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Scandal in cricket?  That is as unbelievable as suggesting there is scandal in FIFA.  If you start typing "India cricket scandal", google helpfully tries to autcomplete with a year to narrow it down.  There's "India cricket scandal 2013", "India cricket scandal 2014", and "India cricket scandal 2010", and for good measure ""India cricket scandal match fixing".

The rise and fall of Windies cricket has been interesting.  By any measure, the West Indies should have been a cricket asterisk (akin to having a successful NFL team in North Dakota).  However, from 1980 to 1995, the West Indies cricket side did not lose a single test series.  And then, it all collapsed.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheor...re-babylon

Statistics highlight how dramatic the West Indies’ decline has been. Between March 1976 and March 1995, the West Indies won 71 and lost only 20 Test matches against the other eight Test-playing nations (excluding Zimbabwe, which did not gain Test status until 1992). Since June 2000 the side has won 14 and lost 78 Tests against the same opponents. The fall has been almost as marked in ODI cricket, where the West Indies have won 72 games and lost 161 against the traditional top eight sides since June 2000. Only Twenty20 cricket has provided any solace: the West Indies won the World T20 in 2012 and have consistently played vibrant cricket in the format.

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Scandal in cricket?  That is as unbelievable as suggesting there is scandal in FIFA.  If you start typing "India cricket scandal", google helpfully tries to autcomplete with a year to narrow it down.  There's "India cricket scandal 2013", "India cricket scandal 2014", and "India cricket scandal 2010", and for good measure ""India cricket scandal match fixing".

The rise and fall of Windies cricket has been interesting.  By any measure, the West Indies should have been a cricket asterisk (akin to having a successful NFL team in North Dakota).  However, from 1980 to 1995, the West Indies cricket side did not lose a single test series.  And then, it all collapsed.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheor...re-babylon

Statistics highlight how dramatic the West Indies’ decline has been. Between March 1976 and March 1995, the West Indies won 71 and lost only 20 Test matches against the other eight Test-playing nations (excluding Zimbabwe, which did not gain Test status until 1992). Since June 2000 the side has won 14 and lost 78 Tests against the same opponents. The fall has been almost as marked in ODI cricket, where the West Indies have won 72 games and lost 161 against the traditional top eight sides since June 2000. Only Twenty20 cricket has provided any solace: the West Indies won the World T20 in 2012 and have consistently played vibrant cricket in the format.

BC