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mediumWho succeeded Clive Lloyd as West Indies captain in the mid-1980s, continuing the team's period of dominance?
✓Viv Richards
BGordon Greenidge
CMalcolm Marshall
DDesmond Haynes
Answer Explanation
Sir Vivian Richards succeeded Clive Lloyd as West Indies captain in 1985, continuing the team's sustained period of Test and ODI dominance through the rest of the decade.
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