Adams’ profession took him all all over the world – he scored a career-high 208 not out in opposition to New Zealand in a Take a look at in 1995.
However since retiring from cricket in 2004 he has seen the West Indies turn out to be a shadow of the facet that he performed in, and one which dominated the sport within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.
They did not qualify for the previous Cricket World Cup and are ranked solely above Zimbabwe by the ICC at Take a look at stage.
“The sport has modified, the world has modified and issues change,” says Adams on the state of the sport within the Caribbean.
“Earlier than me, Hungary was a world soccer superpower and Hungary is not that anymore, however soccer nonetheless continues to excite and folks take pleasure in it and so forth, and cricket will not be any completely different.
“If you wish to be nostalgic you possibly can say ‘sure it has been a bit unhappy watching it’, however the pleasure of the place world cricket has gone since then, that carries much more weight with me watching how the sport has remodeled itself by way of T20 cricket.
“Watching worldwide cricket now, even Take a look at cricket, is a lot completely different than Take a look at cricket in my time and I believe that is that is one thing to be celebrated.
“Sure, after I sit down with previous geezers my age we reminisce somewhat bit, however for me there aren’t any tears shed.”
