On the back of Scott Shepherd’s blog post yesterday on the return to normalcy in world cricket, here at Crikey Sports we are going to dare to declare that the West Indies are returning to the heights of their once great powers.
The swagger is returning. Captain Chris Gayle is beginning to enter the same sphere of “coolness” as the great Viv Richards. Their fast bowlers are bowling, well, fast — and taking wickets. They have batsmen of world class calibre, namely Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul — although Australian-born Brendan “the new Tony Cozier” Nash — has added some middle order fortitude. There are smiles, lots of smiles, and high fives. They are fielding very well and are backing the bowlers.
What is old is new again.
But most importantly they have Suliemann Benn. Who?
“Big” Benn is a 27 year old left arm orthodox spin bowler. He is also six foot seven. He has hands like Andre the Giant. A four piece Test match Kookaburra ball is like an under 14’s ball for him. He can get the ball to turn and bounce prodigiously. Australia would kill to have a player like him.
Have a watch of this, via an ultra-cool West Indian sports report:
Are the Windies back?
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