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Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies 

West Indies’s batsman Joshua Da Silva watches on as South Africa’s bowler Gerald Coetzee celebrates after dismissing him during the 4th day of the 2nd Test cricket match in Johannesburg, South Africa onMarch 11, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP The first Test I watched from the first ball to the last was India v West Indies in Bengaluru in November 1974. The visitors were going through a dip then. Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai had played the previous Test against England, in Trinidad, but were no longer part of the team. It was a West Indies attempting to rebuild with a younger side led by Clive Lloyd. They had two promising batsmen making their debut — Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, and a young Andy Roberts who carried the legacy of fast bowling on his shoulders. For a team known for thril...