BLACKWASH : 1984

There were stretches of unprecedented dominance even within that 15-year period, with 1984 often identified as West Indies cricket

at its most fearsome. Australia, all of Allan Border, Dean Jones, Terry Alderman and company, were brushed aside 3-0 in the Caribbean

with the home team, amazingly, not losing a single second-innings wicket through the five matches.

England, notwithstanding the presence of Ian Botham, David Gower, Allan Lamb and other notables, then endured the humiliation

of a 5-0 "blackwash" on home soil, a treatment that was to be repeated two years later in the Caribbean

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From the start of the five-match series in England in the northern summer of 1980 to the end of a two-Test jaunt in New Zealand

in February of 1995, West Indies played unbeaten through 29 rubbers, 16 of them away from home.

There were also one-off first-ever Tests against South Africa, in which the hosts pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory

on the last day at a deserted Kensington Oval    8)

Then, just to rub the Aussies' noses deeper into the red dirt of their own homeland, Clive Lloyd's awe-inspiring troops

closed off 1984 by taking the first three matches of the five-Test series down under, stretching their winning streak to a

then record 11 matches, forcing a tearful resignation from the Australian captaincy by Kim Hughes in the process. 

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The Pan African Viv Richards had everyone in Sync :

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That's my team right there Bro. 8)

I would stay up all night listening to radio commentary from Oz, NZ, etc.

Next day all my school mates wanted to know the score because they knew I was the only one who had stayed up all night. 8)

I loved that team.

Both Lloyd and Richards were lucky to have the greatest pool of talented players available for their teams. 

I guess those were the days when West Indies cricket meant something to the players and fans. I was not around during that era and I don't think  I will see the West Indies returning to that form of dominance in my lifetime.

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I'll never forget listening to that '86 tour on the radio. Just complete and utter domination. England batted 10 times in that series and scored more than 200 only twice!

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I loved that team.
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We were dominating T&D league as : Cavaliers !   

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England batted 10 times in that series and scored more than 200 only twice!
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Awesome , man !  8)