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The golden era of the West Indies Cricket was nearing its end and it was the last test series for Clive Lloyd. Imagine a team that boasted Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh (a substitute then ) and Patrick Patterson as their bowling arsenal, Roger Harper,  Gus Logie and the captain himself, set outstanding examples in the department of fielding. Their batting comprised of Des Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards, Lloyd (himself).

Imagine such a dream-team and truely they pulverized the Australian side in that five test series. Kim Hughes relinquished his captaincy in the middle of the series. I remember the video showing an emotional Kim Hughes (literally crying) press conference.

Allan Border  [nicknamed A.B.], took over the captaincy from Kim Hughes and it wasn't an easy task for him either. He had to build upon a demoralized team. The next couple of years wouldn't be smooth sailing. Yet he built an Australian team with fresh talent  and with the guidance of an innovative coach, Bob Simpson.
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Oops I tried to move this to "Yesteryear cricketer" folder...maybe mods can assist with that.
This cut and paste ended in the wrong folder.