The three generations of West Indian cricket

#2 West Indies of the 90s

West Indies of the 1990s

The West Indian team of the 90s was a team in transition. It was next to impossible to find replacements for legends that retired in the 80s, yet, West Indies cricket gave birth to amazing characters and greats of the game in the 90s. It was an era where 2 legendary fast bowlers, Ambrose and Walsh continued the tradition and carried the baton handed to them by Holding and Garner.

It was also a time when Brian Lara, arguably the best batsman of the era along with Ponting and Tendulkar, flourished in cricket. Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who could well be termed as the Sangakkara-Jayawardene of West Indian cricket were young and in their prime. The West Indies of the 90's were fiercely competitive and always gave the opposition a run for their money. Here is an example of their playing eleven:-

1. Sherwin Campbell
2. Stuart Williams
3. Brian Lara
4. Carl Hooper
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Jimmy Adams
7. Junior Murray (wk)
8. Ian Bishop
9. Keith Atherton
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Courtney Walsh (c)