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(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 …

(Part thirteen.) Greatness-in-waiting. Most of the individual batting records of Vivian Richards have long been surpassed. But, with 38 days to go to the 50th anniversary of the West Indies’ defeat of Australia in the inaugural men’s World Cup final at Lord’s, it is worth pointing out one unwanted achievement …