A part of folklore: The busts of Barbados legends Worrell, Walcott and Weekes.
| Photograph Credit score: Ashwin Achal

Within the park exterior the 3Ws Oval are the busts of three legendary cricketers — Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes. The trio, among the many greatest batters of their era, have been born inside a few miles of one another within the island of Barbados.

The 3Ws Oval will be discovered throughout the street, nestled within the College of the West Indies Cave Hill campus. The quaint floor is called in reminiscence of the favored Barbadians.

Spectacular view

An enormous statue of stumps stands guard over the inexperienced outfield. It’s a formidable view that can’t escape the sight of the batters within the center.

The exploits of the three ‘Ws’ is written in cricket folklore. The trio heralded a brand new period in West Indies cricket within the late Nineteen Forties, which till then had boasted of just one world-class batter in George Headley.

Worrell was the primary black cricketer to captain the West Indies cricket staff, and led the staff within the well-known 1960-61 tour to Australia.

Such was his recognition that the perpetual Frank Worrell Trophy, awarded to the winner of West Indies-Australia Check sequence, was commissioned on the finish of that tour.

Walcott was arguably the very best batter on this planet within the Fifties. His numbers reached the zenith when he gave up the wicketkeeping gloves to focus purely on scoring runs.

World report

Weekes, a strong strokeplayer, set a world report of 5 successive lots of in Check innings. This nonetheless stands undefeated. The 3Ws Oval serves as a reminder of a as soon as superb period of Caribbean cricket.