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The West Indian Cricket Team, popualry referred to as The
Windies, is the national cricket team of the English-speaking
Caribbean nations. The West Indian side dominated cricket
scene throughout the 1970's and 1980's, but today it's struggling
to regain its lost glory. The team won the first two editions
of the ICC World Cup in 1975 and 1979, and lost to India in
the 1983 World Cup final in a low scoring match.
The West Indies played its first official international Test
match way back in 1928, and the team has produced several
world-renowned cricketers in its 78 years of international
cricket. The list of the most popular West Indian cricketers
include the names of Garry Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd,
Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall,
Viv Richards, Carl Hooper, Courtney Walsh, and Brian Lara.
West Indies will host the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007,
which would be biggest cricket event the world has ever seen.
The host team is placed in Group D in the ICC team groupings,
along with Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Ireland. West Indies will
play its first warm-up match against Kenya on March 05, 2007
in the Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica. The team will also play
in the opening match of the ICC World Cup 2007 against Pakistan
on March 13, 2007 in Sabina Park, Jamaica.
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