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West Indies Cricket Team

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The West Indies cricket team represents a confederation of English-speaking Caribbean nations and territories, including Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and several smaller islands, in international Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, administered by Cricket West Indies, and, though never a single sovereign nation, one of the most historically dominant teams in the sport, having held the unofficial mantle of the world's best Test team for roughly fifteen years from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Playing in maroon, the team's dominant era featured a fearsome fast-bowling attack and batsmen including Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd and Gordon Greenidge, and the West Indies remain the only team to have won the ICC Cricket World Cup twice consecutively, in 1975 and 1979.

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Carl Hooper, Athletes
Source Carl Hooper (Wikipedia)
Chris Gayle, Athletes
Source Chris Gayle (Wikipedia)
Clive Lloyd, Athletes
Source Clive Lloyd (Wikipedia)
Source Courtney Walsh (Wikipedia)
Source Deryck Murray (Wikipedia)
Source Gordon Greenidge (Wikipedia)
Source Malcolm Marshall (Wikipedia)
Source Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Wikipedia)
Viv Richards, Athletes
Source Wikipedia, Viv Richards
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1. Wikipedia: West Indies cricket team - Wikipedia
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is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies
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Chris Gayle (Wikipedia)
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a former Jamaican cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies from 1999 to 2021
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Clive Lloyd (Wikipedia)
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captain of the West Indies cricket team
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Wikipedia, Viv Richards
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represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991
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Carl Hooper (Wikipedia)
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captained the West Indies in Test matches
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Courtney Walsh (Wikipedia)
Roster: Courtney Walsh, Article text, national team
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represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the team in 22 Test matches
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Gordon Greenidge (Wikipedia)
Roster: Gordon Greenidge, Article text, national team
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represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for 17 years
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Malcolm Marshall (Wikipedia)
Roster: Malcolm Marshall, Article text, national team
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played for the West Indies cricket team from 1978 to 1992 in Tests and One Day Internationals
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Wikipedia)
Roster: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, National team
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is a Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team
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Deryck Murray (Wikipedia)
Roster: Deryck Murray, Lead, national team
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is a former West Indies cricketer
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