In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the Test careers of Jeff Dujon and Gus Logie who were members of the West Indies juggernaut which plundered the Test arena in the 1980s. During the 1997 Northern Telecom Youth Tournament, which was hosted by Guyana, the writer had the privilege of interviewing both cricketers. The notes from the two interviews, which were misplaced whilst moving, were found a few months ago.
The interlopers In the early 1980s – before television (which was introduced here in 1982), cell phones and the internet – the radio and the newspapers were the main sources of news. There were only two radio stations on the air then, Radio Demerara and Guyana Broadcasting Service (GBS). Both had two daily sportscasts; the former at 11:50 am and 7:55 pm, the latter at 12:15 pm and 7:15 pm.
Radio Dem’s sport segments preceded the news programmes, which were read on the hour, whilst at GBS, sports followed the news bulletin. At lunch time, we often listened to both sportscasts to ensure that we were updated on all matters. In early September 1981, we anxiously awaited the start of Radio Dem’s midday edition since the West Indies team for the 1981/82 Australia Tour was going to be announced.
Then sports editor, the famous B L Crombie, who read at rapid-fire pace, after his routine intro, rattled off the names of the selected players. The team read; Clive Lloyd (Captain), Viv Richards (Vice Cap.
