Evolution of Cricket in Carribians:
The 1980s saw them set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 "blackwashes" against the old enemy of England Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket declined, largely due to the failure of the West Indian Cricket Board to move the game from an amateur pastime to a professional sport coupled with the general economic decline in West Indian countries, and the team today is struggling to regain its past glory. The West Indies are currently ranked 8th out of the 10 Test playing nations, and 7th in the One Day International rankings, which likewise only cover the 10 Test playing nations.
Recent Decline:
West Indies have decided to cut short their current tour of Sri Lanka tour due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country.
The first two one-day internationals of a five-match series was scheduled to start today at Sri Lanka's new international venue Hambantota but bad weather has prevented both teams from having a single net session.
Both cricket boards have agreed to postpone the one-day series and reschedule it for late January with three matches instead of the present five.
"The decision was taken with the mutual understanding of both cricket boards and our television partners," said Sri Lanka Cricket in a statement.
Bad weather affected the three-match Test series which ended at Pallakele, Kandy on Sunday with the series shared 0-0. The third Test saw only 103.3 overs bowled.
Cricket Greats and Legends:
They always had some of the biggest names in Cricket, from Sobers and Richards to Lara and Walsh, West Indies have been represted by some of the pure genius of this trade, but thigs have changed now, a team which use to be considered as favourites even before any bowl is bowled in the previous World Cups, is now no where near their past so it will be a huge tast for the young West Indies side to pull up somthing special in the ICC World Cup 2011 Highlights
Only high that West Indies had in past few years was in ICC Champions Trophy, 2004 when it was the winner. Since then, there has been constant drop in its performance. This downfall peaked last year when its players went on strike owing to contract dispute. At that time it lost to minnows Bangladesh pretty badly.
Players like Gayle, Bravo, Pollard, and Smith do perform, but in patches. All of them need to fire at the same time to lift fortunes of their team.
The Sir Viv Richards Stadium hosted its first One Day International on 27 March 2007 for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and its first Test match on 30 May 2008. The stadium has a permanent capacity of 10,000, and is to host Test cricket instead of the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Four further stadia have been used for One Day Internationals, but not Test matches. The number of One Day Internationals played at each venue is in brackets.
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