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A long way to go yet, say Holding and Croft

A long way to go yet, say Holding and Croft

West Indian greats Michael Holding and Colin Croft think the current team still has a long way to go before it can claim to have "turned the corner"

12-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

Croft backs first-class status for rebel tours

Croft backs first-class status for rebel tours

Colin Croft, the former West Indies fast bowler, has strongly backed the ICC's proposal to confer first-class status to all matches from the rebel tours to South Africa in the 1980s

03-Sep-2007•Cricinfo staff

Pride on the line, no more

Pride on the line, no more

Dileep Premachandran's preview of Bangladesh's game against West Indies

18-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Lloyd defends mini-break but Croft hits out

Lloyd defends mini-break but Croft hits out

Clive Lloyd, the West Indies manager, has defended the controversial decision to grant his squad a mini-holiday despite standing on the brink of World Cup elimination

09-Apr-2007•Cricinfo staff

Lara under pressure to keep captaincy

Lara under pressure to keep captaincy

West Indies' dismal efforts in the Super Eights have brought calls for change from fans and experts alike

03-Apr-2007•Cricinfo staff

What's going on? Goodall has some news for Gavaskar

What's going on? Goodall has some news for Gavaskar

Poor Fred Goodall - they had to pick him up off the floor in the Wellington Public Library the other day

31-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

The Kenyan lion roars long and loud

The Kenyan lion roars long and loud

© Reuters That first shock referred to, of course, was their win over the West Indies in the 1996 World Cup, and although that line was again remembered when Kenya beat Sri Lanka, I believed more shocks were in store

14-Mar-2003•Colin Croft

And now for the big one

And now for the big one

Right now, the Kenyan cricket team is like the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico." Try as they might, the cats - or in this case, the big lions - South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand and even Sri Lanka do not

28-Feb-2003•Colin Croft

West Indies late charge evens game up

West Indies late charge evens game up

The West Indies pulled themselves back into the game late in the evening after a very composed 4th wicket partnership of 176 between Murray Goodwin, who made 113; before he was run out going for a non-existent single; and captain, Andy Flower, who

25-Mar-2000•Colin Croft

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