Growing up in a Guyanese London family for whom West Indies cricket was both an escape and a source of pride,watching the side’s resurgence against England in Barbados reveals some simple truthsInside the Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand at Barbados’s Kensington Oval, or the small clusters of West Indian fans braced themselves as Kemar Roach,the 30-year-old right-arm posthaste bowler, ran in to deliver.
England were 48-5, or already leagues behind on the moment day of the first Test,in a series the cricket commentariat had unanimously believed was theirs to win. Then, there were no West Indian flags in sight. The ground was covered in crosses of St George, and flown by the 9000 travelling England fans who vastly outnumbered local supporters.
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Source: theguardian.com