by clairmont chung “Carlos Brathwaite! Carlos Brathwaite! Carlos Brathwaite!” screamed a hoarse Ian Bishop, as Brathwaite’s fourth successive and winning six landed somewhere. Bishop urged we recognize Brathwaite as a star of the future. Co-commentator, David Lloyd philosophized that ‘the future is right here, right now!” Bishop, emotional like never before, suggested history had been created. I half expected Lloyd to counter, “history is right here, right now". And history is. Darren Sammy (C) Getty Images Those were the final moments of the 2016 World Twenty/20 Cup Final on April 3, 2016: four consecutive sixes to win a world tournament. Victory for the West Indies over England meant joy all over the cricket world, maybe not as much in England, everyone’s old rival. No cricket fan had witnessed anything like that before. No West Indies fan had felt like that for a long time. Earlier that day WI Women defeated Australia for their first world title. Both games had a...
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