New West Indian heroes
Sport in the West Indies has been given a whole new identity thanks to the spectacular performances of Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Richard Thompson and line of athletes from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago who brought home medals from Beijing
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Sport in the West Indies has been given a whole new identity thanks to the spectacular performances of Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Richard Thompson and line of athletes from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago who brought home medals from Beijing. While cricket continues to languish due to administration issues, a whole new generation of West Indians have something to cheer about, writes Tony Cozier in the Trinidad and Tobago Express. He wonders if many others with the advantages of Bolt's height, physique and athleticism will now follow his path to the track rather than seeking to extend the celebrated legacy of West Indian fast bowling.
There was a time when opponents cowered before the cricketing might of West Indies teams under Worrell and Sobers, Lloyd and Richards. Now it is the other way round and there won't be a revival until such insecurity is erased.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo