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It was a little over six years ago at Sabina Park that the pace bowler Jerome Taylor produced one of the finest of all West Indies bowling performances and, arguably if inadvertently, became the catalyst for one of the most successful periods for England cricket. It culminated in three successive Ashes wins, a World T20 title and victory away in India.
Taylor took 5 for 11 as England were bundled out for 51 to lose by an innings a match they should have won. The repercussions of that were massive for had England won, and gone on to take the series, it is quite possible Andy Flower would not have been given the permanent position of team director, Ian Bell would not have been challenged to harden up and become the player he now is, and the team would have drifted on.
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