The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers
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Glory Days - Overview
The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers, by Peter Laurie and Anthony St. Elmo King
celebrates the legends of west Indies cricket. Batsmen like
Headley, Walcott, Weekes, Worrell, Sobers, Richards and Lara; and
bowlers like Hall, Gibbs, Roberts, Holding, Marshall, Ambrose and
Walsh. This colourful book provides profiles, career
hightlights and statistics accompanied by loads of superb photos, of 25
great West Indian cricket legends. It is a must have book for
every cricket fan.
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The Glory Days - Book Review
The authors behind 'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian Cricketers'
are both respected in their particular fields. Tony
King, former player and cricket administrator, and Peter Laurie, writer
and former ambassador, look at West Indies cricket from the first Test
in 1928 to the current uncertain state of the West Indian game.
'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian Cricketers', published in 2003,
represents the difficulty one may have in choosing 25 great West Indian
cricketers. The West Indies even thought small in population has in the
past produce cricket super stars with alarming frequency.
It is quiet easy to select another 25 great West Indian
cricketers who could find a place on this list; however the authors
have done a commendable job in documenting 75 years of West Indian
cricket brilliance.
'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian Cricketers' maybe unfairly
criticised for having a bias since 10 of the 25 great cricketers are
Barbadian, but if one has a clear understanding of the history of West
Indies cricket one would recognised the outstanding
contribution that this small cricket crazy nation has made to the
development of West Indies cricket.
The 25 players named in 'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers', in alphabetical order are:
Batsmen: George
Challenor (Barbados), Gordon Greenidge
(Barbados), Desmond Haynes (Barbados) George Headley
(Jamaica), Conrad Hunte (Barbados), Alvin Kalicharran (Guyana), Rohan
Kanhai (Guyana), Brian Lara (Trinidad) Clive Lloyd (Guyana),
Sir Viv Richards (Antigua), Sir Clude
Walcott (Barbados), Sir Everton Weekes (Barbados)
and Sir Frank Worrell (Barbados)
Bowlers:Curtley
Ambrose (Antigua), Joel Garner (Barbados) - Lance
Gibbs (Guyana), Wes Hall (Barbados)
Michael Holding (Jamaica), Malcolm Marshal
(Barbados), Sonny Ramadhin (Trinidad), Andy Roberts (Antigua), Courtney
Walsh (Jamaica),
All-rounders:
Lord Learie Constantine
(Trinidad), Sir Garfield Sobers (Barbados),
Wicket Keeper: Jeff
Dujon (Jamaica)
In the introduction, of 'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers', a lively dialogue is form between the authors,
and offers both insightful cricket analysis and a socio-cultural
perspective of the West Indian game. As a bonus, the book provides the
lyrics of two popular cricket calypsos: Lord Beginner's "Victor
Calypso", celebrating West Indies historic victory over England at
Lord's in 1950, and David Rudder's "Rally round the West Indies". It
also includes the poem "Rites" by Kamau Brathwaite.
'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian Cricketers' discusses cricket in
different eras: The early years, the Post war years, the
Worrell-Sobers Era, World Supremacy with Lloyd-Richards, and
the present day. It states that 1995 to present is the period
that has created so much heartache for fans of West Indies Cricket .
After two decades of world supremacy it is hard for fans to
acept that the West Indies are struggling to beat even
relatively weak teams, but stated " that there is one shining
star, the only great player chosen from this period", but the authors
like so many other West Indians are optimistic when they said there is
no much talent around that West Indies will surely rise
again, in the words of David Rudder "like a raging
fire"
Whether you agree with the authors' choice of the 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers or not, every cricket lover, autograph collector, and anyone
interested in the Caribbean and West Indies Cricket will want to
have 'The Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian
Cricketers', as an essential reference text and souvenir
edition to mark the 75th anniversary of West Indies Test cricket.
| Format: |
Hardcover |
| Size: |
136 pages |
| Costs: |
$37.95 |
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