The 1980s saw the West Indians cement their dominance of both forms of cricket, one apparently more skillful than the other, except for one slight hitch during the 1983 World Cup.

Wherein Dave Wilson, after almost a decade trying to find the best Test players, turns his beady eye to ODIs.

Gareth Bland looks back at happier times for West Indies and imagines the outcome of a series between Clive Lloyd’s 1979/80 vintage and Steve Waugh’s record-breaking 2001/02 Australian side.

Bat to the Future – October 21, 2015 may have come and gone with no sign of Marty McFly in a flying De Lorean, but in this piece Dave shows that we can still see the future. And not a flux capacitor in sight.