By Richard Gibson For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 21:44 BST, 22 June 2019 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 22 June 2019
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'Carlos Brathwaite, remember the name,' bellowed Ian Bishop. It had been one of sport's most memorable finishes if not commentaries.
The words of his fellow West Indian formed a reasonable enough demand given that the previously unheralded Brathwaite had just hammered four consecutive final-over sixes off Ben Stokes to win the World Twenty20 three years ago.
Trouble is, the 30-year-old man mountain has done his level best to be forgotten ever since.
Carlos Brathwaite is consoled by Ross Taylor after taking West Indies so close to victory
Trent Boult holds on to the catch on the boundary rope to dismiss Brathwaite for 101
Brathwaite celebrates after reaching an astonishing 80-ball hundred for West Indies
Brathwaite's extraordinary hitting kept West Indies in the game as the wickets tumbled
Until this heady Saturday night in Manchester that is, when his mountainous hitting put West Indies within a matter of inches of another incredible against-the-odds victory.
Like Stokes, however, it was Brathwaite this time that sank to his haunches in despair when, at 9.40pm, Trent Boult managed to keep his feet
