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Tue 07 Jul 2007West Indies visit triggers tales of 1969 and all thatCRICKET/Tuesday Column:A week of international cricket in Ireland begins with the West Indies playing the Netherlands at Clontarf today. There is a game a day in the quadrangular tournament, culminating in Ireland taking on the West Indies at the same ground on Saturday and then moving to Belfast to play Scotland on Sunday.Whenever Ireland play West Indies, the story of 1969 hangs over proceedings, when Doug Goodwin's team bowled the visitors out for 25 at Sion Mills. Such a scoreline doesn't need embellishment, but part of the legend is the Windies team, fresh from the Lords Test, were plied with Guinness the night before.