Chokers!

-Having glimpsed the beguiling beauty of victory, the West Indies nerves seemed to desert them and instead of embracing it they turned and ran away

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By Tony Cozier
At the ICC World Cup
In CHENNAI

Once again, they could glimpse the beguiling beauty of victory. Once again, they became so petrified the closer they got to actually embracing it that they eventually turned and ran away.

It is a defect that has become so embedded in the psyche of West Indies teams that every loss, such as the latest against England here Friday night,…..

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