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Antigua:The new cricket stadium in Antigua, named after Sir Vivian Richards, is set to host Super Eight matches during the World Cup.
It stands not only for King Viv's immense achievements, but also a time when West Indies ruled the game.
The 70s, 80s and early 90s was a time when only the Calypso did the talking in cricket - two World Cup wins, flamboyant batsmen, fiery bowlers.
But suddenly all that came to a crashing halt. Something, that fans believe the team still hasn't recovered from.
"Before, we used to play for pride. Now we play for money, and for money our cricket has changed significantly," said one fan. "I think we're trying to be something that we really are not," said another.
May be it's because there is more basketball on West Indian television than cricket, but Sir Viv Richards blames the management for it.
"We've overlooked maybe what it takes in the development side of things. We never paid much attention to that. There were moneys I believe, that wasn't well spent on helping to move the game forward," said Sir Vivian Richards.
There's no doubt that West Indies dominated international cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. But over the last few years, cricket in the Caribbean has seen a change of fortune.
This despite the presence of match winners like Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and Chris Gayle.
The Windies will have their task cut out if they are to become the first nation to win the World Cup on home soil.
While their international ranking may have fallen drastically, the truth is that they did beat India convincingly at home last year and were runners up in the DLF Cup and ICC Champions Trophy. So maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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