Five Cricketers of The Year
Each year five cricketers of the year were chosen based on performances in the West Indies and on West Indies tours overseas. The annual included a biography of the selections. Until 1981 a player was only chosen once (like the Wisden Cricketers of the Year) but in that year Viv Richards was chosen for the second time and from 1983 the selections was made solely on merit. In 1987 only 4 players were chosen.
- 1970 : Arthur Barrett, Joey Carew, Roy Fredericks, Vanburn Holder, Alvin Kallicharran
- 1971 : Charlie Davis, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Sardesai, Gary Sobers, Venkat
- 1972 : Bev Congdon, David Holford, Lawrence Rowe, Bruce Taylor, Glenn Turner
- 1973 : Ian Chappell, Maurice Foster, Lance Gibbs, Max Walker, Doug Walters
- 1974 : Dennis Amiss, Keith Boyce, Tony Greig, Bernard Julien, Deryck Murray
- 1975 : Mike Findlay, Larry Gomes, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts
- 1976 : Bishen Bedi, Prince Bartholomew, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Michael Holding, Irvine Shillingford
- 1977 : Colin Croft, Gordon Greenidge, Joel Garner, Majid Khan, Wasim Raja
- 1978 : Richard Austin, Derick Parry, Norbert Phillip, Jeff Thomson, Basil Williams
- 1979 : Faoud Bacchus, Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Malcolm Marshall, Grayson Shillingford
- 1980 : Richard Gabriel, Desmond Haynes, David Murray, Collis King, Rangy Nanan
- 1981 : Geoff Boycott, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Harold Joseph, Viv Richards
- 1982 : Winston Davis, Joel Garner, Larry Gomes, Rangy Nanan, Norbert Phillip
- 1983 : Mohinder Amarnath, Clive Lloyd, Gus Logie, Thelston Payne, Andy Roberts
- 1984 : Allan Border, Joel Garner, Desmond Haynes, Richie Richardson, Malcolm Marshall
- 1985 : Clyde Butts, Larry Gomes, Gordon Greenidge, Ganesh Mahabir, Malcolm Marshall
- 1986 : Carlisle Best, Joel Garner, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall, Patrick Patterson
- 1987 : Clyde Butts, Gordon Greenidge, Roger Harper, Courtney Walsh
- 1988 : Curtly Ambrose, Jeff Dujon, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Viv Richards
- 1989 : Curtly Ambrose, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall, Delroy Morgan, Richie Richardson
- 1990 : Curtly Ambrose, Carlisle Best, Ian Bishop, Robert Haynes, Allan Lamb
- 1991 : Desmond Haynes, Brian Lara, Craig McDermott, Patrick Patterson, Richie Richardson
Read more about this topic: The West Indies Cricket Annual
Famous quotes containing the word year:
“The year growing ancient,
Not yet on summer’s death, nor on the birth
Of trembling winter, the fairest flowers o’the season
Are our carnations and streaked gillyvors.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)