It has been a long time since it could be said that the West indies are good at cricket, especially that of the red-ball variety. The feeling of frustration and despair is expected, but the state of the game in the region has long been like a patient gradually getting sicker and sicker from a disease of no known cure.

West Indies wrote an unwanted new chapter in the history books when they crumbled to just 27 all out against Australia on Monday - the second lowest score in Test history. The extraordinary innings has prompted a top-level review of West Indies cricket - and it has thrown up several memorable statistics,