Dissector
International Debutant
Barbados has a population of 285,000 and Antigua a population of 85,000 for a combined population of 370,000, less than a tenth of that of New Zealand. Yet in the period from 1950-2000 their combined team would have been something like this:
Greenidge
Haynes
Worrell (captain)
Richards
Weekes
Sobers
Walcott (wk)
Marshall
Garner
Roberts
Ambrose
I reckon this team would have held its own against a World 11 from the same period. It has to be one of the most astonishing concentrations of talent in a small place in the history of sports.
Any thoughts about why these two places produced such a disproportionate amount of cricket talent ?
Greenidge
Haynes
Worrell (captain)
Richards
Weekes
Sobers
Walcott (wk)
Marshall
Garner
Roberts
Ambrose
I reckon this team would have held its own against a World 11 from the same period. It has to be one of the most astonishing concentrations of talent in a small place in the history of sports.
Any thoughts about why these two places produced such a disproportionate amount of cricket talent ?