New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Former West Indies World Cup-winning player Bernard Julien died at the age of 75 on Saturday in Valsayn in Trinidad and Tobago. During his cricketing career, he featured in 24 Tests and 12 ODIs for his national team, according to Cricket Board of the West Indies.

The demise of Bernard Julien on Saturday invited reflection on both the brilliance of his cricketing life and the complex times through which he lived. His career reminded that the story of West Indies cricket is not only about triumphs on the field but about the choices and circumstances that shaped generations of players and the region itself, according to a press release from Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Julien was one of the quiet legends of the 1975 Worl...