The three generations of West Indian cricket

#3 West Indies of the 2000s

West Indies 2004 champions trophy squad

Just like the West Indies of the 1990s were a shadow lesser better than the West Indies of the 1980's, the same graph fell a little for the West Indies of the 2000s. By no means were they a poor side, but in comparison to the 80s and the 90s, their bowling was slightly weaker. The 2000s gave birth to a generation of West Indian cricketers, cricketers who would go on and become legends of the T20 format.

It was a time when the legends were about to retire, fast bowlers were not as good as their predecessors and the side was performing better in limited overs cricket as compared to test cricket. They were the only West Indian side to win a major global tournament (Champions Trophy 2004) after the 80s.

Here is an example of the playing eleven of that era :

1. Chris Gayle
2. Darren Ganga
3. Ramnaresh Sarwan
4. Brian Lara (c)
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Ricardo Powell
7. Ridley Jacobs (wk)
8. Corey Collymore
9. Tino Best
10. Mervyn Dillon
11. Fidel Edwards