The West Indies, one of the sport’s best loved teams, are not there
THE 13TH edition of the Cricket World Cup, which began on October 5th in Ahmedabad, India, will be the glitziest, most popular yet. Getting on for three-quarters of a billion people in India alone are expected to tune in. But in one significant respect, the event will be bereft: the West Indies are not playing. The West Indies, a side made up of the players from Anglophone Caribbean countries, won the first two tournaments in 1975 and 1979, and reached the final in 1983.
Every national team has faced the same struggle, but the combination of the popularity of Caribbean cricketers and the shaky finances of the region’s cricket board meant that the Windies were hit the hardest. Cricket West Indies , the governing body, admits that regular disputes over pay have led to “significant distrust between the players and administration”. The disruption caused by franchise cricket appears to have led to a broader diminishment of the team.
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