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For just over a decade, the West Indies cricket team ruled the world in the 20th century—one of the longest periods of success in sporting history.
Those glory days began at Lord’s in London on 21 June 1975 when West Indies defeated Australia by 17 runs to claim the inaugural Cricket World Cup trophy.
The following year, the Maroon Men returned to England and routed their hosts 3-0 in the Wisden Test series and an unforgettable era was well and truly underway.
Fifty years later, esteemed regional cricket writer Fazeer Mohammed returns to the scene of the West Indies’ first global title to revisit an important period of cricket history.
Wired868 will carry 50 articles from Mohammed that not only tells the tale of the 1975 Cricket World Cup but provides context on the popular ICC limited overs series.
Below, ‘Faz’ talks to SportsMax about what lies in store for Wired868 readers:
TV6 Morning Edition host and veteran cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed tells Burdie and Barney why Trinidad and Tobago football—and much Read more
In 1976, Tobago-born Owen Thompson was but a boy of 14 when Greg Chappell’s Australia put a 5-1 merciless whipping Read more
Every now and again, I indulge in a binge fest of Viv Richards. It’s therapeutic. Maybe it was triggered by Read more
At a critical moment in the final Super Eights game, one of the team coaches left the pavilion and came Read more
Born 86 years ago today on 28 July 1936, Garfield St Aubrun Sobers became simply, as Sparrow sang, “the greatest Read more
The following article was written by Lasana Liburd for the Trinidad Express on 8 July 2004, after West Indies defeated Read more
