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Asks Tony Cozier

Two names leapt off the computer screen last week from the e-mail announcing the preliminary West Indies 30 for the forthcoming World Cup.
One was Ryan Hinds, the left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner; the other was Tino Best, the tearaway (in every sense) fast bowler.

Hinds last played a One-Day International in 2004, in the West Indies’ victory in the Champions Trophy at the Oval in London. More than six years later, he is back, coming up to his 30th birthday the week before the West Indies’ first Cup match against South Africa in Delhi.

Best’s last ODI was far more recent, against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg in the Champions Trophy last year. But it was dependent…..


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