Sylvester Clarke saved his most fearsome spells of fast bowling for Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, writes Richard Edwards

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Cold war were the two words that struck fear into those growing up in 1980s England – but in SE11, on Oval pitches baked hard in the south London sun, a far more frightening prospect lay in wait for the batsman of the day – that of facing Sylvester Clarke.
Born in Barbados two weeks before Christmas in 1954, Clarke was an unexpected gift to a Surrey side desperate to restore their reputation as one of English cricket’s foremos...