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Article: Dynasty Without Heirs Declining West Indies Faces Rising Zimbabwe
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- International Herald Tribune
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- July 19, 2001
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Huw Richards
International Herald Tribune
07-19-2001
WEST INDIAN cricket's latest attempt to halt its decline begins Thursday with the start of a series of two five-day test matches against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.West Indies will start as favorite, but only just, against the country ranked ninth in the International Cricket Council's world championship. West Indies is fifth, but lower on current form.A few years ago, Zimbabwe against West Indies would have been akin to the office softball team challenging the New York Yankees. West Indies was cricket's imperial superpower, its bowlers the answer to the Atlanta Braves pitching rotation, its batting an unparalleled murderers' row. Not any ...