Some of the best players in the history of the sport have come from the Caribbean, with the West Indies famed for having the best teams in the second half of the 20th century. The West Indies international team has a long and fruitful history. The Caribbean island nations where the group was formed have given birth to many legendary cricket players. The talent of West Indies cricket players, particularly their fast bowlers and powerful batters, enabled the national team to rule the sport from the middle of the 1970s until the beginning of the

1990s. Selecting just ten men from this skill pool is a challenging task

1. Sir Vivian Richards

During the West Indies cricket team's heyday, which lasted from 1974 to 1991, Sir Viv was a star and an icon. From 1984 through 1991, he steered the national team to its most prosperous period. Among West Indian batters, Sir Viv is third with 8,540 Test runs, including 26 hundred. Additionally, he amassed 6,721 runs in ODIs, averaging 47 with a strike rate of 90.20. Statistics are great, but they do not fully capture Sir Viv's impact as one of the best players the game has ever seen.

 2. Brian Lara

Without question, Brian Lara ranks among the most incredible batters in history. In 1990, Lara made his Test and One-Day International debuts. He would go on to play international cricket for the following 17 years. Three times, from 1998 to 1999, 2003 to 2005, and 2006 till his retirement in 2007, he served as the captain of the West Indies. He holds the record for the most international Test runs by a West Indian player with 11,912 runs and 34 hundred. He also has the ODI format record with 10,348 runs.

3. Sir Garfield Sobers

Sir Garry Sobers is regarded by many as the greatest all-rounder in cricket history. There didn't seem to be anything the left-hander couldn't do: he excelled as a shortstop, a leg spinner, an off-spinner, and a superb middle-order batsman. He was also a fantastic medium-pace bowler. The fourth most excellent individual run total for a West Indian batter, he amassed 8,032 runs in 93 Test matches. In 1958, when he was just 21 years old, he established the record for the most outstanding individual score by a batsman in a Test match with 365 not out.

4. Sir Frank Worrell

As the first black captain of the multinational team, Sir Frank Worrell is regarded as one of the best captains in West Indian cricket for bringing together players from various island nations. He also served as the West Indies team's captain from 1961 to 1963 till his retirement. Along with Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes, who both made their West Indies debuts against England in 1948, Sir Frank is widely known as one of the "Three Ws."

5. Sir Everton Weekes

Along with Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell, Sir Everton Weekes was one of his day's "Big Three" outstanding West Indian hitters. Despite his diminutive size, he produced excellent offensive shots all over the field. He participated in 48 Test appearances for the West Indies over ten years. Weekes scored around 4000 runs while maintaining a batting average of 59. Both at home and internationally, he was highly effective against India. He has an undefeated record against the squad, averaging 107 with seven centuries and four half-centuries. Weekes maintains the joint paper with Sir Herbert Sutcliffe for the fastest 1000 Test runs.

6. Sir Curtly Ambrose

Sir Curtly Ambrose, a 2-metre-tall match-winning opening bowler for the West Indies, made his Test and ODI debuts in 1988, and he played in both competitions until his retirement in 2000. Sir Curtly, a very accurate bowler who contributed to several batting lineup blunders, cemented his legacy as a West Indian bowler. Throughout his Test career, Ambrose amassed 405 wickets at an average of 20.99 in 98 matches.

7. Clive Lloyd

The West Indies captain who led the team into its golden years, Clive Lloyd, was a brilliant game planner. After making his Test debut in 1966 and his ODI debut in 1973, Lloyd captained the team from 1975 till his retirement in 1984. At 6 feet 4 inches tall, Lloyd was a powerful and threatening middle-order batsman capable of destroying a bowling lineup with power smashes. In his Test career, Lloyd amassed 19 hundred and 39 half centuries.

8. Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall, the most effective speed bowler for the 1980s West Indies, stunned opposition batters to devastating effect. Marshall made his ODI and Test debuts in 1980 and 1991, respectively, before retiring from all forms of the game in 1992. He took 376 wickets in 81 Tests, including 22 five-wicket hauls and four ten-wicket hauls. Marshall has a 26.96 average for 157 wickets in ODIs.

9. George Headley

Before and after WWII, George Headley's bat shone in a West Indies team that was outclassed. Headley left a lasting impression on West Indian cricket, which still produces batters favouring the same aggressive approach as he did. He participated in 22 Test matches for the West Indies between 1930 and 1954, earning his debut at 18. He holds the highest batting average of any cricketer from the West Indies, at 60.83

10. Courtney Walsh

Having made his cricket debut in 1984, Courtney Walsh played a significant role in the West Indies team until his retirement in 2001. Walsh and fellow opening bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose throughout his career, combined to bowl batting lineups with ruthless efficiency. Four years before the record of 519 wickets was exceeded, Walsh became the first Test bowler to achieve 500 wickets in 2000.