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Masterclass from Goochthatheralded thebeginningof West Indies’ decline

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Derek Pringle looks back to a drawn series in England in 1991 and suggests it was then that the first cracks appeared in an invincible machine

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Just too good: Graham Gooch’s 154 not out in 1991 is wideley considered one of Test cricket’s greatest innings while the Windies were without their own legendary opener Gordon Greenidge, right
No great empire has survived the ravages of time and tide, not Rome and not the West Indies cricket team. What brings great dynasties to an end is not always clear though according to Herodotus: “Human beings an...

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