Waugh first began to realise that the West Indies were no longer a threat when Australia toured the Caribbean in 1995. "...for me, seeing the fearless Richie Richardson coming out to bat in a helmet for the first time during the second Test, in Antigua, was an insight into his decaying technique and an omen that change was in the wind.... Not that he wasn’t entitled to, but his team’s aura of invincibility was slipping, in our minds and in their actions." And when Glenn McGrath softened up the West Indian pace bowlers with his bouncers during the same series, the Aussies knew they had "touched an open wound" that could be exploited.