Europeans in the Middle Ages also developed a taste for trade with China and the Indies.
The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association had been at loggerheads over players' contracts, payments and image rights.
In addition to fewer buyers for their products, the indies are also dealing with the fact that Wall Street financing has dried up.
The records of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies are uniquely significant in documenting the economic circumstances underlying the foundation of modern Scotland.
As the glut clears out by the end of this year and studios start to loosen their purse strings a bit, things might improve for the indies.
England sealed their second whitewash of the summer with a 10-wicket win over the West Indies at The Oval.
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Meanwhile, the West Indies thrashed the Netherlands by 215 runs at the 2011 World Cup in New Delhi on Monday.
He will take charge of the West Indies for the home series against Zimbabwe, which begins at the end of the month.
England play the West Indies at The Oval on Monday and the winner of that game will join the Proteas in qualifying for the last four.
They would have been disappointed with the series loss in the West Indies but the only way to right the wrongs is to put some good performances on the board.
The England players now have time to rest and regroup before embarking on a tour to the West Indies in the New Year, the squad to be named on 29 December.
There will be last hurrahs from two great West Indian fast bowlers, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, though neither they nor Lara seem likely to do enough to propel the West Indies into the final.
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke said he had no intention of releasing players to accommodate the 2009 IPL tournament as England were scheduled to tour the West Indies at the same time.
And then, because of being a performer, the people who are producing you as far as record companies, not necessarily the new indies - the new independent labels - which is what I am on now.
The recalculation of the West Indies target the previous day from an imposing 192 from 20 overs to just 60 from six with all their wickets in hand was not the best advert for the system, which appears to need a reassessment for Twenty20 cricket.
McGrath enjoyed similar success against the West Indies earlier in the year when he mastered Brain Lara.
Accidents of colonial history Indonesia was the Dutch-run bit of the East Indies, Malaysia the British bit help explain the rows over territory and culture.
Their cause is clearly helped by the fact neither England nor the West Indies will contest the final since umpires have to be neutral.
England chopped and changed their bowlers looking to finish the West Indies off but the tourists dug in with a 82-run fifth wicket partnership between Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
They defied the West Indies attack through the morning session with Ambrose lofting Sulieman Benn for six and collecting 20 fours before a leading edge off Simmons saw him depart to the final ball before lunch.
Croft arrived to accompany the West Indies international into the afternoon session, but when he chopped left-arm spinner Briggs onto his stumps and Gareth Cross was caught behind off the same bowler, seemingly only Chanderpaul stood in Hampshire's way.
That might be so, but the euphoria the Stanford tournaments brought to Caribbean cricket supporters has not been felt for many years, not since the heady days when the West Indies teams dominated the game in the 1970s and 80s.
Leading into the Ashes, these two Tests against the West Indies might give the selectors a snapshot of the future, but I would be amazed if Steve Harmison's name isn't pencilled into the teamsheet for the first Test in Cardiff in a few months time.
Vaughan was back for the 2007 World Cup campaign in the West Indies but gave up the one-day captaincy after England's elimination.
The Irish face the West Indies on Saturday and the statement added that "hopefully the matter will be dealt with as quickly as possible".
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The West Indies' total was the highest at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, which had only recently returned to international service following a 12-month suspension over a dangerous playing surface.
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The West Indies fast bowlers exploited the lively pitch and partly cloudy conditions early in the day but the complexion of the match changed again when Samaraweera was joined by Vaas.
England play a four-Test series in the West Indies, beginning in Jamaica on 4 February, before a home series - against Sri Lanka or West Indies - and then the Ashes later in the summer.
Mahmood wasted no time in making an impact with the ball as he forced Devon Smith to play on in the third over of the West Indies second innings, the left-hander now having only managed scores of 24, 13, eight and one on tour.
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