The power and the glory
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
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On the eve of cricket's ninth World Cup, the first in the Caribbean, Vic Marks recalls the West Indies' heyday, while Viv Richards, Trevor McDonald, Brian Lara and others explain what the game means to the islands.
Recent West Indies sides have been burdened by the brilliance of their predecessors. And their current players have often seemed more concerned with the trappings of international cricket than ensuring that they are good enough to play it. Now they have the chance to redress the balance in the Caribbean, where the cricket culture that we all treasure needs bolstering.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo