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In South Africa, these players became heroes. In the Caribbean, they became outcasts, banned for life from playing for the West Indies. Some of the players moved to the United States, hiding until the controversy died down. Others resumed their careers in England, away from the gaze of the Caribbean authorities, media and fans. For the lesser players on that tour, those who could not command interest in teams outside of the Caribbean, they were not so fortunate. Richard Austin, who would later be known as ‘Danny Germs’, ended up a cocaine addict, begging on the streets of Kingston. Herbert Chang would end up losing all his money. According to Robert Craddock of The Courier-Mail, Chang was last seen ‘standing listlessly in the middle of the road … clearly out of it.’6 Chang had allegedly been heard saying, ‘Man, man, man, I just, I just wanna know which end I bowl from tomorrow.’7
The West Indies team that toured England in 1984 remained strong. In captain Clive Lloyd, opening batsmen Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, Viv Richards and fast bowlers Marshall, Holding and Garner, the team were fielding seven legends in every match they played. Think Brazil’s 1970 World Cup football team, the All Blacks rugby union team from 2010 onwards, the Soviet Union’s great ice hockey teams in the seventies or USA basketball’s Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics. That West Indies team may have been the greatest Test side ever assembled.