West Indies must address balance issues

Sun, Nov 10, '13

Unless you’re something of a cricket geek, you may not have heard of Eldine Baptiste. He was one of the Ordinary Joes in an extraordinary West Indies team. Not ordinary like you and me, but unremarkable when compared to the legends he shared a dressing room with. During the unforgettable Blackwash summer of 1984, he certainly had his moments. He made 87 not out in the first Test at Edgbaston, and then at Lord’s – a match remembered for Gordon Greenidge and Larry Gomes cruising past a target of 342 on the final afternoon – he ran out Geoff Miller, middle stump, no less, from nearly 80 yards away.