World Cup’: West Indies’ cricketing history suffered a massive dent as the two-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 48 years. The Caribbean side will not feature in the 2023 after being knocked out of the qualifiers.
In the Super Six match against Scotland, West Indies slipped from 81/6 to 181 all out. Scotland, in reply, chased down the total comfortably to keep their slim hopes of securing the berth alive. West Indies, who were once considered a dangerous team, have today become a tragic story. Under the leadership of Clive Lloyd, West Indies lived their golden era in white-ball cricket in the first two editions , becoming the champions in 1975 and 1979.
However, they failed to complete a three-peat as the Lloyd-led team lost the 1983 World Cup final to India. Since then, West Indies’ performance in the ODI format has been nothing but disappointing. They tried to revive their golden era but could not achieve the goal as they ended up as semi-finalists in 1996 and quarter-finalists in 2011 and 2015.
