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   

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. 

That's my team right there Bro.

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.

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.

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!

We were dominating T&D league as : Cavaliers !   

Awesome , man !