W.I : Fast forward from 1975

Fast forward to Wellington this week.

The same cricket nation, selected from glorious idyllic islands in the Caribbean, came with no collective force, no hunger,

and definitely no energy. Their fielding was the worst I have seen in all my time.

Not just the catches that went down, or the misfields, no, it was the total abject failure to represent what we are on this planet

to do - simply breathe in and breathe out.

They looked as if they didn't even try.  :-[

The calypso genius at the 1975 World Cup final :

was breathtaking energy, low to the ground,deathly zinging throws of incredible accuracy finding a tiny target at a stunning velocity.

Run-outs won that final for West Indies that day. 

From that moment they became an irresistible force for the next 15 long years.

Fielding propelled them into a different sphere.

Energy became their antidote and no one could stop them once addicted.

A Turner          run out
IM Chappell      run out    (Richards/Lloyd) 
GS Chappell      run out    (Richards)
MHN Walker      run out    (Holder) 
JR Thomson      run out    (†Murray) 

New Zealand played the perfect game, with universal energy as their drive.

They thoroughly deserved the win.

However, to win inside three days by such a margin was also testimony to :

a lazy, careless opponent.  :-[

Chair , U can merge with the Martion Crowe thread  !