History of the West Indian cricket team Indian pace attack) and Roger Harper (who came and went). However, this did not immediately affect their performance. Richie Richardson proved to be a decent successor to Richards. A new crop of young players emerged such as Brian Lara, Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop, Jimmy Adams, Carl Hooper, Phil Simmons, Keith Arthurton and Winston Benjamin. It was five more years before the West Indies lost a series, but they had a number of close shaves before then. Making a comeback to international cricket, South Africa played its first Test match in Bridgetown, a match which was attended by fewer than 10,000
China national cricket team extras. They lost to Bahrain in the eleventh place playoff, thus finishing the tournament in twelfth and last place. China participated in the 2010 Asian Games where, as host, it played against Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. In 2006 the Chinese Cricket Association set itself ambitious goals over the coming years. These are: China national cricket team The China national cricket team is the team that represents the People's Republic of China in international cricket. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council