Fazeer Mohammed

Fazeer Mohammed is a journalist/broadcaster with almost 40 years’ experience across a range of media. His interest in cricket, and particularly its history, started at home via his father’s small collection of autobiographies and magazines, offering perspectives and context which have informed his commentary and analysis on contemporary issues in the game.

1975 CWC: “He did things no one else could do…”

(Part 21.) An impatient King. Without resorting to your trusty search engine or any personal archives, can you name the players who have Cricket World Cup winners’ medals from both the 1975 and 1979 tournaments? Most are straightforward. Gordon Greenidge: who opened with Roy Fredericks in the first final and …

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1975 CWC: Spin master—the evergreen Lance Gibbs

(Part 19.) Off-spinning stylist. In the year of the World Cup, Lance Gibbs stood on the verge of history. Although approaching his 41st birthday, the lanky off-spinner with the classic high arm action was just 15 victims away from eclipsing former England fast bowler Fred Trueman’s tally of 307 to …

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1975 CWC: Andy Roberts—record maker and jaw breaker

(Part 18.) Silent assassin. Andy Roberts was a ground-breaker—the first from Antigua and Barbuda to play senior international cricket for the West Indies. He was also a jaw-breaker. Many an unsuspecting batsman fell victim, painfully, to his clever variations of pace and the other impressive tools which made him the …

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