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🥊Mild

Merv Hughes — The King of Sledging

Australia vs Various

28 December 1991

Merv Hughes was legendary for his creative and often hilarious sledging, engaging in memorable verbal battles with Javed Miandad, Viv Richards, and many others.

#merv hughes#sledging#humor
Serious

Malcolm Marshall's 7/22 — Old Trafford 1988

England, West Indies

1988-06-04

On a damp Old Trafford pitch in 1988, Malcolm Marshall produced what many of his peers consider his masterpiece — 7 for 22 in 18.3 overs to bowl England out for 93.

#malcolm-marshall#west-indies#england
Serious

The Second Blackwash — West Indies 5-0 vs England in the Caribbean, 1985-86

England, West Indies

1986-04-15

Eighteen months after the 1984 Blackwash, West Indies repeated the 5-0 in the Caribbean, this time with the debutant Patrick Patterson making the Sabina Park pitch genuinely terrifying for England's batsmen.

#west-indies#england#blackwash
😂Mild

Viv Richards: 'You Know What It Looks Like — Go Find It'

England vs West Indies

1986-07-03

After Greg Thomas told Viv Richards he'd missed the ball, Richards smashed the next delivery out of the ground and told Thomas to go find it.

#viv-richards#greg-thomas#sledge
Serious

Clive Lloyd Retires from Captaincy — End of an Era, 1985

West Indies

1985-01-20

Clive Lloyd retired from international cricket and the West Indies captaincy at the end of the 1984-85 Australian tour, ending an 11-year reign that included two World Cup finals, the Blackwash, and the most successful captaincy in cricket history at the time.

#clive-lloyd#west-indies#captaincy
Serious

Viv Richards Becomes West Indies Captain — 1985

West Indies

1985-02-15

Viv Richards inherited the West Indies captaincy from Clive Lloyd in 1985 and led the side through a six-year peak in which he never lost a Test series — a captaincy distinction unique in modern cricket history.

#viv-richards#west-indies#captaincy
Explosive

India Win the 1983 World Cup — Lord's, June 25

India, West Indies

1983-06-25

Bowled out for 183 against the two-time defending champions, India dismissed West Indies for 140 — Mohinder Amarnath and Madan Lal taking three wickets each — to win the 1983 World Cup and change Indian sport forever.

#india#west-indies#1983-world-cup
🥊Serious

Tony Greig's 'Grovel' Comment — West Indies Fury 1976

England vs West Indies

3 June 1976

Tony Greig infamously said he intended to make the West Indies 'grovel,' a comment with racial undertones that provoked an incredible West Indian response.

#greig#grovel#west indies