Longest national anthems amongst cricketing nations

4) West Indies

The West Indies have a peppy anthem

Now this is an interesting one! West Indies doesn’t have a national anthem, but just an anthem – for the simple reason that West Indies isn’t really a country but a cricketing body composed of players from the nations of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Leeward Islands and Windward Islands.

True to the Caribbean spirit, “Rally Round the West Indies” is a typical peppy number that grooves for about a minute and 45 seconds. However, the song does have a few untoward references – “some of the old generals have retired and gone; and the runs don't come by as they did before”. Imagine, an anthem created for a cricketing entity – that’s unique!