In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the second match of the West Indies campaign in the 1975 Prudential World Cup Tournament.
By Roger Seymour
At the book launch of Clem Seecharan’s Hand-In-Hand History of Cricket in Guyana, 1865 -1897, Volume 1: The Foundation in the Woodbine Room at the Cara Lodge, Georgetown, on Friday, 13th May, 2016, Ian McDonald whilst introducing the event’s guest speaker Deryck Murray, referred to the 1975 Prudential World Cup second-round match versus Pakistan. Murray, former West Indies wicket-keeper and later Trinidad and Tobago diplomat, following protocol, smiled warmly, but as he rose to speak a few minutes later, he was all business. At the podium, the former Cambridge Blue turned slightly to face the head table, and said, “You know Ian, the West Indies …”
