FIRST VIV SHED A TEAR BUT THEN WE GOT ONE LAST HURRAH AT THE REC…

Record-breaker: Brian Lara salutes his 375 against England as police keep order on the field

Peter Hayter looks back to 2009 when an embarrassment for West Indies cricket was rescued by a one-off return to one of the region’s iconic venues
It was enough to make Sir Vivian Richards weep and that hasn’t happened very often.
When I bumped into the Masterblaster in the facilities behind the Press box at the stadium named after him shortly after the second Test of the 2009 series between England and West Indies had been abandoned with just ten balls bowled, ...

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