5 biggest controversies in West Indies cricket 

#2 Bloodbath in Jamaica

As many as five players were absent hurt in the second innings

The West Indies had been trounced 5-1 in the Test series in Australia in 1975-76 and when the Test series against India came along, their captain Clive Lloyd was desperate for a win.

However, things had not gone to plan and India had, in fact, squared the series at Port of Spain after chasing down a record 406 in the third Test.

In the fourth and final Test at Kingston, India batted first and the openers Anshuman Gaekwad and Sunil Gavaskar held on comfortably for the entire first session.

That is when captain Lloyd gave in to desperation and instructed his bowler to resort to tactics that probably led to the birth of the fearsome West Indian fast bowling machine.

West Indian fast bowlers, led by Michael Holding and Wayne Daniel, resorted to bowling one bouncer after another with a few beamers in between.

The local umpires refused to step in and although India ended the day with only the loss of one wicket, they had no idea what was in store on the second day.

Lloyd took the new ball and with that new missile in hand, Holding started attacking the batsmen with bouncers and beamers.

Gundappa Vishwanath got out trying to fend off such a bouncer, while Anshuman Gaekwad got hit on his left ear and had to go off.

Brijesh Patel had his lips busted and had to go off. India declared at 306 for 6 and in the second innings, as many as five players were ‘absent hurt’.

West Indies won with ease but the game remains a controversial episode in their cricket history, not only because of those tactics but also because of Lloyd’s comments later on. He stated, “This is cricket — if you get hit you have to take it!”