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Rowe did not fulfil his early promise nor did he do justice to the prodigious talent that he was blessed with.
Roberts could be called a complete fast bowler in every sense of the word. At his peak, he was the fastest bowler in the world, a position that he held till Holding moved into this slot.
Marshall was the doyen of West Indies' pacers through the whole of 1980s.
It would remain a matter of great pity that Kallicharran had to leave the game under a cloud, thus making him a virtual persona non grata in the cricketing circles in his home country.
Followers of the game would always remember Lloyd as the fulcrum around whom the mighty West Indian cricket machine revolved during the 11 years that he was at the helm.
The 1975 edition will be remembered for the superb displays of two left-handed batsmen - Clive Lloyd and Alvin Kallicharan of the West Indies - and the exploits of Australian left-arm medium-pacer Gary Gilmour.
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