New Delhi: Most good cricket captains have also been inspirational and innovative thinkers. In fact, sometimes this quality has taken precedence over cricketing ability.
India TV, in its series on captains of World Cup teams, takes a look at West Indies captains:
The Caribbean Islands as a cricketing nation had its most glorious days from 1970s to 1980s. It had won two successive world cups including the inaugural one in 1975. The team was led by none other than the dashing batsman Clive Lloyd.
It was his idea of using four fast bowlers rather than two fast and two spin bowlers to create an unrelenting pace attack.
Clive Lloyd led from the front with a spectacular century in the final as West Indies defeated Australia by 17 runs to take the inaugural World Cup.
