It was a dismal performance by the Carribean team as it for the first time did not move ahead of the group stage in World Cup.The team had won three matches and had lost three matches and was unable to qualify for the next round on account of having winning less matches than Pakistan and England.
The next edition of World Cup was played in 1992 and the West Indies team was being led by Richie Richardson who was a right hand batsman and a right hand-medium pace bowler.He has been a part of the West Indian cricket team for three world cups.
The team finished on a dismal sixth position in a tournament which was played among nine teams. It was played on a round robin league format and the team won four matches and also lost four matches.
Richie Richardson was once again made the skipper of the Caribbean team in 1996 when the World cup returned to Indian sub-continent as wills world Cup. The team performed very well as the playing conditions suited them and they were on of the semi finalist. The team was ultimately defeated by the eventual winners Australia in the semi-final.
It was now the turn of the one of the greatest left handed batsman from the Caribbean Islands Brian Lara to take the charge of the team in the World Cup. But the prolific batsman was unable to take his team too far in the quadrennial event.
Hooper holds the accolade of being the first cricketer in the world to have scored 5,000 runs, taken 100 wickets, held 100 catches and received 100 caps in both ODIs and Tests, a feat only matched since by Jacques Kallis.
The team once again performed poorly and was not able to move ahead of the group stage. The team was placed at fifth position in Group B of the tournament.
