Hail to World T20 champions – West Indies

Cosmo Hamilton

By Cosmo Hamilton

Stop the press. It’s official. The drought is over. Pop the champagne! Strike up the band. Clear the trophy case. There is new hardware coming in. All hail to the 2012 ICC T20 champions – West Indies.

What a year 2012 has been for sports in the Caribbean. Firstly in track and field highlighted by the London Olympics it was sprinter supreme world 100 and 200 meters champion Jamaican Usain Bolt illuminating the planet with his electrifying performances. Then it was crowning glory for world 400 meters hero Grenadian Kirani James in the summer to remember. And there was Trinidad and Tobago’s golden boy Keshorn Walcott who shocked the world if not himself,