The trinity of Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Everton Weekes and Sir Clyde Walcott holds iconic status. Worrell is one-third of the famous 3Ws.

Sir Frank Worrell was born on August 1, 1924 and became the first Black captain of West Indies to be appointed for a full series. Before Worrell, George Headley had led the team in one test.

When Sir Frank Worrell first took over captaincy, Trinidadians, Jamaicans, Guyanans and Bajans had formed pockets or cliques in the West Indies team. Worrell broke this divide and brought the players together to compete for a singular cause - making the West Indies team win.

The brightest chapter of Worrell's cricketing career came on the West Indies tour of Australia in 1960-61. The team under Worrell's leadership won the hearts of the Australian public. The tour is still lauded for the spirit of cricket in which the visitors competed.

The series was fiercely fought and Australia managed to win the last test by 2 wickets to eke out a series win by 2-1, but West Indies ended up making an indelible mark. It was metaphorical when Sir Frank Worrell cleaned the trophy with the sleeve of his blazer before presenting it to Australian captain Richie Benaud. The series later came to be known as the Frank Worrell trophy.

Waxing lyrical about Worrell, Sir Learie Constantine wrote in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, "Frank Maglinne Worrell was the first hero of the new nation of Barbados and anyone who doubted that had only to be in the island when his body was brought home in mid-March of 1967."

"Or in Westminster Abbey when West Indians of all backgrounds and shades of opinion paid their last respects to a man who had done more than any other of their countrymen to bind together the new nations of the Caribbean and establish a reputation for fair play throughout the world. Never before had a cricketer been honoured with a memorial service in Westminster Abbey."

As it turned out, thousands of Australians accompanied the West Indian team as they moved from the team hotel in Melbourne to the reception hosted by the Mayor of Melbourne.

In his career, Worrell  struck 3860 runs from 51 test matches at a batting average of 49.24, including 9 centuries, 22 half-centuries and the best of 261. He hung his boots after a test against England at The Oval in August 1963. By that time, Garry Sobers had been groomed to take over.