In one of the most powerful and heartfelt moments in West Indies cricket, legendary captain Sir Clive Lloyd was moved to tears during an emotional speech on Sunday afternoon, as he called on the region to unite in trying to save the soul of Caribbean cricket.
The 80-year-old icon, who led the West Indies to back-to-back World Cup triumphs in 1975 and 1979, was speaking at a special lunch hosted in St Vincent and The Grenadines by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves in honour of the 50th anniversary of the victory in the 1975 World Cup final against Australia.
It came ahead of the unveiling of the newly renamed West Indies Legends Stand at Arnos Vale Stadium as part of the St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Emancipation Cricket Festival.
The ceremony turned into something deeper as Sir Clive made an urgent plea for restoration. As part of the tributes to the players, the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines offered citizenship to the 12 surviving members of the team, as well as commemorative postage stamps in their honour. The other former players in attendance were Sir Gordon Greenidge, Sir Andy Roberts, Collis King, Deryck Murray and Alvin Kallicharan.
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