Quote:"Where have you been all these years?" This was the question by Ramiz Raja that greeted the Man of the Match Jason Mohammed following his astounding, unbeaten 91 that guided the West Indies to a highly improbable victory over Pakistan. It was the question Viv Richards, returning from West Indies duties to captain the Leeward Islands, asked Curtly Ambrose who had shot out of the blue to snatch wickets and break bones in the 1988 regional Red Stripe Cup. It was the question many cricket followers were asked after Shikar Dhawan's barely believable 187-run assault on the Australians in his Test debut in Mohali in March 2013.

The question was not out of place. Mohammed is, after all, 30-years-old, and though he had represented the West Indies against India in Chennai way back in December 2011, you might not have heard of him unless you paid close attention to regional cricket in the Caribbean. And even if you had, it is likely you'd have been as surprised as everyone else was after he played an innings of such quality and import.