for the Windies in the 2019 World Cup and in this article, we discuss three reasons why they have what it takes to upset the apple cart and return to the summit of international cricket. Jason Holder: The Glue that binds the team: - o When he took over as the youngest-ever Captain of the West Indies team in 2014, Jason Holder was regarded by many as being an accidental ...