I had completely forgotten that almost 15 years ago, living in Grand Cayman, I had sent my friend Colin Cholmondeley (then living in Jamaica) a short column from Wisden Cricket Monthly by BBC broadcaster and writer John Arlott on the West Indies cricket tour of England in 1950.
Recently, with both of us now back living in Guyana, Colin sent me a copy of the email. I’m reproducing it below partly because of Arlott’s fine prose, but mainly because, written 60 years ago, it’s a stark reminder of how far West Indies cricket has fallen. For the younger folks, also, it may be a story they are hearing in detail for the
