In 1983, the West Indies cricket team was on top of the world.

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The West Indies cricket team, once a world-beating symbol of Caribbean unity, has been brought low by inter-island squabbles.

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About a month beforehand, an almighty row between the WICB and Digicel, who sponsor the West Indies cricket team, flared up over whether Digicel had branding rights to the Stanford match.

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He has also been a West Indies selector and team manager and a member of the International Cricket Council's executive board.

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And the West Indies team is a shadow of the sides that dominated world cricket in the 1960s and, under Sir Vivian, in the 1970s.

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He should be given a chance to do so, and a Test series win against a divided England team would be the perfect springboard for a renaissance in West Indies cricket.

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Dravid went past Allan Border's mark of 11, 174 runs in Test cricket, leaving him behind just team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies' Brian Lara and Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on the all-time scorer list.

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And despite the latest plan to avoid such an eventuality, Sri Lanka Cricket have expressed concern about the possibility of West Indies fielding an under-strength team, which could have a knock-on effect on their TV revenue.

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