When Andy was more than handy
Updated On: 02 July, 2020 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello

West Indies pace ace Andy Roberts opens his palm to celebrate the fifer he claimed during the Manchester Test against England in 1976. Pic/Getty Images
There was a time when England couldn't win a Test, leave alone a series, against the West Indies. But updated record books show that the men from the Caribbean have lost each of their six Test series in England since 2000.
Andy Roberts is one great (his former fast bowling colleagues Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft are others) who was never part of a losing Test playing XI against England. He was in the news recently for expressing anguish over the possibility of his cricket board not gaining a great deal financially to be part of the game's resumption amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're taking a chance no one else is willing to take, and why we're taking that chance is to save England nearly £380 million. So why should we, as guinea pigs, go and sacrifice ourselves for nothing," Roberts was quoted as saying in the Jamaica Gleaner.


